Lock No 54 at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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Lock No 54 at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 24 Aug 2012
Both ground paddles are up, allowing water into the lock chamber in readiness for the approaching narrowboat. There is a flight of four locks up through Stratford from Bancroft Basin, this being the second. It provides a rise of 6ft 9in (about two metres) in water level.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.194666
Longitude
-1.703851