Wootton Rivers Lock

#1816 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Wootton Rivers Lock, also called Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock, is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England. ()

Coordinates: 51°21'55"N, 1°42'58"W

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Wootton Rivers Lock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Mary's Church, Crofton Beam Engines, Savernake Forest, Wilton Windmill.

4 miN
Church
St Mary's Church, Marlborough
101 min walk • St Mary's Church is the Church of England parish church in the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. The church stands at the east end of the town's High Street.
3.9 miE
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Crofton Beam Engines, Marlborough
100 min walk • Crofton Pumping Station, near the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England, supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The steam-powered pumping station is preserved and operates on selected weekends.
2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Savernake Forest
71 min walk • Savernake Forest stands on a Cretaceous chalk plateau between Marlborough and Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. Its area is approximately 4,500 acres. Most of the forest lies within the civil parish of Savernake.
4.8 miE
Windmill
Wilton Windmill
124 min walk • The Wilton Windmill is a five-floor brick tower mill located on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire.
3.4 miNW
Archaeological site
West Woods, Marlborough
88 min walk • West Woods is a wood about 2 ¹⁄₂ miles southwest of the market town of Marlborough in the English county of Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Its area is approximately 957 acres. It is open to the public, and is popular with visitors in the Spring, when bluebells cover the forest floor.
2.3 miE
Canal
Bruce Tunnel, Marlborough
59 min walk • The Bruce Tunnel is on the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Wootton Top Lock and Crofton Locks in Wiltshire, England. The tunnel is 502 yards long.
2.1 miSW
Canal
Jones's Mill, Pewsey
55 min walk • Jones's Mill is an 11.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Pewsey in Wiltshire, notified in 1975. The site is managed as a nature reserve by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wilton Water
103 min walk • Wilton Water is a small reservoir, southwest of the village of Great Bedwyn in the English county of Wiltshire, which supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water.
3.5 miE
Canal
Crofton Locks
90 min walk • Crofton Locks are a flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near the village of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The nine locks achieve a total rise/fall of 61 ft 0 in and were built under the supervision of engineer John Rennie. West of the top lock is the summit of the canal at 450 ft above sea level.
5 miE
Canal
Bedwyn Church Lock
128 min walk • Bedwyn Church Lock is on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 7 ft 11 in. It is a Grade II listed building.
5.1 miNW
Archaeological site
The Devil's Den, Marlborough
130 min walk • The Devil's Den or Devil's Den is a dolmen burial chamber on Fyfield Hill near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. The chamber is part of a neolithic passage grave on Fyfield Down.