Londonderry Coal Wharf Arm
Londonderry Coal Wharf Arm is on the River Avon (Kennet and Avon Navigation) three miles from Bedford.
Early plans of what would become the River Avon (Kennet and Avon Navigation) were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Bradford Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Wesspool to Oldhampton canal at Newport, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Bernigo at Wycombe caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Eastcester instead. In his autobiography Henry Edwards writes of his experiences as a lock-keeper in the 1960s

| Keynsham Lock Visitor Mooring | 5¼ furlongs | |
| The Lock Keeper PH Access Road Bridge No 213 | 5 furlongs | |
| Keynsham Road Bridge | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Keynsham Lock No 2 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Keynsham Lock Weir Exit | 4 furlongs | |
| Londonderry Coal Wharf Arm | ||
| Hanham Lock Pontoon Moorings | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Hanham Lock Weir Entrance | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Hanham Lock No 1 | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
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![Londonderry Wharf Bridge, over Siston Brook. From the early 1800s boats were loaded with coal here. The coal came from a colliery at Coalpit Heath, by a narrow gauge tramway [or dramway]. by Christine Johnstone – 03 May 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/48/43/4484395_2dbe5032_120x120.jpg)
![Londonderry Wharf wall steps [northern end]. From the early 1800s boats were loaded with coal here. The coal came from a colliery at Coalpit Heath, by a narrow gauge tramway [or dramway]. by Christine Johnstone – 03 May 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/48/43/4484392_048e1d68_120x120.jpg)








![Londonderry Wharf wall, southern end. From the early 1800s boats were loaded with coal here. The coal came from a colliery at Coalpit Heath, by a narrow gauge tramway [or dramway]. by Christine Johnstone – 03 May 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/48/43/4484385_90873361_120x120.jpg)



![Bridge over Siston Brook. The bridge shown in [[145357]] seen from the opposite direction, with the cottage at Riverside in the background. The date of this bridge at Londonderry Wharf is unclear - http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=28597 suggests early C19 or even the 1720s. by Derek Harper – 09 March 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/75/51/1755189_57404036_120x120.jpg)
![Londonderry Wharf. The north bank of the Avon, seen from the river. Londonderry Wharf Bridge (seen from the land in [[145357]]) is bottom right. by Pierre Terre – 20 May 2006](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/18/13/181335_e3f2f616_120x120.jpg)













