Woodham Bottom Lock No 1 is one of many locks on the Basingstoke Canal; it was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1955 between Rhondda and Reigate.
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.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Woodham Junction | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Woodham Bottom Lock No 1 | ||
| Camphill Road Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Woodham Lock No 2 | 6 furlongs | |
| Woodham Lock No 3 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Woodham Lock No 4 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Woodham Lock No 5 | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
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![Woodham Bottom Lock, Basingstoke Canal. A closer view of [[585637]] / [[3460656]] from the same spot as [[[3514774]]]. by Derek Harper – 10 May 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/47/3514791_3208c330_120x120.jpg)




![Garlic mustard near Woodham Bottom Lock. Alliaria petiolata getting a foothold on a new piece of the canalside immediately east of [[[3514791]]]. by Derek Harper – 10 May 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/48/3514845_57150b21_120x120.jpg)

![Sedge by the Basingstoke Canal. Not sure of the species. This is at the end of the gravel area shown in [[[3514845]]]. by Derek Harper – 10 May 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/48/3514875_4ecf98d1_120x120.jpg)








![Basingstoke Canal. Looking in the other direction from the place where [[3460656]] was taken. Behind the trees across the canal are park homes on Heathervale Way. by Derek Harper – 10 May 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/47/3514759_c9112332_120x120.jpg)







![Basingstoke Canal. Taken a little further east than [[3460634]]. On the right is part of an electricity switching station. by Derek Harper – 10 May 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/47/3514735_b8e673d1_120x120.jpg)