High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dorney Lake 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 have spent 17 million developing it and no public money has been used. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are made available to the rowing community. The lake will be used as the 2012 Summer Olympic venue for rowing and canoe/kayak flatwater. This will involve enhancing the existing facilities to include 20,000 seats, most of which will be temporary. Construction began in October 2009 to enhancements at Dorney Lake, including a new a cut-through between the competition lake and the return lane, a new bridge and an upgraded access road, funded by the Olympic Delivery Authority.