Colin P Witter Lock
United Kingdom /
England /
Stratford-upon-Avon /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Stratford-upon-Avon
World / United Kingdom / England
lock (water navigation)
Add category
Lock on Upper Avon Navigation - previously called Stratford Lock.
Once famously described by a lady councillor as "Mr Hutchings' monstrous erection in the park."
This lock, because of its unusual depth and the unstable nature of the ground (silt pit) was the most difficult to build, which accounts for the unusual girders used to stabilise the structure.
The work was done by men from Gloucester Gaol and other volunteers.
Once famously described by a lady councillor as "Mr Hutchings' monstrous erection in the park."
This lock, because of its unusual depth and the unstable nature of the ground (silt pit) was the most difficult to build, which accounts for the unusual girders used to stabilise the structure.
The work was done by men from Gloucester Gaol and other volunteers.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°11'9"N 1°42'22"W
- Wilmcote Flight 3.9 km
- Deadman's Ait 17 km
- Knowle Locks 22 km
- Stockton Locks 25 km
- Camp Hill Locks 34 km
- Farmer's Bridge Locks 36 km
- Delph Locks 43 km
- Caen Hill Locks 95 km
- Site of the Uncompleted Balance Locks on the Dorset and Somerset Canal (Disused) 114 km
- Teddington Barge Lock 127 km
- Stratford Racecourse 1.3 km
- Stratford-on-Avon Golf Club 1.8 km
- Snitterfield Airfield 5.7 km
- Charlecote Park 6.1 km
- Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield 6.4 km
- Wellesbourne Wood 6.5 km
- Stratford Oaks Golf Club 6.6 km
- M40 Distribution Park 6.7 km
- Smatchley Wood 7.7 km
- Warwickshire 17 km