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Bude Sea Lock

 
Tidal lock linking the Bude Canal to the sea
Breakwater Road, Bude EX23 8, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Bude Sea Lock is a minor waterways place at the end of the Bude Canal; past Helebridge Incline Plane (2 miles and 1 furlong and 2 locks to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Helebridge Incline Plane is Bude Canal Basin; 1¾ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

Bude Sea Lock
Bude Canal Basin1¾ furlongs
Falcon Bridge (limit of navigation)2¼ furlongs
Upper Wharf Bude3¼ furlongs
Rodds Bridge1 mile, 1¾ furlongs
Rodds Bridge Lock1 mile, 2¾ furlongs
 
 
Amenities

Amenities here

 Sainsburys
 Somerfield - Bude - Store# 3423

Amenities nearby at Bude Canal Basin

 Candy Shop
 Bude, Mirchi
 Bude, Taste of India
 Bude, Lansdowne Bakery
 D Richardson
 The Bude Meat Supply Ltd
 Bude, Tasty Baguettes
 Fish & Chips
 Fish & Chips
 Boots Chemist
 Cashpoint
 Lloyds
 TSB
 
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In the direction of Helebridge Incline Plane

Bude Canal Basin1¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Helebridge Incline Plane
Upper Wharf Bude3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Helebridge Incline Plane

No information

CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:
water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Bude] France. Bude's coast faces Bude Bay in the Celtic Sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean. The population of the civil parish can be found under Bude-Stratton [Bude Canal] short broad canal section near the sea at Bude itself. It had a total extent of 35 miles (56 km), and it rose from sea level to an altitude of 433 feet [Lock (water navigation)] holding water in the canal). This arrangement also applies to some sea locks (e.g. Bude Canal). A canal joining a river which is normally below it, but which [Canal] or the sea. When there is a hill to be climbed, flights of many locks in short succession may be used. Prior to the development of the pound lock in 984 AD [Canals of the United Kingdom] holiday narrowboat nearly lost in a lock built for the barges that were going to sail down the Rhine, across the North Sea aboard a ship, and up to Doncaster [James Green (engineer)] use until 1871 when much of its course was converted to railway use. The sea-lock at Bideford can still be seen and the aqueduct now carries the drive to [River Tamar] 1820s to feed the Bude Canal; it is now a nature reserve. The Upper Lake was constructed in the 1970s and supplies fresh water to the Bude area, as well as [List of newspapers in the United Kingdom] Advertiser Bromyard Teme Valley Times Buckingham The Advertiser Bude (Cornwall) Bude & Stratton Post Burnley Burnley Express Burton-upon-Trent Burton [Rolle Canal] Stevenstone estate on the east bank of the Torridge. The canal comprises a sea lock at Landcross, a 60-foot inclined plane at Weare Giffard and an aqueduct [North Cornwall Railway] the Holsworthy line (which was later extended to become the Okehampton to Bude Line) at Halwill and continue through Launceston to Wadebridge. The prospectus
 
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Bude Canal - Wikipedia
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Bude Sea Lock | Visitbude
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