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<table><tbody><tr><th><ul><li>v</li><li>t</li><li>e</li></ul>Romney Lock</th></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/River_Thames/XnQWN52L">River Thames</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Clewer_Mill_Stream/jFoaFb41">Clewer Mill Stream</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Boveney_Lock/7Ct1HEY3">Boveney Lock</a> (and boat rollers)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">Race Course Yacht Basin</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">Site of old mill</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">Cuckoo Weir</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">A332 <a href="/facts/Queen_Elizabeth_Bridge%2c_Windsor/dunLwkLg">Queen Elizabeth Bridge</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">-- (Windsor & Eton Bypass)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Windsor_Railway_Bridge/Q7pMYvtU">Windsor Railway Bridge</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Baths_Island/zRKrx1W8">Baths Island</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Deadwater_Ait/bK2nXYP8">Deadwater Ait</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Firework_Ait/PBPy2RuW">Firework Ait</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Windsor_Bridge/1y1BBEv7">Windsor Bridge</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">moorings</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">Site of old mill</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">weir</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">Romney Lock</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Jubilee_River/jfTNP0Qn">Jubilee River</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">-- (from <a href="/facts/Boulter%2527s_Lock/KgebJqYF">Boulter's Lock</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Black_Potts_Railway_Bridge/XaVew6fP">Black Potts Railway Bridge</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2">River Thames</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Romney Lock is a <a href="/facts/Lock_(water_transport)/rFGHXS0p">lock</a> on the <a href="/facts/River_Thames/XnQWN52L">River Thames</a> in England near <a href="/facts/Windsor%2c_Berkshire/Usy4cbsB">Windsor</a> and <a href="/facts/Eton%2c_Berkshire/6x1LXYnV">Eton</a>, about half a mile downstream of <a href="/facts/Windsor_Bridge/1y1BBEv7">Windsor Bridge</a>. It is on the Windsor side of the river next to a boatyard and adjoins <a href="/facts/Romney_Island/0zWFJ6rC">Romney Island</a>, a long strip-shaped <a href="/facts/Ait/ST7DuxmT">ait</a> in the middle of the river. The first lock was built by the <a href="/facts/Thames_Navigation_Commission/CDtJ3FTb">Thames Navigation Commission</a> in 1798. </p><p>The weir is some distance upstream near the end of Romney Island and runs across the river to <a href="/facts/Cutlers_Ait/hIDKmRap">Cutlers Ait</a>. A small 200kW <a href="/facts/Hydroelectric_generator/zEeJIK2B">hydroelectric generation station</a> was installed in 2011 to supply electricity to <a href="/facts/Windsor_Castle/RDlcCPkd">Windsor Castle</a>. </p>