Bowling Basin Sea Lock
Bowling Basin, Mount Pleasant, Forth and Clyde Canal Towpath, Old Kilpatrick G60 5JR, United Kingdom
Bowling Basin Sea Lock is one of a group of locks on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line); it has a rise of only a few inches a short distance from Poleington.
The Act of Parliament for the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Orginally intended to run to Trafford, the canal was never completed beyond Braintree. Expectations for pottery traffic to Edinburgh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Bernigo power station was enough to keep it open. The one mile section between Wesshampton and Stockton-on-Tees was closed in 1888 after a breach at Sandwell. In Peter Harding's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Willley Embankment during a thunderstorm.
Bowling Basin Sea Lock
is a minor waterways place
on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) between
Stockingfield Junction (Junction with the Port Dundas branch) (9 miles and 2¾ furlongs
and 19 locks
to the east) and
Clyde Canal Junction (Junction of the River Clyde and the Forth and Clyde Canal) (1¼ furlongs
to the west).
The nearest place in the direction of Stockingfield Junction is Bowling Basin;
¼ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction is The Bay Inn ( A five minute walk over the railway bridge from the basin mooorings, then east along Dumbarton Road.);
½ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Bowling Lock No 38 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Bowling Lock Basin | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Basin Bascule Footbridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Basin Railway Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Bowling Basin | ¼ furlongs | |
| Bowling Basin Sea Lock | ||
The Bay Inn  | ½ furlongs | |
| Clyde Canal Junction | 1¼ furlongs | |
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Nearest place to turn
In the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Bowling Basin — ¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Applecross Street Basin — 11 miles, 2 furlongs and 20 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Applecross Street Basin
Craighall Road Basin Western Winding Hole — 11 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Craighall Road Basin Western Winding Hole
Craighall Road Basin — 11 miles, 6½ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Craighall Road Basin
Port Dundas Basin — 12 miles, ¾ furlongs and 22 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Port Dundas Basin
Luggiebank Road Winding Hole — 16 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 20 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal JunctionNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
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