The Environment Agency has appointed four new resident lock-keepers to serve on the River Thames.
Relief keeper John O’Hara is the new lock-keeper at Radcot in Oxfordshire, Northmoor keeper Mark Winks moves to Osney in Oxford, relief Aiden Mahon to nearby Iffley and Benson keeper Katie Marshall to Romney below Windsor Castle.
“I’m delighted to announce these four appointments,” says Thames waterways manager Barry Russell.
“Along with two other full-time lock and weir-keeper appointments we made in earlier in the year, they underscore our commitment to retain resident lock and weir-keepers at sites where there is an operational need.”
John, Mark, Aiden and Katie will move to their new sites and new homes over the coming weeks.