Wire Lock
Wire Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Hungerford, Berkshire, England. It is a grade II listed building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hungerford railway station and Kintbury railway station.
Hungerford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hungerford railway station is a railway station that serves the historic market town of Hungerford in Berkshire, England. It is 61 miles 43 chains measured from the zero point at London Paddington. Hungerford railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Wire Lock.
Kintbury railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kintbury railway station serves the village of Kintbury in Berkshire, England. It is situated on the Reading to Taunton Line, 58 miles 38 chains from London Paddington. Kintbury railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Wire Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avington and Lower Denford.
Avington
Hamlet
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Avington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kintbury, in the West Berkshire district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England.
Lower Denford
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Denford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kintbury in the English county of Berkshire. The settlement lies adjacent to the A4 road, and is located approximately 1 mile east of Hungerford.
Upper Denford
Hamlet
Upper Denford is a hamlet in Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Kintbury. The settlement lies north of the A4 road, and is located approximately 1.5 miles north-east of Hungerford.
Wire Lock
- Type: Lock gate
- Category: transportation
- Location: Kintbury, West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.41044° or 51° 24′ 38″ northLongitude
-1.48015° or 1° 28′ 49″ westHeight
6.8 feet (2.1 metres)Open location code
9C3WCG69+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 442730218OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=lock_gate
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