Melton Mowbray Canal (11m), Oakham Canal (15½m)
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Thrussington. 1976
Thrussington Mill Lock (No.5). Grid Ref: SK 6567 1571 [MM-008-730]
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Thrussington. 1976
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Thrussington. 1976
Thrussington Mill Lock (No.5). Grid Ref: SK 6567 1571 [MM-008-730]
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Thrussington. 1976
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Kirby Bellars Lock. 1981
Lock No.11. Grid Ref: SK 7191 1805 [MM-019-290]. This appears to be from the lock tail bridge but looking away from the lock. The lock was on a new cut that has now been obliterated, including the section shown.
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Kirby Bellars Lock. 1981
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Kirby Bellars Lock. 1981
Near Lock 11. The picture was taken from a bridge over the original course of the River Wreake at Grid Ref: SK 71900 18037. St Peter's Church is in the distance and the cut on which the lock was located left the river just beyond the fence on the right.
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Kirby Bellars Lock. 1981
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Kirby Bellars Lock. 1981
Lock 11 and the footbridge across it. Grid Ref: SK 7191 1805 [MM-019-290]. Aerial photographs suggest that the chamber may now be infilled.
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Kirby Bellars Lock. 1981
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Kirby Bellars Lock. 1981
Detail of sluice gate recess in Lock 11. Grid Ref: SK 7191 1805 [MM-019-290]
Melton Mowbray (Wreake) Navigation. Kirby Bellars Lock. 1981
Oakham Canal. Looking south from road. Sunday 1 July 1973
The location has not been given and the only site that could be found that remotely matches the description, maps and photographs is Gate House Bridge on Burley Road, SK 8649 1104, and only then if this is looking north rather than south.
Oakham Canal. Looking south from road. Sunday 1 July 1973
