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The Hanwell flight of locks is a series of ten locks on the Grand Junction Canal constructed between 1794 and 1805, representing an important engineering solution to the significant change in water level required at this location in Middlesex. The accompanying brick boundary wall of St Bernard's Hospital dates from the nineteenth century and reflects the institutional development of the area alongside the canal infrastructure. Together these structures demonstrate the interrelationship between industrial transport networks and local institutional growth during the Georgian and Victorian periods. The locks themselves remain significant examples of canal engineering from the early period of Britain's canal construction boom.
Hanwell flight of locks and brick boundary wall of St Bernard's Hospital is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001963. View the official record →
The Hanwell flight of locks is a series of ten locks on the Grand Junction Canal constructed between 1794 and 1805, representing an important engineering solution to the significant change in water level required at this location in Middlesex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001963.
Hanwell flight of locks and brick boundary wall of St Bernard's Hospital 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 1001963.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Windmill Bridge (0.2 km), Kew Palace (remains of) (4.6 km), London's Early Porcelain Industries: The Isleworth Pottery (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hanwell flight of locks and brick boundary wall of St Bernard's Hospital'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.
Hanwell flight of locks and brick boundary wall of St Bernard's Hospital stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.