Brentford Gauging Lock

[umpire111]

Anywhere to moor a 58ft NB overnight or even for a few hours?

[DaveP]

There are visitor moorings above the lock, along the side of the basin, plus a sanitary station.  If they're full, there's more through the railway bridge up to the Great West Road, and then from the GWR bridge to the footbridge to Glaxo-Smithkline blg, and then pins will get you in up to Clitheroe's lock.

 

[blackrose]

Resist the temptation to moor between Thames lock and the gauging lock as it's semi-tidal. It's possible to moor but only if you know what you're doing. 

[GUMPY]

29 minutes ago, blackrose said:

Resist the temptation to moor between Thames lock and the gauging lock as it's semi-tidal. It's possible to moor but only if you know what you're doing. 

It was always the best place for us to moor, no one else there and the shortest walk to the Brewery Tap 

 

[MIKE P]

On 26/06/2022 at 19:50, blackrose said:

Resist the temptation to moor between Thames lock and the gauging lock as it's semi-tidal. It's possible to moor but only if you know what you're doing. 

What would one need to do?

[GUMPY]

14 minutes ago, MIKE P said:

What would one need to do?

Because it's often full above Gauging Lock and above Thames Lock  a nicer place to moor.

However

Level goes up and down by 4-6ft on spring tides. If you moor at high tide then the boat will be hanging in it's ropes a couple of hours later.

Used to be the same at Limehouse before they rebuilt the Three Mills Lock at the top of Bow Creek.

Edited June 28, 2022 by Loddon

[David Mack]

6 hours ago, Loddon said:

Level goes up and down by 4-6ft on spring tides. If you moor at high tide then the boat will be hanging in it's ropes a couple of hours later.

And if you moor at the semi tidal level then over high tide your mooring ropes will go very slack.