- Hanham Lock
Hanham Lock (gbmapping|ST646700) is situated on the River Avon, at the village of
Hanham nearBristol ,England .Hanham Lock is the first lock east of
Netham where boats leave the BristolFloating Harbour . Aweir carries the river and boats use the adjacent lock. It is numbered as 1 and is officially the first on theKennet and Avon Canal . It opened in 1727 and there used to be a colliery wharf just west of the lock, however the mines closed in the 19th century. [cite book |last=Allsop |first=Niall |title=The Kennet & Avon Canal |year=1987 |publisher=Millstream Book |location=Bath |id=ISBN 0-948975-15-6 ]The river below Hanham Lock is considered to be tidal, as high tides often pass over the weir at Netham. Some spring tides will also pass over the weir here, making the river tidal up to Keynsham Lock. [Nicholson Waterways Guide, Volume 7, 2006, Harper Collins Publishers, ISBN 0-00-721115-5]
The canal superintendent's house was built here, now a Grade II
listed building , it is called "Picnic House". [cite web | title=Picnic House | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=28697 | accessdate=2006-09-03] In front of this house once stood Hanham Mills, an archway over the towpath being all that remained of the mills until 1897, when the Hanham Abbotts Parish Church had the archway demolished due to its poor state of repair. [cite web | title=Hanham Abbots | work=South Gloucestershire Council | url=http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A8E30A2E-0D92-43CB-9285-7143DD6A83F0/0/HanhamAbbots.pdf | accessdate=2006-09-03]Just above the lock are some permanent and visitor moorings and two pubs.
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See also
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Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal
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