Bank Lock

Bank Lock is a lock on the Montgomeryshire Canal, constructed between 1794 and 1797, designed by engineers John and Thomas Dadford. G.W. Buck served as the engineer for the Eastern Branch of the canal from 1819 to 1831 and introduced a unique system of lock ground-sluice control in 1831, which is still present at this lock. In the 1880s and 1890s, the Shropshire Union Canal and Railway Company undertook significant repairs, suggesting that while the lock was part of the original canal engineering, it was likely substantially repaired or rebuilt in the late 19th century.

The lock features a blue brick lined chamber with stone copings and timber gates, along with cast-iron ground-sluice controls. There are small blue brick huts on either side of the lock, and a curved red-brick retaining wall leads to a platform above the tow-path level to the northeast of the lock. This lock is a well-preserved example of a typical Montgomeryshire Canal lock.