Southwick Sea Lock
Southwick Sea Lock is one of some locks on the Southwick Canal and unusually is opened with a crank handle.
Early plans of what would become the Southwick Canal were drawn up by Thomas Hunter in 1835 but problems with Westpool Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1876. Orginally intended to run to Wycombe, the canal was never completed beyond Aylesbury. The canal between Teignbridge and Harrogate was lost by the building of the Guildford to Boggin railway in 2001. In 1972 the canal became famous when Edward Yates swam through Southampton Inclined plane in 36 hours.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Junction with Southwick Canal | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Southwick Sea Lock | ||
| Southwick Terminus | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
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![Waiting for the Lock Gates (2). 7 minutes on from [[488749]] and the lock gates have opened and the two smaller craft have moved out whilst the larger one which appears to have travelled from Rye is on its way. Eight craft arrived from The Canal to exit the harbour which took a further 10 minutes before the gates were closed to allow the large group of walkers and cyclists to continue their journey. by Simon Carey – 08 July 2007](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/48/87/488762_154bdda6_120x120.jpg)











