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East Lock Weir Entrance

 
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Address is taken from a point 2115 yards away.
 
Information about the place
East Lock Weir Entrance is a minor waterways place on the River Medway (Non-tidal section) between River Walk Junction (Junction with the northern route to the railway bridge) (3 miles and 5¾ furlongs and 3 locks to the west) and Yalding Wharf (4 miles and 2¾ furlongs and 3 locks to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of River Walk Junction is Hartlake Road Bridge; 6½ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Yalding Wharf is East Lock No 4; ½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

You may be able to wind here, but it is not a full-length winding hole, being only suitable for boats up to 70 feet long.

 
 
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In the direction of Allington Lock No 10

East Lock Weir Exit1¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Oak Weir Lock Weir Exit7¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Sluice Weir Lock Weir Exit2 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Stoneham Lock Weir Exit3 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Hampstead Lock Weir Exit4 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Teston Lock Weir Entrance7 miles, 5½ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Teston Lock Weir Exit7 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Farleigh Lock Weir Exit9 miles, 7½ furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Allington Lock Weir Entrance14 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Allington Lock No 10
Allington Lock Weir Exit14 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 7 locks away
Travel to Allington Lock No 10, then on the River Medway (Tidal section) to Allington Lock Weir Exit

In the direction of Tonbridge Rail Bridge

Porter's Lock Weir Exit1 mile away
On this waterway in the direction of Tonbridge Rail Bridge
Porter's Lock Weir Entrance1 mile, 2¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Tonbridge Rail Bridge
Eldridge's Lock Winding Hole2 miles and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Tonbridge Rail Bridge
Tonbridge Town Lock Weir Exit No 13 miles, 3½ furlongs and 2 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Tonbridge Rail Bridge
Tonbridge Town Lock Weir Entrance No 13 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Tonbridge Rail Bridge
Tonbridge Junction (northern route)4 miles, 3 furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Tonbridge Rail Bridge

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rubbish disposal
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boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Lock (water navigation)] navigation improvements, weirs and locks are used together. A weir will increase the depth of a shallow stretch, and the required lock will either be built [Exeter Ship Canal] that Turf Lock, the canal's junction with the estuary be deepened and enlarged to allow ships of 600 tons to pass. In May 1944 the Countess Weir Road bridge [New Cut, Bristol] at either end, connecting Netham weir and Totterdown basin, and the Underfall sluices to the mouth of the Entrance lock at Cumberland Basin, the overall [Chesapeake and Ohio Canal] entering Goose Creek. The lock was eventually converted into a waste weir. The Shenandoah river (about 422 feet below Lock 33) lock let boats cross to Harpers [Blanchetown] Reach-Blanchetown Road: Moorundie Settlement Ruins William R. Randell Lock and Weir (Lock No. 1) Blanchetown is north of Goyder's Line, and so the land around [River Avon, Bristol] building. Alongside the lock is a pub, whose garden extends over the lock to the small island between the lock and weir. The lock was opened in 1727 and [Kennet and Avon Canal] pass over the weir at Netham. Some spring tides pass over the weir at Hanham, making the river tidal up to Keynsham Lock. Heading east, the river passes [Camden Lock] locks, by replacing the lower gates of one chamber with a fixed weir. Hampstead Road Lock is the only one where both chambers have been retained, although [Floating dock (impounded)] floating dock is isolated from tidal water by a lock gate, at least, although in many dock systems the entrance is more complex than this. The first wet dock [Thames Path] Canal entrance is the present-day limit of navigation for powered craft, and is one and a half miles upstream of the highest lock (St John's Lock), near
 
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