Sanders Lock No 5
Address is taken from a point 261 yards away.
Sanders Lock No 5 is one of a group of locks on the Grantham Canal and is one of the deepest locks on the waterway.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Site of Bridge No 8 (Grantham Canal) | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
| Hallam's Swing Bridge No 9 | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| Polser Brook Aqueduct No 3 | 6 furlongs | |
| Skinners Lock Bridge No 10 | 2 furlongs | |
| Skinners Lock No 4 | 2 furlongs | |
| Sanders Lock No 5 | ||
| Cotgrave Bridge No 12 | 1 furlong | |
| Cotgrave Lock Footbridge No 13 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Cotgrave Lock No 6 | 4 furlongs | |
| Hollygate Lane Lock Footbridge No 14A | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Hollygate Lane Lock No 7 | 7½ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Cotgrave Bridge No 12
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![Sanders Lock [no 5], Grantham Canal. The concrete dam at this end of the lock marks the approximate position of the top gates. The Grantham Canal Society is actively working to restore the canal, but it will be a long process. by Christine Johnstone – 14 March 2025](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/00/78/8007819_8c8b998d_120x120.jpg)






![Swans in Sanders Lock [no 5]. The Grantham Canal Society is actively working to restore the canal, but it will be a long process. by Christine Johnstone – 14 March 2025](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/00/78/8007821_3c2f3837_120x120.jpg)










![Grantham Canal. View looking west from the point where Main Road crosses the canal north of Cotgrave. Compare the amount of vegetation choking the cut with a previous photo taken in the spring [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/161581]. by Oxymoron – 12 October 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/00/28/1002808_2c28a9b2_120x120.jpg)







![Fishing peg in the reeds, Grantham Canal. West of Cotgrave Bridge [no 12]. The Grantham Canal Society is actively working to restore the canal, but it will be a long process. by Christine Johnstone – 14 March 2025](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/00/78/8007809_beb5bfff_120x120.jpg)