Spon Lane Middle Lock
Spon Lane Middle Lock is a lock gate in Sandwell, England. Spon Lane Middle Lock is situated nearby to Giffords Way Bridge, as well as near Spon Lane Locks Branch Canal.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spon Lane Locks Branch and Stewart Aqueduct.
Spon Lane Locks Branch
Canal
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The Spon Lane Locks Branch is an 800-yard section of the BCN Main Line canal in Oldbury, England, which forms a connecting canal "sliproad" where the Old BCN Main Line crosses the New BCN Main Line at the Stewart Aqueduct. Spon Lane Locks Branch is situated 520 feet west of Spon Lane Middle Lock.
Stewart Aqueduct
Bridge
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The Stewart Aqueduct in Smethwick, West Midlands, England carries the BCN Old Main Line Canal over the BCN New Main Line Canal. Alongside and above the New Main Line Canal is the Stour Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, all three being bridged by the M5 motorway. Stewart Aqueduct is situated 560 feet southeast of Spon Lane Middle Lock.
Bromford Junction
Canal
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Bromford Junction is a canal junction at the foot of the Spon Lane Locks where the Spon Lane Locks Branch meets the BCN New Main Line near Oldbury in the West Midlands, England. Bromford Junction is situated 1,400 feet west of Spon Lane Middle Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyng and Oldbury.
Lyng
Hamlet
Lyng is a residential area of West Bromwich in the West Midlands of England. It is situated in the south of the town near the border with Oldbury - and part of Oldbury's Ring Road actually borders the southern part of the area.
Oldbury
Town
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oldbury is a market town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is the administrative centre of the borough.
West Bromwich
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
West Bromwich, commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is 5 miles northwest of Birmingham.
Spon Lane Middle Lock
- Type: Lock gate
- Also known as: “Middle Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Sandwell, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.50696° or 52° 30′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.99918° or 1° 59′ 57″ westInception
1790Open location code
9C4WG242+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2524415479OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=lock_gate
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Highlights include Middle Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level and Giffords Way Bridge.
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