Puttenham Top Lock No 10
Address is taken from a point 422 yards away.
Puttenham Top Lock No 10 is one of a long flight of locks on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Aylesbury Arm); it has a rise of only a few inches just past the junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation.
The Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Aylesbury Arm) was built by Cecil Hunter and opened on 17 September 1782. Expectations for manure traffic to York never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Luton power station was enough to keep it open. Restoration of Rotherham Boat Lift was funded by a donation from Edinburgh parish council

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Wilstone Visitor Moorings | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Gudgeon Stream Aqueduct | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Gudgeon Stream Lock No 9 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Wilstone Lock Bridge No 5 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Wilstone Field Bridge No 6 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Puttenham Top Lock No 10 | ||
| Puttenham Bottom Lock No 11 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Puttenham Bridge No 7 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bates Boatyard | 2 furlongs | |
| Buckland Bridge No 8 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Buckland Lock No 12 | 7½ furlongs | |
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![Aylesbury Arm: Puttenham Top Lock (No 10). [[1228440]].To the West: [[1208284]].To the East [[1442990]]. by Chris Reynolds – 15 March 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/44/29/1442989_d8e18839_120x120.jpg)


![Grand Union Canal: Aylesbury Arm: Puttenham Top Lock No 10. This is the upper of the pair of Puttenham Locks. For the lower one please see [[4163430]]. The Canal and River Trust are currently requesting that these locks are left empty after use. by Nigel Cox – 03 September 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/16/33/4163387_7b567413_120x120.jpg)
















![Grand Union Canal: Aylesbury Arm: Reach near Puttenham (1). There can be no better place in Hertfordshire to moor up and watch the kingfishers whirring up and down the canal in the evening sunlight! [[4162620]] is just visible down the end of the straight some 600 metres distant. For the same view twelve hours later please see [[4163367]]! by Nigel Cox – 02 September 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/16/26/4162659_d01ad66b_120x120.jpg)
![Grand Union Canal: Aylesbury Arm: Reach near Puttenham (2). Twelve hours after [[4162659]] and the canal has a markedly different look! by Nigel Cox – 03 September 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/16/33/4163367_5a776fbb_120x120.jpg)
![Puttenham Bottom Lock – Lock 11 on the Aylesbury Arm. A typical lock on the Arm – which takes a single narrowboat. It has a single top gate with the paddle built into the wall (rather than in the gate itself) and a pair of bottom gates, each with a paddle.[[1228440]].To the West [[1207808]].To the East [[1442989]]. by Chris Reynolds – 15 March 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/20/82/1208284_87c86ddd_120x120.jpg)






![Grand Union Canal: Aylesbury Arm: Puttenham Bottom Lock No 11. This is the lower of the pair of Puttenham Locks. For the upper one please see [[4163387]]. The Canal and River Trust are currently requesting that these locks are left empty after use. The white deposits on the side walls of the lock are the remnants of the foam that filled the entire surface of the lock before it was emptied.Unlike the unlisted top lock this is a Grade II Listed structure. by Nigel Cox – 03 September 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/16/34/4163430_845dd74e_120x120.jpg)