Lock GPS Coordinates

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Hi all,

Is there anywhere I can find the Coordinates for all the locks on the Thames I am building up a nav database for my secondhand Garmin GPS I have just put in the boat. Before everyone starts ;) I know I shouldnt need it on the Thames or get lost I just like toys.

I can get them of google earth I was just wondering if it had already been done and posted somewhere.

Cheers
Matt
 
Not sure of the coordinates but can thoroughly recomend getting the Thames Chart if you have a Standard Horizon plotter. It has all the locks, weir streams etc and its useful to see where you are if you are on an unfamiliar stretch.
 
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Mashby said:
Hi all,

Is there anywhere I can find the Coordinates for all the locks on the Thames I am building up a nav database for my secondhand Garmin GPS I have just put in the boat. Before everyone starts ;) I know I shouldnt need it on the Thames or get lost I just like toys.

I can get them of google earth I was just wondering if it had already been done and posted somewhere.

Cheers
Matt
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Get a Tom Tom.....
 
Au contraire -

Mashby said:
Hi all,

Is there anywhere I can find the Coordinates for all the locks on the Thames I am building up a nav database for my secondhand Garmin GPS I have just put in the boat. Before everyone starts ;) I know I shouldnt need it on the Thames or get lost I just like toys.

Cheers
Matt
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You'd be surprised how many folk take the wrong channel approaching a lock. (downstream I mean...).

I find a GPS is good for stopping me speeding (no comments please, from other folk), but quite often a quick look at the screen can give you an idea if there's time to go down for a quick Jimmy Riddle....
 
teddington_lock said:
Wikipedia seems to have most of them , i just googled 'Thames Lock Coordinates' ... ;)
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Cheers Howard utlised this resource this afternoon a couple where off so I have changed them in my list below.

Although most do not have the correct punctuation it will do for me however I thought I would post them on the forum for two reasons first being if someone is a whizz with Excel i'm sure the punction could be sorted it out in a minute or two. Secondly if anyone searched the forums we now have it.

  1. St John's Lock 51.41229°N 1.404786°W
  2. Buscot Lock 51.68030°N 1.66874°W
  3. Grafton Lock 51.69090°N 1.60935°W
  4. Radcot Lock 51.69887°N 1.57311°W
  5. Rushey Lock 51.69782°N 1.53405°W
  6. Shifford Lock 51.70652°N 1.46595°W
  7. Northmoor Lock 51.71598°N 1.37754°W
  8. Pinkhill Lock 51.76014°N 1.36360°W
  9. Eynsham Lock 51.77432°N 1.35790°W
  10. King's Lock 51.78905°N 1.3069°W
  11. Godstow Lock 51.77667°N 1.29843°W
  12. Osney Lock 51.74864°N 1.27135°W
  13. Iffley Lock 51°434245″N 1°142521W
  14. Sandford Lock 51.708048°N 1.233104°W
  15. Abingdon Lock 51.670535°N 1.269202°W
  16. Culham Lock 51.64972°N 1.26860°W
  17. Clifton Lock 51.64844°N 1.21080°W
  18. Day's Lock 51.63834°N 1.17919°W
  19. Benson Lock 51.61631°N 1.11748°W
  20. Cleeve Lock 51.53193°N 1.13641°W
  21. Goring Lock 51.52298°N 1.14235°W
  22. Whitchurch Lock 51.48661°N 1.08830°W
  23. Mapledurham Lock 51.48623°N 1.04078°W
  24. Caversham Lock 51.4607°N 0.9641°W
  25. Sonning Lock 51.47258°N 0.91868°W
  26. Shiplake Lock 51.50102°N 0.88343°W
  27. Marsh Lock 51.52803°N 0.88710°W
  28. Hambleden Lock 51.56027°N 0.87333°W
  29. Hurley Lock 51.5512°N 0.808961°W
  30. Temple Lock 51.5521°N 0.793965°W
  31. Marlow Lock 51.5673°N 0.768812°W
  32. Cookham Lock 51.5613°N 0.695442°W
  33. Boulter's Lock 51.53329°N 0.69954°W
  34. Bray Lock 51.50893°N 0.69159°W
  35. Boveney Lock 51.49038°N 0.64171°W
  36. Romney Lock 51.49174°N 0.60422°W
  37. Old Windsor Lock 51°27′48″N 0°34′9″W
  38. Bell Weir Lock 51°26′18″N 0°32′16″W
  39. Penton Hook Lock 51°24′53″N 0°30′01″W
  40. Chertsey Lock 51°23′27″N 0°29′10″W
  41. Shepperton Lock 51°22′55.5″N 00°27′31″W
  42. Sunbury Lock 51°24′18.5″N 0°24′22″W
  43. Molesey Lock 51°24′17″N 0°20′45″W
  44. Teddington Lock 51.4315°N 0.3239°W
  45. Richmond Lock 51°27′44″N 0°19′02″W

Cheers
Matt
 
The co-ordinates for Teddington Lock in the list below appear to be wrong....they do not agree with those posted by Howard and are inconsistent with those for Richmond and Molesey.....

Mashby said:
Cheers Howard utlised this resource this afternoon a couple where off so I have changed them in my list below.

Although most do not have the correct punctuation it will do for me however I thought I would post them on the forum for two reasons first being if someone is a whizz with Excel i'm sure the punction could be sorted it out in a minute or two. Secondly if anyone searched the forums we now have it.

  1. St John's Lock 51.41229°N 1.404786°W
  2. Buscot Lock 51.68030°N 1.66874°W
  3. Grafton Lock 51.69090°N 1.60935°W
  4. Radcot Lock 51.69887°N 1.57311°W
  5. Rushey Lock 51.69782°N 1.53405°W
  6. Shifford Lock 51.70652°N 1.46595°W
  7. Northmoor Lock 51.71598°N 1.37754°W
  8. Pinkhill Lock 51.76014°N 1.36360°W
  9. Eynsham Lock 51.77432°N 1.35790°W
  10. King's Lock 51.78905°N 1.3069°W
  11. Godstow Lock 51.77667°N 1.29843°W
  12. Osney Lock 51.74864°N 1.27135°W
  13. Iffley Lock 51°434245″N 1°142521W
  14. Sandford Lock 51.708048°N 1.233104°W
  15. Abingdon Lock 51.670535°N 1.269202°W
  16. Culham Lock 51.64972°N 1.26860°W
  17. Clifton Lock 51.64844°N 1.21080°W
  18. Day's Lock 51.63834°N 1.17919°W
  19. Benson Lock 51.61631°N 1.11748°W
  20. Cleeve Lock 51.53193°N 1.13641°W
  21. Goring Lock 51.52298°N 1.14235°W
  22. Whitchurch Lock 51.48661°N 1.08830°W
  23. Mapledurham Lock 51.48623°N 1.04078°W
  24. Caversham Lock 51.4607°N 0.9641°W
  25. Sonning Lock 51.47258°N 0.91868°W
  26. Shiplake Lock 51.50102°N 0.88343°W
  27. Marsh Lock 51.52803°N 0.88710°W
  28. Hambleden Lock 51.56027°N 0.87333°W
  29. Hurley Lock 51.5512°N 0.808961°W
  30. Temple Lock 51.5521°N 0.793965°W
  31. Marlow Lock 51.5673°N 0.768812°W
  32. Cookham Lock 51.5613°N 0.695442°W
  33. Boulter's Lock 51.53329°N 0.69954°W
  34. Bray Lock 51.50893°N 0.69159°W
  35. Boveney Lock 51.49038°N 0.64171°W
  36. Romney Lock 51.49174°N 0.60422°W
  37. Old Windsor Lock 51°27′48″N 0°34′9″W
  38. Bell Weir Lock 51°26′18″N 0°32′16″W
  39. Penton Hook Lock 51°24′53″N 0°30′01″W
  40. Chertsey Lock 51°23′27″N 0°29′10″W
  41. Shepperton Lock 51°22′55.5″N 00°27′31″W
  42. Sunbury Lock 51°24′18.5″N 0°24′22″W
  43. Molesey Lock 51°24′17″N 0°20′45″W
  44. Teddington Lock 51.4315°N 0.3239°W
  45. Richmond Lock 51°27′44″N 0°19′02″W

Cheers
Matt
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I bet there's a lot more errors in that list, Without even checking, there's something odd about the longitude of St Johns.

Bit of a pointless exercise anyway IMHO, why not do the whole river trip and let the GPS record the positions when actually in the locks? Much more fun/interesting :D

And please, no more repeating of the whole tedious list !
 
I have just put the co-ordinates into the Navionics app on my iPad.... The position for Teddington Lock on the list is a field near Amersham, Howard's co-ordinates come up as Lensbury Club's playing fields but at least you can see the lock from there.....


:)

St.John's Lock comes up ok on the position quoted!
 
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No, they are all total rubbish.... How do you get 68 minutes of Latitude ( as in 51 68 030 N).and 66 minutes of Longitude (1 66 874W).
 
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If you put the pointer in Google Earth above Teddington Lock office , you get the picture shown below ...

Note the co-ordinates at the bottom of the picture and compare them with the ones i gave.

ted.jpg
 
Get a boat in the lock to tell you what the co-ordinates on their GPS are, Howard.

No, get scientific - ask the next ten boats to do it then let us know what they all say :D (make sure you tie them all up to the same bollard though!)

You might even find the lock is moving about a bit with the tide .......
 
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