Bloomers Hole Footbridge is a footbridge across the

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, England. It is situated on the reach above

Buscot Lock Buscot Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, near the village of Buscot, Oxfordshire. The lock was built of stone by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1790 and is the smallest on the River Thames. Like most of the Upper Thames Lock ...

and was installed in 2000 to carry the

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across the Thames. It is built of steel encased in wood to make it look like a timber structure. The

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commissioned

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to design and build the bridge and the design was undertaken by Charlie Benner, the senior engineer. The bridge was installed in 2000. The two 8-tonne steel beams were put in place by a

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from

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. Bloomer's Hole is at a wide bend about quarter of a mile downstream of

St John's Lock St John's Lock, below the town of Lechlade, Gloucestershire, is the furthest upstream lock on the River Thames in England. The name of the lock derives from a priory that was established nearby in 1250, but which no longer exists. The lock was ...

. The river winds tortuously along here, and although a cut of the river across Bloomer Meadow was mooted as early as 1802, it was never implemented.Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles

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Pedestrian bridges across the River Thames Bridges in Oxfordshire Bridges completed in 2000 {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub

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