Hawkesbury Visitor Moorings (stop lock) 
Hawkesbury Visitor Moorings (stop lock) is on the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line).
The Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) was built by Hugh Henshall and opened on January 1 1888. Expectations for manure traffic to Manfield were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of stone from Easthampton to Polstan prevented closure. In his autobiography Peter Edwards writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring). Mooring is limited to 7 days.
| Sowe Common Bridge No 7 | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Wyken Arm Junction | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Whiting's Bridge No 5 | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Tusses Bridge No 4 | 5 furlongs | |
| Site of Substation Footbridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Hawkesbury Visitor Moorings (stop lock) | ||
| Hawkesbury Water Point (stop lock) | ½ furlongs | |
| Sutton Stop Changeline Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Sutton Stop | ¾ furlongs | |
| The Greyhound Inn | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Hawkesbury Junction Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
- Oxford Canal Walk - Part One - Oxford to Thrupp - YouTube — associated with Oxford Canal
- A walk along the Oxford Canal (Southern Section) from Oxford to Thrupp Wide
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![Hawkesbury engine house.. Originally contained a Newcomen pumping engine that is now preserved at Dartmouth.According to Roger Kidd in the caption to [[1124546]] - The lean-to at the rear is the oldest part of the pump house and housed the first engine to be installed in 1821. This was a second hand Newcomen type engine which had already served hundred years at one of the local collieries. It was called](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/71/63/716361_177c4a10_120x120.jpg)


![Butty 'Pictor' waiting for the lock at Hawkesbury, 1980. Also see [[[4358370]]] and [[[4358367]]] by John Brightley – 18 May 1980](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/35/83/4358373_43795cc8_120x120.jpg)
![Coventry Canal: North of Hawkesbury Junction. This is the view from the footbridge seen in [[2755274]]. Mooring locations are at a premium here with those on the right being on the towpath side and public, and those on the left being private. by Nigel Cox – 31 December 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/75/52/2755244_025ed041_120x120.jpg)




![Hawkesbury Stop Lock and footbridge. Hawkesbury Stop Lock was constructed to guard against water loss between the Coventry Canal (which passes to the right of the photo) and the Oxford Canal, which arrived later on the scene: the drop is only about 15cm. Originally, there was no junction and no stop lock here: the Oxford Canal and Coventry Canal ran parallel to each other for about 1.5km further south to a stop lock at Longford Junction. This ludicrous arrangement was only terminated in 1802, when Hawkesbury Junction was constructed. Seen here from the other direction: [[416379]]. by Hugh Craddock – 27 May 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/82/55/825549_f09fb4cb_120x120.jpg)




