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Cookham Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames near Cookham, Berkshire. It is owned and managed by the Environment Agency. The lock is set in a lock cut which creates Formosa Island and it is surrounded by woods.

Access to the lock

There is a road from Cookham to Formosa Island and the lock.

Literature and the Media

Cookham was home to the artist Stanley Spencer's whose works include Swan Upping at Cookham.

Reach above the lock

THe river is picturesque and described as Wind in the Willows country Kenneth Graham base much of his book on this part of the Thames.

See also

• Locks on the River Thames
• Cookham Bridge
• Cookham Lock Cut Bridge

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