The long weir stretches several hundred yards above the lock, and beyond it is Marlow suspension bridge close to the church.

On the Berkshire side is Bisham Abbey, a fine old mansion associated with Anne of Cleves and Queen Elizabeth that is now one of the National Sports Centres.

It does not cross the bridge, but passes through Higginson Park and continues on the Bucks side to Temple Lock.

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley lived in Marlow and spent much of his time on the river above the lock in a skiff.

[3] The lock was used in 1970 to film the scene in The Ambassadors of Death episode of Doctor Who, when Liz Shaw is chased onto the weir.