Remains of old canal lock
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Remains of old canal lock
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 21 Jan 2020
At this point close to Waterton Park golf club house the long abandoned Barnsley Canal runs out of water. The stonework here is part of a series of 5 locks which took the canal downhill and through Walton village. The canal northwards from here being filled in and part of a cycle track and footpath.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.645117
Longitude
-1.45494