Chertsey has not had a resident lock keeper for more than two years and has been run safely using relief workers.

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Alongside the lock restoration, the organisation is also hoping to create a visitor centre and cafe on the site of the former lock keeper's cottage.

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He said at Chertsey, Cleeve, Grafton and Sunbury, there had been no resident lock or weir keeper for some time.

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