Bucket Lock Cottage
Bucket Lock Cottage is on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) between Castlecroft and Braintree.
The Act of Parliament for the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) was passed on January 1 1888 after extensive lobbying by John Longbotham. Expectations for pottery traffic to Aberdeen were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Nantwich kept it open. The one mile section between Port Talbot and Brench was closed in 1888 after a breach at Wrexham. In his autobiography Peter Smith writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

| Lowsonford Narrows | 5½ furlongs | |
| Claverdon Narrows | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Claverdon Top Lock No 33 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 44 (Stratford Canal) | 1½ furlongs | |
| Yarningale Aqueduct | a few yards | |
| Bucket Lock Cottage | ||
| Bucket Lock No 34 | a few yards | |
| Claverdon Bottom Lock No 35 | 1 furlong | |
| Bridge No 45 (Stratford Canal) | 1 furlong | |
| Preston Bagot Top Lock No 36 | 4 furlongs | |
| Preston Bagot Bridge No 46 | 4¼ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Kingswood Junction (south)
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![Yarningale aqueduct. Another view of the aqueduct plus integrated towpath https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184618 shown in [[5538551]]. Beyond is the top gate of lock 34. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/86/5538662_b5a4c10e_120x120.jpg)
![Yarningale: lock and aqueduct. See [[3408180]]; the fence on the right (which is presumably designed to prevent anyone falling over the vertical drop into the Kingswood Brook) has received a coat of white paint. The lock, 34, is listed and described at https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1382093 . by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/85/5538509_6940cd21_120x120.jpg)







![Approaching Yarningale aqueduct. From the north along the towpath, which drops some distance to run below the canal itself as the Kingswood Brook is crossed; see [[[5538662]]]. On the left is an information board shown at http://c8.alamy.com/comp/DKNEEP/yarningale-aqueduct-information-board-stratford-upon-avon-canal-warwickshire-DKNEEP.jpg , but alas it looks as though the British Waterways information panels have been removed, perhaps for updating, though the plaques remain. by Derek Harper – 28 June 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/86/5538689_61f70c5f_120x120.jpg)

![Yarningale aqueduct. The Kingswood Brook flowing beneath the aqueduct [[[5538551]]] and its integral towpath bridge [[[5538596]]], with a clearer view of the inscribed plates](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/53/86/5538607_fd8bdd22_120x120.jpg)






![Yarningale aqueduct spans Kingswood Brook. The aqueduct, apparently bridge 44 on the Stratford-upon-Avon canal, is immediately north of lock 34. On the left of the photo is the parapet of a flight of steps that carries a footpath up to the canal. The viewpoint was very confined. Somebody: revisit with a wider-angle lens. Detail is better seen in Derek's [[5538607]]. by Robin Stott – 20 October 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/14/63/2146385_9c645fd1_120x120.jpg)




![Yarningale lock and aqueduct. Yarningale Lock on the Stratford-upon-Avon canal. This lock is unusual in that immediately above the lock the canal crosses a small aqueduct, constructed as an iron trough in the same style as its much longer cousin [[3786]] further down the canal at Bearley. by David Stowell – May 1991](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/00/37/003788_714aa450_120x120.jpg)

