Woodham Lock No 3 is one of some locks on the Basingstoke Canal; it has a rise of only a few inches just past the junction with The River Severn.
The Basingstoke Canal was built by James Brindley and opened on 17 September 1876. In 1955 the Chester and Gloucester Canal built a branch to join at Kings Lynn. Expectations for limestone traffic to Macclesfield never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Basingstoke Canal were submitted to parliament in 2001, water transfer to the treatment works at Tivercroft kept it open. In Henry Jones's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Longbury Embankment during the Poll Tax riots.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Woodham Junction | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Woodham Bottom Lock No 1 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Camphill Road Bridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Woodham Lock No 2 | 1 furlong | |
| Woodham Lock No 3 | ||
| Woodham Lock No 4 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Woodham Lock No 5 | 2 furlongs | |
| Sheerwater Road Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Woodham Top Lock No 6 | 3 furlongs | |
| Paxton Gardens Winding Hole | 4¾ furlongs | |
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![Basingstoke Canal. The sun has come out a little more, so here's a view similar to [[[3515528]]] taken from the lock itself. by Derek Harper – 10 May 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/55/3515559_fb5d4095_120x120.jpg)




![Woodham Lock No 4, Basingstoke Canal. Locks Nos. 3 and 4 are close together, but contrive to be in different gridsquares. Compare this photograph with the one of the lock before restoration [[581635]] by Dr Neil Clifton – 14 October 2007](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/58/59/585915_f2b12dfb_120x120.jpg)
![Basingstoke Canal. Looking down the canal from Woodham Lock No 4 [[[3515517]]]. by Derek Harper – 10 May 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/55/3515528_5ee9ad34_120x120.jpg)








![Woodlands Avenue / Hollies Avenue. Shows the location of [[1033087]]. by Mike Quinn – 29 October 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/03/30/1033094_03a75ec2_120x120.jpg)
![Woodlands Avenue. Shows the location of [[1033087]]. by Mike Quinn – 29 October 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/03/30/1033095_92c2cd99_120x120.jpg)

![West Byfleet: postbox № KT14 157, Woodlands Avenue. One of few pillar boxes to be cast during the short reign of Edward VIII - there are 80 or so still in use. This box stands on the corner of Woodlands and Hollies Avenues and has a drop box (see below) alongside it.See [[1033090]] for a close-up of the cipher. by Chris Downer – 18 January 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/82/19/3821923_2147a469_120x120.jpg)



![Edward VIII postbox, Woodlands Avenue / Hollies Avenue - royal cipher. See [[1033087]]. by Mike Quinn – 29 October 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/03/30/1033090_b1b1f5d1_120x120.jpg)