Overflow Weir

Lapworth Locks: Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal

The twenty six locks were constructed in two phases. Locks 2 to 20 between Kingswood Junction and Hockley Heath opened in 1803 providing a connection to the Grand Union Canal. Locks 21 to 27 south of the junction were opened in 1816 with the lower section of the canal to Stratford-on-Avon. Passing through twenty five locks the water level falls by 158 feet 6 inches about 52 metres over a distance of
2.5 miles, 4km

Home after a nice stroll along part of the Lapworth Locks to find Mr Fox was happily tucking into a squirrel in the garden (circle of life) - sorry Pooka that’s one less for Benjamin to watch in Sept.