Padworth Lock

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Padworth Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Aldermaston Wharf in the civil parish of Padworth in the English county of Berkshire. ()

Coordinates: 51°24'3"N, 1°7'49"W

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Padworth Lock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Aldermaston Lock, Douai Abbey, Woolhampton Lock, Aldermaston Court.

~1630 ftW
Canal, Canal lock
Aldermaston Lock
8 min walk • Nestled within the picturesque landscape of Berkshire, Aldermaston Lock stands as a tranquil testament to Britain's rich canal heritage. This charming lock is a key feature on the Kennet and Avon Canal, which stretches from the River Thames at Reading to the River Avon...
1.9 miW
Church
Douai Abbey
48 min walk • Douai Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey at Upper Woolhampton, near Thatcham, in the English county of Berkshire, situated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. Monks from the monastery of St.
2.2 miW
Canal
Woolhampton Lock
56 min walk • Woolhampton Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, in the village of Woolhampton in the English county of Berkshire. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 feet 11 inches and is administered by the Canal and River Trust.
1.6 miS
Park
Aldermaston Court
41 min walk • Aldermaston Court is a country house and private park built in the Victorian era for Daniel Higford Davall Burr with incorporations from a Stuart house. It is south-east of the village nucleus of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire.
2.4 miSW
Park
Paices Wood
62 min walk • Paices Wood Country Parkland is a country park on the edge of the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, England. The parkland is under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
0.6 miNE
Canal, Canal lock
Towney Lock
15 min walk • Towney Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Aldermaston Wharf and Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England. Towney Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury.
2.8 miW
Canal
Heale's Lock
71 min walk • Heale's Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Thatcham and Woolhampton, Berkshire, England. Heale's Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury.
3.1 miNE
Park
Hosehill Lake
80 min walk • Hosehill Lake is a 23.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve west of Reading in Berkshire. It is owned by West Berkshire Council and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
2.9 miSE
Forts and castles
The Frith
74 min walk • The Frith is a small univallate Iron Age hillfort to the north of Silchester, Calleva Atrebatum, Roman town in the English county of Hampshire.
1.5 miSW
Church
Church of St Mary the Virgin
39 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston, is the Church of England parish church of Aldermaston in Berkshire. The church, which is dedicated to St Mary, dates from the mid-12th century and has examples of Norman and Jacobean architecture.
3.1 miNW
Park
Bucklebury Common, Huckerby's Meadows
79 min walk • Bucklebury Common is an elevated common consisting of woodland with a few relatively small clearings in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Bucklebury centred 3 miles northeast of Thatcham and encircling the settled localities of Upper Bucklebury and Chapel Row.