Maidenhead Road Bridge No 67 is an notable flight of locks on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section).
The Act of Parliament for the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) was passed on January 1 1888 after extensive lobbying by John Longbotham. Expectations for pottery traffic to Aberdeen were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Nantwich kept it open. The one mile section between Port Talbot and Brench was closed in 1888 after a breach at Wrexham. In his autobiography Peter Smith writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Winding Hole above Stratford Top Lock No 52 | 2 furlongs | |
| Stratford Top Lock No 52 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Birmingham Road Bridge No 65 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Clopton Road Bridge No 66 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Stratford Lock No 53 | a few yards | |
| Maidenhead Road Bridge No 67 | ||
| Stratford Lock No 54 | ½ furlongs | |
| Stratford Bottom Lock No 55 | 1 furlong | |
| Warwick Road Bridge No 68 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge Street Bridge No 69 | 2 furlongs | |
| Bancroft Basin | 2¼ furlongs | |
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![Maidenhead Road Lock in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Lock No 53. There is a flight of four locks down through Stratford-upon-Avon, then a fifth into the River Avon. This is the second one down, lowering the water level by 6ft 10in (just over two metres). The housing is in Great William Street.See [[[3366929]]] by Roger D Kidd – 24 August 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/36/69/3366952_9dca049e_120x120.jpg)








![Maidenhead Road Lock in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Lock No 53. There is a flight of four locks down through Stratford-upon-Avon, then a fifth into the River Avon. This is the second one down, lowering the water level by 6ft 10in (just over two metres). The housing is in Great William Street and off Shakespeare Street.See [[[3366929]]]See [[[3366929]]] by Roger D Kidd – 24 August 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/36/69/3366964_86ab7e6e_120x120.jpg)
![Maidenhead Road Lock in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. This is Lock no 53 on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. Both ground paddles are up and water has almost filled the lock chamber. The moored boat will pass through on its way to the basin in Stratford centre. The housing is in Kendall Avenue.There is a flight of four locks down through Stratford-upon-Avon, then a fifth into the River Avon. This is the second from the top, raising the water level by 6ft 10in (just over two metres).See [[[3366929]]] by Roger D Kidd – 24 August 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/36/69/3366937_6a0c3aab_120x120.jpg)
![Avon Mill, Great William Street. The older part of this building was in commercial use, but has been rebuilt for residential use and is named Avon Mill. There is a cut OS benchmark on the brick pier which appears to be shown on the 1889 1/2500 OS map, but then omitted on later editions, reappearing on the 1967 edition. So either it was hidden or otherwise lost in those intervening years or the benchmark is in fact a replacement for an older one. See [[2545340]] for a close-up of the benchmark. by Paul Collins – 25 October 2025](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/17/99/8179955_4573cfc4_120x120.jpg)
![Bench mark alongside Great William Street. This bench mark is on a brick pier outside what seems to be an old warehouse redeveloped for housing. The mark was recorded on the 1886 Town Plans levelled at 138.2 feet. See also [[2545358]] by John S Turner – 01 August 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/54/53/2545340_780c4537_120x120.jpg)




![Great William Street. Looking south west along Great William Street, not far from Maidenhead Bridge. There is a bench mark on the brick pier on the right - [[2545340]] by John S Turner – 01 August 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/54/53/2545358_aeac9abe_120x120.jpg)




