Locks: River Avon (Stratford Avon)

The river Avon is navigable from the river Severn at Tewkesbury to Alveston (between Stratford On Avon and Warwick). It has a link with the Stratford On Avon canal in the town centre via Wide lock into Bancroft basin.

The river is referred to as the Stratford Avon to distinguish it from other navigable river Avons such as the Bristol Avon.

The river was navigable to Stratford from the river Severn at Tewkesbury in the late 1630s. The Upper Avon (Evesham to Stratford) fell foul of the railways and fell into disuse after 1875. It was finally restored and reopened by HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1974.

Nearly all the locks are named after benefactors who helped either financially or through volunteering during the restoration.

All the locks are double width locks and there are 17 of them in the 45 ½ miles from Tewkesbury to Alveston.  These are the locks starting from the Stratford (upper) end of the river.

Colin P Witter lock

Weir Brake lock
This lock is also known as Anonymous lock or Gorden Grey lock.

Stan Clover lock

WA Cadbury lock

Pilgrim lock

Elsie & Hiram Billington lock

IWA lock

Robert Aickman lock

Harvington Mill lock (disused)

George Billington lock

Evesham lock

Chadbury lock

Fladbury lock
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Wyre lock

Pershore lock

Nafford lock

Strensham lock

Avon lock