Wootton Top Lock
#2626 among destinations in the United Kingdom
Facts and practical information
Wootton Top Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England. ()
Wootton Top Lock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: St Mary's Church, Crofton Beam Engines, Savernake Forest, Wilton Windmill.
ChurchSt Mary's Church, Marlborough
99 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.
Historical place, History museum, MuseumCrofton Beam Engines, Marlborough
81 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.
Nature, Natural attraction, ForestSavernake Forest
54 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.
WindmillWilton Windmill
105 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.
Archaeological siteWest Woods, Marlborough
102 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.
CanalBruce Tunnel, Marlborough
38 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.
CanalWootton Rivers Lock
23 min walk • Wootton Rivers Lock, also called Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock, is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England. Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock was built during the canal's construction between 1794 and 1810. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 0 in.
CanalJones's Mill, Pewsey
78 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.
Nature, Natural attraction, LakeWilton Water
84 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.
CanalCrofton Locks
70 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.
ChurchSt Martin's Chapel
115 min walk • St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury is a mediaeval former chapel next to the manor house in the hamlet of Chisbury, Wiltshire, England. St Martin's was built in the early part of the 13th century, on the edge of Chisbury Camp, an Iron Age hillfort.
England