Hatton Locks

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Hatton Locks is a famous flight of canal locks near Warwick in England, known for its steep rise and historic role in enabling boat traffic along the Grand Union Canal.

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Label Occurrences
Hatton Locks canonical 3
Hatton flight of locks 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal infrastructure
flight of canal locks
alsoKnownAs Hatton Flight
Stairway to Heaven
connects lower pound of Grand Union Canal near Warwick
upper pound of Grand Union Canal towards Birmingham
constructionStart 1790s
country United Kingdom
currentUse leisure boating
elevationGain about 45 metres
eraOfMajorUse Industrial Revolution
hasAccess public footpath
hasAmenity café nearby
car park nearby
towpath
hasEngineeringFeature balance beams
paddle gear
pounds between locks
hasStructureType narrow locks (originally)
wide locks (after widening)
heritageStatus historic canal feature
historicalImportance facilitated industrial-era freight transport
locatedIn England
Hatton
United Kingdom
Warwickshire
locatedNear Warwick
lockType double-gated pound locks
nearbySettlement Hatton
surface form: Hatton village

Warwick
numberOfLocks 21
onWaterway Grand Union Canal
operatedBy Canal & River Trust
originalCanal Warwick and Birmingham Canal
partOf British canal network
Grand Union Canal
surface form: Grand Union Canal main line
popularFor boating
gongoozling
walking
primaryFunction enable boat traffic over steep gradient
region West Midlands
tourismType canal-side visitor attraction
usedBy narrowboats
wide-beam boats
waterwayDirection between Warwick and Birmingham on Grand Union Canal
widened 1930s
widenedFor Grand Union Canal modernization

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Grand Union Canal hasLock Hatton Locks
Warwickshire hasLandmark Hatton Locks
Warwick and Birmingham Canal hasLockFlight Hatton Locks
this entity surface form: Hatton flight of locks