The pound lock was built in 1773, the sixth downstream of the eight constructed after the passing of the 1770 navigation act.

[2] The lock is on the Buckinghamshire bank and can only be reached on foot along the towpath from Marlow or Hurley.

There was formerly a ferry at the top of the lock cut taking the towpath across the river.

In 1989 the Temple Footbridge was built across the river at this point to replace the ferry which had ceased operation in 1953.

The Thames Path crosses Temple Footbridge from the Buckinghamshire to Berkshire side.