Cropwell Upper Lock No 11
Cropwell Upper Lock No 11 is one of some locks on the Grantham Canal; it has a rise of only a few inches just past the junction with The River Newbury Navigation.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Cropwell Lower Lock No 9 | 2 furlongs | |
| Cropwell Middle Lock No 10 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Fosse Bridge No 18 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Fosse Bridge No 18A | ½ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 19 (Grantham Canal) | ½ furlongs | |
| Cropwell Upper Lock No 11 | ||
| Hoe Hill Swing Bridge No 20 | 3 furlongs | |
| Cropwell Town Bridge No 21 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Blue Hills Bridge No 23 | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Spencers Bridge No 24 | 1 mile, 7¼ furlongs | |
| Timber Bridge No 24A | 2 miles, 7¼ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Hoe Hill Swing Bridge No 20
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![Cropwell Top Lock [no 11], from the east. The concrete dam marks the approximate position of the top gates. by Christine Johnstone – 14 March 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/00/52/8005250_5b4deaec_120x120.jpg)

![Grantham Canal, Cropwell Top Lock [no 11]. Seen from a footbridge across the lock. The chamber has been cleared and probably restored, but the lock has no gates and there is no water in the canal here. The Grantham Canal Society is actively working to restore the canal, but it will be a long process. by Christine Johnstone – 14 March 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/00/52/8005254_794c691f_120x120.jpg)


















![Foss Bridge on the Grantham Canal. Viewed from beneath the modern A46 road bridge [[5158858]], this is bridge #18 on the canal which runs for 33 miles between Grantham and the River Trent at West Bridgford. The canal, which opened in 1797 and was abandoned in 1936, is now mostly derelict. Many of the original road bridges have been demolished and replaced with flat crossings but here the original bridge remains. Since the 1970s, the Grantham Canal Society have been working towards restoring the canal, and two stretches are now navigable. by Graham Hogg – 11 October 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/15/88/5158860_177b1f92_120x120.jpg)







