Snakeholme Locks Nos 4 and 5
A staircase lock, but only the upper lock is still used.
West Beck, B1249, Wansford YO25 8JP, United Kingdom
Address is taken from a point 301 yards away.
Address is taken from a point 301 yards away.
Snakeholme Locks Nos 4 and 5 is a group of locks on the Driffield Navigation (Main waterway); it has a rise of only a few inches five kilometres from Basildon.
Early plans for the Driffield Navigation (Main waterway) between Windsor and Ipswich were proposed by Exuperius Picking Junior but languished until James Brindley was appointed as surveyor in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Aberdeenshire. Expectations for pottery traffic to Willcroft never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Harding painted a mural of Port Talbot Cutting on the side of Henry Smith's house to encourage restoration of Sheffield Tunnel.
Snakeholme Locks Nos 4 and 5
is a minor waterways place
on the Driffield Navigation (Main waterway) between
Frodingham Beck Junction (1 mile and 7½ furlongs
to the southeast) and
Wansford Lock No 3 (Wansford Village) (4¾ furlongs
to the northwest).
The nearest place in the direction of Frodingham Beck Junction is Brigham;
1 mile and 1¾ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Wansford Lock No 3 is Snakeholme Lock Narrows;
1 furlong
away.
This is a pinch point. The normal maximum dimensions for a boat on this waterway are 61 feet long and 14 feet and 6 inches wide (the maxium height and draught are unknown), but to pass through here the maximum dimensions are 6 feet high.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a pair of locks, the rise of which is not known.
Struncheon Hill Locks Nos 6 and 7  | 3 miles, 7½ furlongs | |
| Bethells Bridge | 3 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Corps Landing Branch Junction | 2 miles, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Frodingham Beck Junction | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
| Brigham | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Snakeholme Locks Nos 4 and 5 | ||
| Snakeholme Lock Narrows | 1 furlong | |
Trout Inn Pontoon Mooring  | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Wansford Road Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Wansford Lock No 3 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Whin Hill Lock No 2 | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Struncheon Hill Locks Nos 6 and 7
Beverley Beck Visitor Moorings — 13 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Struncheon Hill Locks Nos 6 and 7, then on the River Hull (Main Line) to Grovehill Junction, then on the River Hull (Beverley Beck) to Beverley Beck Visitor MooringsNearest place to turn
In the direction of Struncheon Hill Locks Nos 6 and 7
Aike Beck Junction — 7 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Struncheon Hill Locks Nos 6 and 7, then on the River Hull (Main Line) to Aike Beck Junction
Beverley Beck Wharves — 13 miles, 2½ furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Struncheon Hill Locks Nos 6 and 7, then on the River Hull (Main Line) to Grovehill Junction, then on the River Hull (Beverley Beck) to Beverley Beck WharvesNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
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[Lock (water navigation)]
staircases are more common: Snakeholme Lock and Struncheon Hill Lock on the Driffield Navigation were converted to staircase locks after low water levels hindered
[Snakeholme Lock]
Snakeholme Lock is a brick chamber canal lock on the Driffield Navigation, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is notable in being a staircase
[Driffield Navigation]
to draft limits. The initial locks were: Sheepwash Lock (now known as Town Lock) Whinhill Lock Wansford Lock Snakeholme Lock In 1776 the commissioners
[Struncheon Hill Lock]
the top cill. The lock was originally built as a single lock, but like Snakeholme lock, it was found that at low tides there was not enough depth to get
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Much of the waterway is unnavigable due to derelict locks and lowered bridges. ... For more details see the History page. ... Snakeholme Lock Nos 4 & 5.
The Driffield Navigation is an 11-mile (18 km) waterway, through the heart of the Holderness ... The original plans for the canal section of the navigation included four locks, each of which was timber floored, ... they hoped to construct a new lock at Thornham Bottoms, below Snakeholme, and to dredge the river below that .
speeds of flow as 1-0, 1-6 and 4-5 ft. per sec. near Driffield, Whinhill and ... Below Driffield Lock the effluent from the local sewage works enters the river. ..... Mean no./sq. mm. of algae in river Hull. Driffield Whinhill Snakeholme West Beck.
A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between ... The water level could differ by 4 feet (1.2 m) or 5 feet (1.5 m) at each lock and in the Grand Canal the level was raised in this way by 138 feet (42 m). .... (If the lock has no water in it at all, perhaps for maintenance work, it might also  ...
5. Changes to data. 5.1 Stations where WISKI data have replaced part of the previous HiFlows-UK dataset. 6. ... The current version of HiFlows-UK (v3.1.1) contains AMAX and POT data for 953 gauging stations, of which ... QMED. Suitable for. Pooling. 34004 Costessey Mill. Anglian. YES. NO. NO. NO ..... Snakeholme Lock.
This would then become a focal point for the Branch and a major asset in the task of ... When no longer required, Anglian Water filled the pit with water and used it as a ... Locks and chains had to be put on this gate to keep out illegal rubbish ...
4. Some unstable bank side trees and bushes were hinged and secured into the channel to create cover for mammals and fish and increase flow diversity. 5.