Loxwood Lock No 5A
BW809, Chichester RH14 0RE, United Kingdom
Loxwood Lock No 5A is one of many locks on the Wey and Arun Canal (Wey & Arun Junction Canal) and unusually is opened with a crank handle just past the junction with The Pocklington Canal.
Early plans for the Wey and Arun Canal (Wey & Arun Junction Canal) between Glasgow and Southfield were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until James Brindley was appointed as engineer in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Trafford. Expectations for pottery traffic to Cheltenham never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Tiverbury power station was enough to keep it open. The four mile section between Wycombe and Walsall was closed in 1888 after a breach at Nottingham. Despite the claim in "A Very Special Boat" by Arthur Harding, there is no evidence that Thomas Edwards ever made a model of Castleington Embankment out of matchsticks for a bet
Loxwood Lock No 5A
is a minor waterways place
on the Wey and Arun Canal (Wey & Arun Junction Canal) between
Guns Mouth Junction (Junction with Wey and Arun Junction Canal) (14 miles and ¾ furlongs
and 18 locks
to the north) and
Guildenhurst Bridge (4 miles
and 5 locks
to the southeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Guns Mouth Junction is Devil's Hole Lock No 6;
3¼ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Guildenhurst Bridge is Loxwood Bridge;
½ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Gennets Wood Lock No 9 | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| Gennets Wood Footbridge | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
| Gennets Bridge Lock No 8 | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Southland Lock No 7 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Devil's Hole Lock No 6 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Loxwood Lock No 5A | ||
| Loxwood Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Brewhurst Lock No 5 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Brewhurst Lane Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Baldwin's Knob Lock No 4 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Barnsill Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Devil's Hole Lock No 6
Mrs S. Overington
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Guns Mouth Junction
Godalming Wharf — 16 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Godalming Wharf
Dapdune Wharf — 16 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Dapdune Wharf
Guildford Waterside Centre — 17 miles, 7 furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Guildford Waterside Centre
Stoke Lock No 5 — 18 miles, 3½ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Stoke Lock No 5Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Guns Mouth Junction
Godalming Wharf — 16 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Godalming Wharf
Dapdune Wharf — 16 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Dapdune Wharf
Guildford Waterside Centre — 17 miles, 7 furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Guildford Waterside CentreNearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Guns Mouth Junction
Godalming Wharf — 16 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Godalming Wharf
Guildford Waterside Centre — 17 miles, 7 furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Guildford Waterside CentreNearest place to turn
In the direction of Guns Mouth Junction
Guns Mouth Junction — 14 miles, ¾ furlongs and 19 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Guns Mouth Junction
Unstead Lock Weir Exit — 14 miles, 2½ furlongs and 19 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Unstead Lock Weir Exit
St. Catherine's Lock Weir Exit — 15 miles, ½ furlongs and 20 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to St. Catherine's Lock Weir Exit
Catteshall Lock Weir Exit — 15 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 20 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Catteshall Lock Weir Exit
Catteshall Lock Weir Entrance — 15 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Catteshall Lock Weir Entrance
Millmead Lock Weir Exit — 16 miles, ½ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Millmead Lock Weir Exit
Millmead Basin — 16 miles, ½ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Millmead Basin
Godalming Wharf — 16 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Godalming Wharf
Dapdune Wharf — 16 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Dapdune Wharf
Guildford Waterside Centre — 17 miles, 7 furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Guildford Waterside Centre
Stoke Lock Weir Entrance — 18 miles and 21 locks away
Travel to Guns Mouth Junction, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Wey Navigation to Stoke Lock Weir EntranceNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
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[Wey and Arun Canal]
water in the pound crossed by the bridge. At the other end, a new lock (Loxwood Lock) was constructed, to provide for the 6-foot (1.8 m) difference between
[River Arun]
south, and the county boundary briefly follows its course, the River Lox / Loxwood Stream joins the Arun at Drungewick just before it is joined by the partially
[Wey and Godalming Navigations]
London, and coal traffic continuing south along the Wey and Arun as far as Loxwood. Average profits which were £2,046 for the years 1794 to 1798, rose to
[London to Portsmouth canal]
the Younger in 1825, for an 86-mile (138 km) passing through Guildford, Loxwood and then down the Arun Valley. It was longer than Cundy's scheme, but the