St Catherine’s Lock
St Catherine’s Lock is a weir in Winchester District, Hampshire, England. St Catherine’s Lock is situated nearby to the archaeological site Plague Pits, as well as near St. Catherine’s Hill Hillfort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Weir
- Description: disused canal lock on the Itchen Nabigation at the border between the unparished city area of Winchester and the civil parish of Twyford, both in Hampshire, UK
- Also known as: “Saint Catherine’s Lock”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Catherine’s Hill and Winchester Cathedral.
St Catherine’s Hill
Peak
Photo: Spidermagicat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Catherine's Hill is a chalk downland hill and 43-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the outskirts of Winchester in Hampshire, England.
Winchester Cathedral
Church
Winchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. Winchester Cathedral is situated 1¼ miles north of St Catherine’s Lock.
Wolvesey Castle
Castle
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wolvesey Castle, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, was the main residence of the Bishop of Winchester in the Middle Ages. The castle, mostly built by Henry of Blois in the 12th century, is now a ruin, except for its fifteenth-century chapel, which is now part of the bishop's current residence, Wolvesey Palace. Wolvesey Castle is situated 1 mile north of St Catherine’s Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bar End and Highcliffe.
Bar End
Suburb
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bar End is an area of Winchester, Hampshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Itchen to the north of St. Catherine's Hill and is the location of a park and ride car park serving the city centre.
Winchester
Winchester is an historic cathedral city in the county of Hampshire, South East England. Erstwhile capital of the country, it was from here that Alfred the Great governed much of unified England.
St Catherine’s Lock
- Category: lock
- Location: Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.04341° or 51° 2′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.31564° or 1° 18′ 56″ westHeight
6.6 feet (2 metres)Operator
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.Open location code
9C3W2MVM+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 611718036OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=weirWikidata ID
Q113622177
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plague Pits and St. Catherine’s Hill Hillfort.
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