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==Location and design== The greater lock is against the general south (right, towpath or Surrey) bank of the river which is for 500 m north-east here{{refn|group=n|As the south bank is north-east or north, as beside the commercial district [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] which is centred {{convert|2.2|mi}} north, the Thames at Teddington Lock flows westward against its strongly eastward general flow; downstream of [[Oxfordshire]] other such circuitous [[meander]]s are at [[Wargrave]], for a few metres in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] and at the [[Greenwich Peninsula]]}}; a middle lock being that most regularly used spans a long thin island which has lawns, places for boat owners to sit and a lock keeper's cabin and short thin island which is a thin wedge of concrete and a broad canoe/kayak stepped portage facility. The river downstream of the lock is the Richmond and Twickenham reach of the [[Tideway]], a {{convert|3.2|mi|adj=on}} reach of semi-[[tide|tidal]] river due to the fact the [[Richmond Lock and Footbridge|Richmond Lock and half-tide barrages]] limits the fall of water thereby maintaining a head of water to aid navigability at and around low tide.{{refn|group=n|See [[tidal barrage]].}} Though the weir at '''Teddington Weir''' marks the managed river's usual [[tidal limit]], after prolonged rainfall causing very high fluvial flow, specifically at high tide, a higher limit of [[slack water|slack water (stand of the tide)]] causes [[eddy (fluid dynamics)|eddies]] to arise as far upstream as [[East Molesey|the top of this reach]], the [[Molesey Lock|next lock]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26133660 |title=How does the Thames Barrier stop London flooding? |work=[[BBC News]] |date=11 February 2014 |access-date= 26 March 2019|first=Tom |last=de Castella}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=6080&p=0 |title=Operation of the Thames Barrier |publisher=Spelthorne Borough Council |access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> The large, bow-shaped '''Teddington Weir''' is against the opposite bank. A series of two footbridges at differing heights make up a structure which crosses the locks, the middle island that has the lock keeper's cabin and the weir pool, [[Teddington Lock Footbridge]].
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