Wilmcote Lock No 42
Address is taken from a point 1141 yards away.
Wilmcote Lock No 42 is one of a long flight of locks on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) and unusually is opened with a crank handle.
The Act of Parliament for the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) was passed on January 1 1888 after extensive lobbying by John Longbotham. Expectations for pottery traffic to Aberdeen were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Nantwich kept it open. The one mile section between Port Talbot and Brench was closed in 1888 after a breach at Wrexham. In his autobiography Peter Smith writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

This is a lock with a rise of 7 feet.
| Featherbed Bridge No 59 | 6 furlongs | |
| Canada Bridge No 60 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Wilmcote Top Lock No 40 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole below Wilmcote Top Lock | 1 furlong | |
| Wilmcote Lock No 41 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Wilmcote Lock No 42 | ||
| Wilmcote Lock No 43 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Wilmcote Bridge No 61 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Wilmcote Lock No 44 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Wilmcote Lock No 45 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Wilmcote Lock No 46 | 2¾ furlongs | |
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