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Landmarks and Distances
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The River Lark From Bury to the Great Ouse |
Miles |
Locks/ |
Navigable (N) |
Grid ref |
OS 1:50000 Landranger Map No |
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Eastgate Bridge |
Eastgate Street, Bury St Edmunds |
-0.3 |
0 |
U |
TL 858 644 |
155 |
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A14 link road bridge |
Link from Northgate roundabout to A14 |
-0.1 |
0 |
U |
TL 857 651 |
155 |
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Railway Bridge |
St Saviour's, Bury St Edmunds |
-0.0 |
0 |
U |
TL 856 652 |
155 |
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Northgate Wharf 1890-1900 |
St Saviour's, Bury St Edmunds |
0.0 |
0 |
U |
TL 854 652 |
155 |
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Tollgate Lock No 1 |
Tollgate Bridge, A134 Thetford Road. |
0.6 |
1 |
U |
TL 851 661 |
155 |
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Junction with Cut to Fornham Wharf |
The Cut ran towards the Mildenhall Road |
0.8 |
1 |
U |
TL 849 663 |
155 |
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Bury St Edmunds Staunch No 1 |
Babwell Clough or Canal Staunch |
0.9 |
2 |
U |
TL 849 665 |
155 |
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Fornham Lock No 2 |
Mill Farm Lock |
1.6 |
3 |
U |
TL 847 672 |
155 |
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Two golfers' footbridges |
Lark Valley Country Club and Golf Course |
1.6 |
3 |
U |
TL 845 675 |
155 |
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Causeway Lock No 3 |
Adjacent to Fornham Park Road Bridge |
1.9 |
4 |
U |
TL 842 676 |
155 |
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Sheepwash or Causeway Bridge |
Fornham All Saints on B1106 |
2.0 |
4 |
U |
TL 841 678 |
155 |
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Ducksluice Farm Lock No 4 |
Ducksluice Lock and bridge to farm |
2.6 |
5 |
U |
TL 834 685 |
155 |
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Hengrave Bridge |
Hengrave to Culford Road |
3.1 |
5 |
U |
TL 831 690 |
155 |
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Hengrave Lock No 5 |
Grange Farm Lock |
3.4 |
6 |
U |
TL 830 694 |
155 |
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Chimney Mill Lock No 6 |
Rebuilt after World War 2 |
3.9 |
7 |
U |
TL 821 699 |
155 |
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Flempton Lock No 7 |
Includes Flempton to West Stow road bridge |
4.5 |
8 |
U |
TL 817 704 |
155 |
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Boyton Staunch No 2 |
West Stow (Clough?) Staunch and footbridge |
4.8 |
9 |
U |
TL 813 707 |
155 |
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Fullers Mill Lock No 8 |
West Stow Heath Lock |
5.3 |
10 |
U |
TL 806 709 |
155 |
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Lackford Staunch No 3 |
Also called Dullingham Staunch and Fulling Staunch |
5.5 |
11 |
U |
TL 801 712 |
155 |
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River House (now demolished) |
West Stow |
5.8 |
11 |
U |
TL 796 713 |
155 |
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Cherry Ground Lock No 9 |
Lackford |
6.1 |
12 |
U |
TL 792 712 |
155 |
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Lackford Road Bridge |
Icknield Way Ford was immediately east |
6.2 |
12 |
U |
TL 788 711 |
155 |
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Mill Heath Upper Staunch No 4 |
Cavenham/Lackford 280 foot lock |
6.8 |
13 |
U |
TL 782 714 |
155 |
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Mill Heath Lower Staunch No 5 |
Cavenham/Lackford 280 foot lock |
6.9 |
14 |
U |
TL 782 715 |
155 |
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Farthing Bridge |
Cavenham to Icklingham road |
7.8 |
14 |
U |
TL 773 726 |
155 |
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Icklingham Lock No 11 |
Marston's Icklingham Mill and Bridge |
8.0 |
15 |
U |
TL 769 729 |
155 |
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Temple Bridge and Staunch No 7 |
Bridge now closed to vehicles |
8.8 |
16 |
U |
TL 758 728 |
155 |
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Jack Tree Staunch No 8 |
Now dry and bypassed by river |
9.0 |
17 |
U |
TL 745 735 |
155 |
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Tuddenham Mill Stream |
The Mill Stream could take barges to Tuddenham Mill 1890 |
10.5 |
17 |
U |
TL 733 738 |
155 |
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Cut-Off Channel Junction after 1964 |
And footbridge to Barton Mills |
10.6 |
17 |
U |
TL 732 738 |
155 |
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Barton Mills Lock No 12 |
With Barton Mills New Bridge (A11) of 1962 |
11.0 |
18 |
U |
TL 726 738 |
154 |
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Barton Hall Staunch No 9 |
Jeffries Halt Staunch |
11.4 |
19 |
U |
TL 720 740 |
143 |
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Mildenhall Gas Works Lock No 13 |
Also called Old Lock |
12.1 |
20 |
U |
TL 711 743 |
143 |
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Mildenhall Turf Lock No 14 |
Lower gates missing, now a weir |
12.3 |
21 |
U |
TL 709 743 |
143 |
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Mildenhall West Upper Staunch No 10 |
Site only of Mildenhall Great staunch |
12.9 |
21 |
U |
TL 701 744 |
143 |
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Mildenhall West Lower Staunch No 11 |
Site only of Mildenhall Little staunch |
13.0 |
21 |
D |
TL 702 744 |
143 |
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Kings Staunch No 12 |
Cow Gravel Staunch, Worlington |
13.6 |
22 |
D |
TL 692 744 |
143 |
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West Row Bridge |
Jude's Ferry Bridge |
14.5 |
22 |
N |
TL 677 748 |
143 |
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Freckenham Gravel Staunch No 13 |
Also called West Row or New Staunch |
15.0 |
23 |
N |
TL 671 749 |
143 |
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Junction of River Lark and Lee Brook |
This was the starting point for the 1890s restoration |
16.0 |
23 |
N |
TL 664 751 |
143 |
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Isleham Lock No 15 |
Now adjacent to Isleham Marina, formerly Swale's Reach |
16.5 |
24 |
N |
TL 649 761 |
143 |
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Prickwillow Bridge |
On B1382 Ely road in Prickwillow |
22.5 |
24 |
N |
TL 597 824 |
143 |
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Railway bridge |
Norwich to Ely Line |
22.8 |
24 |
N |
TL 596 828 |
143 |
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Great Ouse Junction |
Junction with Old West River (Great Ouse) |
24.6 |
24 |
N |
TL 572 844 |
143 |
If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.
SOURCES: Original idea and some of the data is taken from the website of Jim Shead at www.jim-shead.com
Information modified after D E Weston's "The Lark Navigation"
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