What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Cherwell.
Bourton Lock on the Southern Oxford Canal was constructed in the early 19th century as part of the canal system designed to improve transport links between Oxford and the surrounding areas. It is important as a surviving example of early industrial infrastructure in the region.
Places near here
Lock Cottage at Bourton Lock Oxford CanalListed building · 129 yd
Lock 27, Little BourtonCanal lock · 130 yd
Cropredy Bridge Boundary Marker StoneStanding or carved stone · 1.7 mi
Battle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Registered battlefield · 1.8 mi
Battle of Cropredy Bridgebattle · 1.8 mi
Banbury MuseumMuseum · 1.8 mi
Oxford Canal and Castle Quay Shopping Centre, BanburyCastle, fort or tower · 1.9 mi
Tooley's Historic BoatyardMuseum · 1.9 mi
Tooley's boatyardScheduled monument · 1.9 mi
The Elephant and Castle, BanburyCastle, fort or tower · 1.9 mi
Banbury War MemorialMemorial · 2.1 mi
Chacombe HillMountain or hill · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Neil Geering · CC BY-SA 2.0