Curdworth Lock 10 No 37
Address is taken from a point 292 yards away.
Curdworth Lock 10 No 37 is one of many locks on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line); it has a rise of only a few inches just past the junction with The River Weaver.
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on January 1 1816. The canal joined the sea near Bournemouth. Expectations for stone traffic to Barton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Wakefield kept it open. The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1955 when St Helens Aqueduct collapsed. In his autobiography Arthur Clarke writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

This is a lock with a rise of 6 feet and 1 inch.
| Gravel Pit Bridge | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Curdworth Winding Hole | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Canal Pool Moorings | 4 furlongs | |
| Curdworth Bottom Lock No 38 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Kingsbury Swing Bridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Curdworth Lock 10 No 37 | ||
| Bodymoor Heath Wharf | 2 furlongs | |
| Bodymoor Heath Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Cheatles Farm Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Curdworth Lock 9 No 36 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Dog & Doublet PH | 3½ furlongs | |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
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![Birmingham and Fazeley Canal: Common Lock No 10. This lock is on the eastern edge of the grid square, with most of it in [[[SP1996]]] with the exception of the downstream gate, which is in [[[SP2096]]].The propped up bicycle belonged to the man operating the lock, who was riding ahead of the narrow boat setting the locks in readiness. by David P Howard – 26 September 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/67/26/3672660_413caaf1_120x120.jpg)





















![Birmingham & Fazeley canal towpath. Looking south between Curdworth Bottom Lock [no 11] and Common Lock [no 10]. by Christine Johnstone – 08 May 2022](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/20/94/7209498_c80d4916_120x120.jpg)





