Mildenham Mill Lock No 3 is one of a long flight of locks on the Droitwich Canals (Droitwich Barge Canal) between Luton and Polefield.
Early plans of what would become the Droitwich Canals (Droitwich Barge Canal) were drawn up by John Longbotham in 1835 but problems with Walsall Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. In 1905 the Ambersbury and Basildon Canal built a branch to join at Bridgend. According to Peter Thomas's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Harrogate Cutting is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Hawford Top Lock Moorings | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| A449 Tunnel (western entrance) | 7¼ furlongs | |
| A449 Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Egg Lane Field Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Egg Lane Bridge No 4 | a few yards | |
| Mildenham Mill Lock No 3 | ||
| Porters Mill Bridge No 5 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Porters Mill Lock No 4 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Ladywood Lock No 5 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Ladywood Lock No 6 | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Bridge No 5A | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
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![Lock No 3 near Hawford, Worcestershire. This is Mildenham Mill Lock on the Droitwich Barge Canal. It is a wide lock, and provides a rise of 6ft 3in (1·9 metres). Photo taken from Egg Lane Bridge.April 2008: [[[754856]]] October 2009: [[[1528641]]](Note: these images use the former numbering for the lock) by Roger D Kidd – 23 June 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/83/37/3833727_1c30b4f5_120x120.jpg)















![Droitwich Barge Canal, lock No. 6. Newly restored. Compare to [[754856]] by Chris Allen – 10 October 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/52/86/1528641_27bda30b_120x120.jpg)







![Bridge No. 4 by Mildenham Mill. Lock No. 6 is just beyond the bridge and its overflow weir is discharging on the right. A new mooring berth has been built bottom left. Compare this with the view almost exactly two years earlier [[754865]]. by Chris Allen – 10 April 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/81/43/1814362_29b38598_120x120.jpg)


![The Droitwich Barge Canal. Looking towards bridge 4 [Egg Lane] with lock 3 immediately behind. by Christine Johnstone – 02 September 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/12/59/3125983_10561298_120x120.jpg)
