Cosgrove Lock and Buckingham Arm Junction
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cosgrove Lock and Buckingham Arm Junction by Mark Percy as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Cosgrove Lock and Buckingham Arm Junction
Image: © Mark Percy Taken: 20 Mar 2022
The Buckingham Arm was built in two separate phases: a broad canal to Old Stratford, which opened in 1800 and a narrow canal onwards to Buckingham, which opened in 1801. It was disused from 1932, and was dammed at the first bridge in 1944 to reduce leakage from the Grand Union, but was not finally abandoned until 1964. The remains were severed by the construction of new roads in the 1970s and again in the late 1980s. The section through Old Stratford and Deanshanger was sold off in the 1990s, and the route was lost to housing development. The Buckingham Canal Society was formed in 1992, and is actively pursuing a restoration programme.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.073011
Longitude
-0.841647