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Aldermaston Lock is a canal lock located on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire. The lock was constructed during the canal's building phase in the late eighteenth century as part of the commercial waterway system connecting the Thames to the Avon. The structure represents typical Georgian canal engineering of its period, facilitating the movement of goods between London and the West Country. The lock remains an important surviving example of late eighteenth-century canal infrastructure in the region.
Aldermaston Lock is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006970. View the official record →
Aldermaston Lock is a canal lock located on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006970.
Aldermaston Lock is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006970.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester (4.8 km), Round barrow cemetery at Brimpton Common (5.1 km), Bell barrow 250m north-west of Larkwhistle Farm (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Aldermaston Lock's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Aldermaston Lock stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.