Snakeholme Lock

#4998 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Snakeholme Lock is a brick chamber canal lock on the Driffield Navigation, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is notable in being a staircase lock, but only the upper lock is still used. It was designated Grade II in 1986. ()

Coordinates: 53°59'3"N, 0°22'21"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Burton Agnes Hall, Bethells Bridge, Driffield Castle, Yorkshire Wolds.

5.3 miNE
Architecture, Historical place, Forts and castles
Burton Agnes Hall, Bridlington
136 min walk • Burton Agnes Manor House is an English Heritage property, located in the village of Burton Agnes, East Riding of Yorkshire, England only a few yards away from the newer Burton Agnes Hall.
2.8 miS
Bridge
Bethells Bridge
73 min walk • Bethells Bridge, a swing bridge on the Driffield Navigation in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The bridge was built to access land cut off after a new section of canal was made. It is now home to many boat moorings, and popular with fishermen.
3.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Driffield Castle, Driffield
84 min walk • Driffield Castle is located in the town of Driffield, approximately 12 miles north of Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was a Norman earthwork motte and bailey fortress which was founded by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester. It was re-fortified in the 13th century.
3.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Yorkshire Wolds, Driffield
80 min walk • The Yorkshire Wolds are low hills in the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in north-eastern England. The name also applies to the district in which the hills lie. On the western edge, the Wolds rise to an escarpment which then drops sharply to the Vale of York.
5.4 miNE
Museum, History museum
Burton Agnes Hall
138 min walk • Burton Agnes Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in the village of Burton Agnes, near Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was built by Sir Henry Griffith in 1601–10 to designs attributed to Robert Smythson.
5.7 miNW
Prehistoric site
Danes Graves
145 min walk • Danes Graves is an archaeological site in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It forms part of the Arras Culture of inhumation and chariot burial prevalent in the region during the British Iron Age.
2.7 miN
Village
Nafferton
69 min walk • Nafferton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-east of Driffield town centre and lies just south of the A614 road.