
What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Buckinghamshire.
Lock 40 is part of the Grand Union Canal, a key 19th-century waterway linking London to the West Midlands. It was constructed to enable the movement of goods such as coal and building materials, contributing to industrial and commercial development in Buckinghamshire and beyond.
Places near here
Lock 40Canal lock · 16 yd
Lock 41Canal lock · 192 yd
College Lake Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1137 yd
Milestone 53Monument or public art · 1.0 mi
Milestone 56Monument or public art · 1.2 mi
Church Tower, Pitstone Church EndCastle, fort or tower · 1.4 mi
Pitstone Green MuseumMuseum · 1.4 mi
Tring Town CentreVisitor information · 1.5 mi
West Coast Main Line crossing Grand Union CanalHeritage place · 1.5 mi
Southend HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Pitstone HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Natural History Museum at TringMuseum · 1.8 miOther information
Photo: Stephen Dawson · CC BY-SA 2.0