Eton Dorney is a purpose built rowing lake in the United Kingdom. It is located at grid reference SU929779 near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and near the towns of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.
The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, who has spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totaling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project took over 10 years until completion in 2006. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating and triathlon training.
The lake will be used as the 2012 Summer Olympic venue for rowing and Olympic Canoe Sprint the whitewater events will take place at Lee Valley White Water Centre in Hertfordshire, and as the 2012 Summer Paralympics venue for rowing.
This will involve enhancing the existing facilities to include 20,000 seats for Olympic spectators; most of these seats will be temporary. Construction began in October 2009 of enhancements to Dorney Lake, including a new cut-through between the competition lake and the return lane, a new bridge and an upgraded access road, funded by the Olympic Delivery Authority. The Olympics venue is officially termed Eton Dorney.
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