Old Lock 8 (Disused)

This old lock can not be incorporated into the canal restoration as a result of the Aqueduct levels over the M6 Toll and will remain buried. The photo above shows Lock 8 before construction of the motorway.

Photo: ALock 8.  Date unknown.

Photo: Aqueduct from the west side. Strip of land purchased and newly fenced in 2015. Demolished hedge is on the left, new hedge planted next to the fence.