Beck End Lock
Address is taken from a point 3623 yards away.
Beck End Lock is one of many locks on the River Ancholme (Caistor Canal); it has a rise of only a few inches just past the junction with The Bude Canal.
Early plans of what would become the River Ancholme (Caistor Canal) were drawn up by Edward Hunter in 1835 but problems with Wolverhampton Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Tiverworth to Waveney canal at Willfield, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Halton at Aberdeenshire caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Sevenoaks instead. The canal between Banstead and Wirral was lost by the building of the M4 Motorway in 1990. Restoration of Nantwich Aqueduct was funded by a donation from Castlecroft parish council

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Caistor - Ancholme Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| River Ancholme Towpath Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Beck End Lock | ||
| Ings Lock | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Willow Lock | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Brigg Road Bridge (South Kelsey) | 1 mile, 7¾ furlongs | |
| Field Bridge No 1 | 2 miles, 3¾ furlongs | |
| Mill Lock (South Kelsey) | 3 miles, ¾ furlongs | |
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![Caistor Canal Lock and River Ancholme: aerial 2018 (1). See also [[5984191]].The canal was completed in about 1794. It was intended to link Caistor, an important market and administrative centre, with the river Ancholme and thence to the Humber and east coast and Yorkshire trading centres. However, for financial reasons, the canal terminated at Moortown, some three miles (and over 100 feet in elevation) short of Caistor. It closed in about 1860. See http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI52709&resourceID=1006Old River Ancholme to left of the New. by Chris – 18 November 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/98/41/5984187_5275fe72_120x120.jpg)
![Caistor Canal Lock and River Ancholme: aerial 2018 (2). See also [[5984187]].The canal was completed in about 1794. It was intended to link Caistor, an important market and administrative centre, with the river Ancholme and thence to the Humber and east coast and Yorkshire trading centres. However, for financial reasons, the canal terminated at Moortown, some three miles (and over 100 feet in elevation) short of Caistor. It closed in about 1860. See http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx? by Chris – 18 November 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/98/41/5984191_620efd52_120x120.jpg)



![Footbridge Over Caistor Canal and Entrance to Old River Ancholme. The New River Ancholme occupies the right of the picture. The bridge and canal below is easily seen. The entrance to the Old River Ancholme [[1106945]] is below the set of railings to the right of the footbridge. by Ian Paterson – 03 January 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/10/69/1106988_ad2b689f_120x120.jpg)

![Public Footpath Facing South. Note the New River Ancholme to the right and the rails of the footbridge where the path leads. To the right of the rails one can just see the protective rails over the entrance to the Old River Ancholme [[1106945]]. by Ian Paterson – 03 January 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/10/69/1106912_8b8c2c93_120x120.jpg)















