Bradford Lock (grid reference ST825602) is a lock situated at Bradford on Avon on the Kennet and Avon Canal, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Canal locks in England. ... The Town Bridge over the river Avon. ... The canal at Bathampton, near Bath The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
It was in Bradford on Avon that the first sod was cut for the Kennet and Avon Canal in 1794 and had wharves above and below the lock. The lock has a rise/fall of 12ft 6 inches (3.81m).[1]
There are moorings above and below Bradford Lock. Next to the canal, a little way west of the lock, is a huge 14th century tithe barn.[2]
References
^ Allsop, Niall (1987). The Kennet & Avon Canal. Bath: Millstream Book. ISBN 0948975156.
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