Wootton Top Lock (previously known as Cadley Lock) is a

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on the

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Wootton Rivers Wootton Rivers is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. The village lies about northeast of Pewsey and south of Marlborough. During the 20th century its population halved and most of its facilities close ...

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, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 0 in (2.43 m). East of this lock is the summit of the canal at 450 ft (137 m) above sea level. Downstream in the same parish are the locks of Brimslade, Heathy Close, and Wootton Rivers Bottom. It is a Grade II

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