Frimley Lock No 16
Frimley Lock No 16 is one of a group of locks on the Basingstoke Canal; it has a rise of only a few inches.
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.
| Sheet's Heath Bridge | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Connaught Crescent Winding Hole | 4½ furlongs | |
| Pirbright Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Frimley Bottom Lock No 15 | 2 furlongs | |
| Frimley Bottom Lock Winding Hole | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 16 | ||
| Cowshot Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 17 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 18 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 19 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock Winding Hole | 4¾ furlongs | |
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![Lock No 16, Basingstoke Canal. Lock No 16 on the Basingstoke canal. On the right of the picture is the outflow from the spill. Refer to picture [[5456840]] for the next view along the canal. by Len Williams – 08 July 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/45/68/5456834_6cb18610_120x120.jpg)






![Lock No 16, Basingstoke Canal. The approach to lock No 16 on the Basingstoke canal. On the left of the picture is the entry to the overflow spill. Refer to picture [[5456834]] for the next view along the canal. by Len Williams – 08 July 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/45/68/5456830_e04ced1a_120x120.jpg)





![Back to Lock 16. View back along the Basingstoke canal towards Lock 16. [[2257751]] by Bill Nicholls – 27 October 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/20/83/3208357_6a583802_120x120.jpg)












