Potter’s Lock

Potter's Lock is on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 7 ft 6 in.

Type: Lock
Description: lock
Also known as: “Potter’s Lock, Wiltshire” and “Potters Lock”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Little Bedwyn Lock and Burnt Mill Lock.

Little Bedwyn Lock

Lock

Little Bedwyn Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The canal is administered by the Canal & River Trust. The lock has a rise/fall of 6 ft 7 in. Little Bedwyn Lock is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Potter’s Lock.

Burnt Mill Lock

Lock

Burnt Mill Lock is on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 7 ft 9 in. Burnt Mill Lock is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Potter’s Lock.

Bedwyn railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bedwyn railway station serves the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. It is 66 miles 33 chains from the zero point at London Paddington. Along with Pewsey station, it serves the market town of Marlborough which is 6 miles away. Bedwyn railway station is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Potter’s Lock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chisbury and Wilton.

Chisbury

Village

Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chisbury is a hamlet and prehistoric hill fort in the civil parish of Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. Chisbury is about 4 miles west of Hungerford and about 6 miles south-east of Marlborough.

Wilton

Village

Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wilton is a village, which is situated 3 miles southwest of Potter’s Lock.

Hungerford

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish, in Berkshire, England. It lies 8 miles west of Newbury, 9 miles east of Marlborough and 60 miles west of London. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 5,869.

Potter’s Lock

Category: body of water
Location: Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.38764° or 51° 23′ 16″ north

Longitude

-1.58677° or 1° 35′ 12″ west

Open location code

9C3W9CQ7+37

OpenStreetMap ID

way 369398048

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lock

Wikidata ID

Q607952

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In Other Languages

“Potter’s Lock” goes by many names.

French: “écluse de Potter”
French: “Écluse de Potter”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bonning’s Copse and Church of St Michael.

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