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Dist:0.2km<br/>The pub is the Red Lion. A pair of working boats are locking through. This lock has a swing bridge across its middle.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.2km<br/>An unusual feature of Fenny Stratford lock is the swing bridge right across the middle of it. The lock only has a very small rise.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.2km<br/>From here, just north of Fenny Stratford Lock, the canal winds round the outskirts of Milton Keynes with no further locks until Cosgrove.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking along the canal just north of Fenny Stratford Lock. The building on the right is British Waterways' Fenny Lock pumphouse.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.2km<br/>This lock has only about a one foot drop. It was not part of the original canal design and was only built as a temporary measure in 1802 in order to lower the downstream reach so that continuously leaking banks could be repaired. After the repairs were complete it was decided to leave the lock in place. The building with the pink rendered walls on the left is the Red Lion public house. Please see Robin's [[1621033]] for a similar view from nearly 42 years previously. Just about the only changes since then are the pink rendering and the loss of the TV aerial on the pub, and the growth of the trees beyond.
©Nigel Cox
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©Philip Jeffrey
Dist:0.2km<br/>British Waterways' building on the Grand Union Canal by Fenny Stratford Lock.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.2km<br/>Recent flooding has made the footpath under the A5 a tad sticky.
©Michael Trolove
Dist:0.2km<br/>A cottage and pumphouse stand on one side of this Grand Union Canal lock facing the Red Lion pub on the opposite side.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.2km<br/>Narrowboats moored to the north of Fenny Stratford Lock.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.2km<br/>The first swing bridge i've photographed and it's less than a mile away from my house!
©Mr Biz
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©Mr Biz
Dist:0.2km<br/>Fenny Stratford Lock has the smallest rise (1' 1") of any lock on the Grand Union Canal. It was built to solve the problem of leaks on the stretch between here and Wolverton by lowering the level of the canal below the points where the leaks were occurring. Note the grade II listed Red Lion pub - very handily placed for boaters in need of refreshment!
©Stephen McKay
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©Philip Jeffrey
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Bletchley - Bedford line crosses the Grand Union Canal. The train is a two car diesel multiple unit later known as class 101 - the car on the bridge is probably M56343. The livery is dark green with yellow lining, the old standard for DMUs.
©Robin Webster

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