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Widewater Lock No 86

Also called Harefield Moor Lock, Bridge No 180

Latitude: 51N35'15" Longitude: 0W29'10"Postcode: UB9 6NS OS Grid Reference: TQ048887 Canalplan Ref: ich4

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Widewater Lock No 86 is on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line); between Batchworth Junction (4.24 miles and 4 locks to the north) and Uxbridge (2.67 miles and 2 locks to the south)

The nearest place in the direction of Batchworth Junction is Widewater Winding Hole; a distance of 0.30 miles

The nearest place in the direction of Uxbridge is Denham Bridge No 182; a distance of 1.31 miles

Lock rise: 8 feet 0 inches

Picture: Tim Lewis Taken: March 1997
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Widewater Lock from the road bridge
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Churches
Harefield St Paul  - Roman Catholic
Merle Ave: Over br. To T junction. Left on Harvil Rd. Left (opp. Disraeli Pub) on Merle Ave. open w/days.
Services: 9am, 11am, Sat - 6.30pm. Mon to Sat - 9.15am.
Distance: 1 mile
Contact: Prayer Chapel in porch The Presbytery, 1, Dunster Close, Harefield, UB9 6BS(01895 822365)
Harefield, St Mary the Virgin  - Church of England
Church Hill: Over bridge. After 300yds left at T junction on Harvil Rd then 1st right on lane
Services: 8am,10.30am;6.30pm(except 2nd), Wed10am in Hall Chapel High St(cont. on Harvil Rd)
Distance: 1 mile
Contact: Rev Andrew Gandon Locked weekdays (01895-825960)

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