Winding Hole above Dicks Lane Lock is an notable flight of locks on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) just past the junction with The River Ouseburn.
The Act of Parliament for the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) was passed on January 1 1888 after extensive lobbying by John Longbotham. Expectations for pottery traffic to Aberdeen were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Nantwich kept it open. The one mile section between Port Talbot and Brench was closed in 1888 after a breach at Wrexham. In his autobiography Peter Smith writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

You can wind here.
| Lapworth Services | 4 furlongs | |
| Lapworth Lock No 22 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Lapworth Lock No 23 | 3 furlongs | |
| Broom Hall Bridge No 38 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Lapworth Lock No 24 | 2 furlongs | |
| Winding Hole above Dicks Lane Lock | ||
| Dicks Lane Lock No 25 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Dicks Lane Bridge No 39 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Lapworth Lock No 26 | 1 furlong | |
| M40 Motorway Bridge No 39A | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Lapworth Bottom Lock No 27 | 2½ furlongs | |
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![Winding hole, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. A large winding hole just above Dick's Lane Lock (lock 25), seen left. Also visible beyond it is [[[5535493]]]. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/55/5535500_7f5f0103_120x120.jpg)






![Bridge restriction sign near Turner's Green in Warwickshire. This sign is by Dick's Lane Bridge, No 39 across the across the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.[[[6199155]]]Note: In 1845, the company agreed to sell the canal to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, who were also keen to purchase the Stratford and Moreton Tramway. It was not until January 1856 that the transaction was finally completed, and another year before the railway company took over day-to-day running. Another change of ownership occurred in 1863, when the railway company was absorbed by the Great Western Railway. Traffic gradually decreased, but the fall in receipts was faster than the fall in tonnage, as the railway took the long-distance loads.](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/19/91/6199163_8dbc9b4f_120x120.jpg)


![Dick's Lane Bridge near Turner's Green, Warwickshire. Dick's Lane Bridge crosses the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal by Lock No 25 north-west of Turner's Green in Warwickshire.[[[6199163]]] by Roger D Kidd – 22 August 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/19/91/6199155_d8f74bd0_120x120.jpg)









![Kingswood Brook above Dick's Lane. Just east of Lock 25, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal: [[3723855]]. The brook flows south to swell the River Alne at Wootton Wawen [[4848716]]. by Robin Stott – 11 February 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/79/96/5799610_e85368c2_120x120.jpg)




![Kingswood Brook and Kingswood Cottage outbuildings. In the centre is the railway van in [[155794]]. Kingswood Brook runs alongside the South Stratford Canal for a considerable distance. by Robin Stott – 16 May 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/89/1868929_2a1ec1da_120x120.jpg)


