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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{stack begin}} {{Infobox waterlock |lock_name = Blake's Lock |image = Blakes Lock, Reading - geograph.org.uk - 1200776.jpg |caption = |waterway = [[River Kennet]] |county = [[Berkshire]] |maint = [[Environment Agency]] |operation = Manual |first = 1802 |latest = |length = {{convert|37.39|m|ftin|abbr=on}} <ref name="EnvAgency" >{{cite web |url=http://a0768b4a8a31e106d8b0-50dc802554eb38a24458b98ff72d550b.r19.cf3.rackcdn.com/geth0309bpgk-e-e.pdf |title=A User's Guide to the River Thames |pages=29β30 |date=2009 |work=PDF file |publisher=Environmental Agency |access-date=12 November 2012}} Dimensions given in metres</ref> |width = {{convert|5.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="EnvAgency" /> |fall = {{convert|1.07|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="EnvAgency" /> |sealevel = about {{convert|54|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessccc.com/C33278_Blake-Lock-Museum-Gasworks-Rd-Reading-Berkshire-RG1-3DS/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118172700/http://www.businessccc.com/C33278_Blake-Lock-Museum-Gasworks-Rd-Reading-Berkshire-RG1-3DS/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2013 |title=Blake's Lock Museum Profile |year=2011 |work=web page |publisher=UK Local Business |access-date=15 November 2012 }}</ref> |enda = [[Teddington Lock]] |distenda = {{convert|55|mi}} |endb = [[Bristol Harbour]] |distendb = {{convert|87|mi}} | map_image = | map_width = | coordinates= | extra = }} {{Blakes Lock map}} {{stack end}} '''Blake's Lock''' is a [[Canal lock|lock]] situated on the [[River Kennet]] in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Berkshire]], [[England]]. It is on the short reach of the River Kennet which is administered as if it were part of the [[River Thames]] and is hence owned and managed by the [[Environment Agency]].
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