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Batchworth Lock Canal Centre
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| Batchworth Lock
was an important stopping point on the Grand Union
Canal, the main artery of trade between London and
the Industrial Midlands. Nearly 100 miles long,
the canal was an amazing feat of engineering. It
took a gang of 100 men three weeks to dig out a
mile stretch with pickaxe, shovel and wheelbarrow. |
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| The canal shop
and information centre is housed in former stables
where horses rested overnight, whilst boatmen refreshed
themselves in the nearby Boat Inn. The centre is
open on Saturday and Sunday and visitors are welcome
to browse and gain more detailed information on
the Lock from one of the many volunteers. |
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| Batchworth Lock
is owned by British Waterways, who manage 2000 miles
of canals and rivers in Britain. |
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| The Canal Centre
is ten minutes walk from Rickmansworth Station (Metropolitan
and mainline) and close to the town where the main
Rickmansworth to London road crosses the Grand Union
Canal. |
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