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Castle Mills Lock

 
Castle Mills Bridge, York YO10 4FH, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Castle Mills Lock is a place on the waterways on the River Foss between Castle Mills Bridge (¼ furlongs to the north) and Foss Barrier (Flood water defence) (1 furlong to the south).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Castle Mills Bridge is Castle Mills Lock Weir Entrance (Channel leading to the Weir - No Access); ¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Foss Barrier is Castle Mills Lock Basin (Basin and weir exit); ¼ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

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

 
 
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  Castle Mills Lock Passage — associated with this page
Book passage on the River Foss. Castle Mills Lock on the River Foss in York is operated on request by volunteers from IWA North Riding Branch, as a free service to all boaters.
 
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In the direction of Ouse - Foss Junction

Lendal Bridge7¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Lendal Bridge
Naburn Lock5 miles, 4 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Naburn Lock
Linton Lock10 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Linton Lock
Selby Basin19 miles, 4 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Naburn Lock, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Naburn to Goole) to Selby Junction (River Ouse), then on the Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section) to Selby Basin

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of Ouse - Foss Junction

Naburn Lock Weir Entrance5 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Naburn Lock Weir Entrance
Naburn Lock Winding Hole5 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Naburn Lock Winding Hole
River Nidd Junction8 miles, 4½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to River Nidd Junction
Linton Lock Weir Entrance11 miles and 2 locks away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Linton Lock Weir Entrance
Selby Basin19 miles, 4 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Naburn Lock, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Naburn to Goole) to Selby Junction (River Ouse), then on the Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section) to Selby Basin

In the direction of Foss Island Line Railway Bridge

Rowntree Wharf Arm3 furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Foss Island Line Railway Bridge
Wormald's Cut4½ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Foss Island Line Railway Bridge

Nearest self-operated pump-out

In the direction of Ouse - Foss Junction

Naburn Lock5 miles, 4 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Ouse - Foss Junction, then on the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) to Naburn Lock

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CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[River Foss] equalised, the barrier is raised. Castle Mills Lock is 34 metres long and 6 metres wide. There are mooring points in the lock basin on the Ouse side and overnight [Bustardthorpe] travelling down the River Foss, and she crashed into the lower gates of Castle Mill Lock, damaging the gates. She was then sold in 1957 to the Dry Pool Engineering [River Great Ouse] upper river was fully reopened to Bedford with the rebuilding of Castle Mills lock in 1978. The non-tidal reaches of the river are used for leisure boating [Castle Mill Stream] tracks, across which is the Castle Mill graduate housing development of the University of Oxford. Further south, the Isis Lock gives access to the Oxford [King's Mill, Castle Donington] references to Kings Mills except that in one note it is recorded that Cousin Samuel has gone to visit his Flint mills. The ferry at King’s Mill was one of a [Village lock-up] report to the lock-up in Wirksworth during the First World War when they lived at Middleton-by-Wirksworth. The roof of Castle Cary lock-up is reputed [Iffley Lock] Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England near the village of Iffley, Oxfordshire. It is on the southern outskirts of Oxford. The original lock was [Isis Lock] Isis Lock (known to boatmen as "Louse Lock") is a lock connecting the Oxford Canal and the Castle Mill Stream, a backwater of the River Thames in Oxford [Sinking of SS Princess Alice] Lock 2013, p. 156. Thurston 1965, pp. 120–121. Foley 2011, p. 69. Thurston 1965, pp. 55–56. Thurston 1965, p. 121. Stark 1878, p. 7. Bywell Castle, ship [Lee Navigation] navigable). It flows from Hertford Castle Weir to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its last Bow Locks. The Lee Navigation
 
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