Wire Lock

Wire Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Hungerford, Berkshire, England. It is a grade II listed building.

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 serves the historic market town of Hungerford, in Berkshire, England. It lies 61 miles 43 chains down the line from London Paddington. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which also operates all trains serving it. 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 in the civil parish of Kintbury, in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire, England. The village is on the River Kennet, just under 1 mile northwest of Kintbury village and 2 miles east of the town of Hungerford.

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 7 miles east of Hungerford town hall.

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. It is home to Denford Park.

Wire Lock

Type: Lock
Category: body of water
Location: Kintbury, West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.41042° or 51° 24′ 38″ north

Longitude

-1.47994° or 1° 28′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C3WCG6C+52

OpenStreetMap ID

way 369375767

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lock

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