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Rising Sun Lock, Grand Union Canal
Modern waterside apartments are reflected in no 55 lock which takes its name from the adjacent pub (just out of shot to the left).
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 21 Feb 2010
0.04 miles
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River Bulbourne enters Grand Union Canal
At least in principle it does, via the vegetation choked cut parallel to the lock. It seems to carry little or no flow now, although the watercourse is intact through the town and more or less water filled. It once was also the lengthy tail race of Upper Mill. I cannot account for the opening under the path along the bank, it may be just local drainage. It does not seem to be flowing either. There is no trace on old maps of any drainage to this point.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 28 Jul 2017
0.04 miles
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Rising Sun at lock 55
This is the bottom of three locks at Berkhamsted. It is one of those pubs that if you are lock wheeling (going ahead to set the locks for the boat coming down the previous locks in a flight) you can open the paddles, nip in for a quick pint, have the lock ready, get the boat in and have your pint downed by the time the lock is empty. But as your boating colleagues will not thank you for that, the civil thing to do is to get the round in then moor below the lock to enjoy the pint and a lunch more leisurely.
Image: © Graham Horn
Taken: 10 Apr 2010
0.05 miles
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Berkhamsted lock 55
This is the lock cottage at the bottom of the three "Berko" locks. Aren't those chimneys amazing?
Image: © Graham Horn
Taken: 10 Apr 2010
0.05 miles
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Berkhamsted: The Rising Sun public house
Affectionately known as the Riser by locals, the Rising Sun is a Victorian canalside pub built in the 1880s and largely unchanged since. It's situated overlooking Lock No. 55 on the Grand Union Canal, seen in the foreground, and is only accessible by foot from along the canal or down a gravel driveway off George Street.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 21 Oct 2007
0.05 miles
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Berkhamsted: George Street
Victorian terraced housing in a street running parallel to the Grand Union Canal.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 21 Oct 2007
0.05 miles
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Lock 55, Grand Junction Canal - Berkhamsted Bottom Lock
Image: © Mr Biz
Taken: 30 Jun 2012
0.05 miles
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Lock 55 and the Rising Sun pub at Berkhamsted
Image: © John Slater
Taken: 27 Mar 2017
0.05 miles
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Lock 55, Grand Union Canal
The bunting is outside the Rising Sun pub, alongside the lock.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 28 Jul 2017
0.05 miles
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The Rising Sun, Berkhamsted
Overlooking Berkhamsted Bottom Lock No. 55 on the Grand Union Canal.
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 1 Jul 2024
0.05 miles