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Services near Lock 8, Napton Bottom Lock

Find businesses, services and amenities near Lock 8, Napton Bottom Lock on the Oxford Canal.

Part of a flight of 9 locks on the Oxford Canal near Napton-on-the-Hill in Warwickshire. Built in the 1770s as part of the original Oxford Canal, the flight climbs the hill below the village with its distinctive windmill on the hilltop. Napton sits at the junction between the Oxford Canal and the Grand Union Canal, making it a strategically important point on the network.

Oxford CanalLock #8CRT District: OX52.24214, -1.33097View on Google Maps

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UV index4466204

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Canal
Oxford Canal
Lock Number
8
CRT District
OX

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