Robert Aickman Lock 
Robert Aickman Lock is one of a long flight of locks on the River Avon - Warwickshire (Upper Avon Navigation) and is one of the deepest locks on the waterway near to Ashfield.
Early plans of what would become the River Avon - Warwickshire (Upper Avon Navigation) were drawn up by Cecil Wood in 1835 but problems with Eastpool Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. From a junction with The River Bernigo Navigation at Sheffield the canal ran for 23 miles to Taunington. The canal between Newcastle-under-Lyme and Salisbury was obliterated by the building of the Manchester to Exeter railway in 1972. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1990 after a restoration campaign lead by Newcester parish council.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor), mooring rings or bollards are available. Mooring is limited to 24 hours.
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| George Billington Lock | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Footbridge upstream of George Billington Lock | 4¼ furlongs | |
| George Billington Lock Weir Entrance | 3½ furlongs | |
| Robert Aickman Lock Weir Exit | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Robert Aickman Lock Winding Hole | ¼ furlongs | |
| Robert Aickman Lock | ||
| Old Lock Entrance (Harvington) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Abbots Salford Holiday Park Marina | 1 mile, 6¾ furlongs | |
| Avon - Arrow Junction | 2 miles, 5 furlongs | |
| I.W.A. Lock Weir Exit | 2 miles, 8 furlongs | |
| I.W.A. Lock | 3 miles, ½ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Old Lock Entrance (Harvington)
- Avon Navigation Trust — associated with River Avon - Warwickshire
- Navigation Authority
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![View Across the Avon [Winter], Offenham Park by Bill Johnson – 24 December 2006](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/86/09/860907_0c0c4055_120x120.jpg)
![View Across the Avon [Springtime], Offenham Park by Bill Johnson – 22 May 2006](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/86/09/860902_54d443ec_120x120.jpg)





![Floating Pontoon. This floating pontoon was being towed up the River Avon at Offenham Park in the direction of don Avon.A large barge [not a common sight on the River Avon at this point] is towing the pontoon with a small motor boat at the rear to give steerage. by Bill Johnson – 30 June 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/04/40/2044053_2d70fbca_120x120.jpg)



