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[[File:Sulhamstead Tyle Mill Lock.JPG|alt=Narrow boat (named Toad) emerging from lock with black gates and white ends of the gate arms. Around the lock is a grassy area.|thumb|right|200px|Tyle Mill Lock, [[Sulhamstead]]]]
[[File:Sulhamstead Tyle Mill wharf 1.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Sulhamstead]] Tyle Mill Wharf]]
'''Tyle Mill Lock''' ({{gbmapping|SU626691}}) is a [[Canal lock|lock]] situated near [[Tyle Mill]] and the village of [[Sulhamstead]] on the [[Kennet and Avon Canal]], England.

Tyle Mill Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer [[John Hore]] of Newbury, and this stretch of the river is now administered by the [[Canal & River Trust]] as part of the Kennet Navigation. It has a change in level of {{convert|6|ft|4|in|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pearson |first=Michael |title=Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion |year=2003 |publisher=Central Waterways Supplies|location=Rugby |isbn=0-907864-97-X}}</ref>

The lock became derelict in the 1950s and then formed the head of the navigation from the [[River Thames]]. As a result, [[British Waterways]] created a [[winding hole]] and installed a sanitary station in the old [[Bunker#Pillbox|pillbox]] below the lock. It was restored in 1973 but remained out of commission until 1976 when work on locks further west had been completed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Allsop |first=Niall |title=The Kennet & Avon Canal |year=1987 |publisher=Millstream Book |location=Bath |isbn=0-948975-15-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/kennetavoncanalu0000alls }}</ref>

Close to the lock are a [[wharf]] and [[swing bridge]].

==Swing bridge gallery==
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Image:Sulhamstead Tyle Mill swing bridge.JPG|Sulhamstead Tyle Mill swing bridge road traffic
Image:Sulhamstead Tyle Mill swing bridge 2.JPG|Sulhamstead Tyle Mill swing bridge opening
Image:Sulhamstead Tyle Mill swing bridge 4.JPG|Sulhamstead Tyle Mill swing bridge canal traffic
</gallery>

==References==

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==See also==
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*[[Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal]]

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{{Coord|51.41747|N|1.10118|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SU626691)|display=title}}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref -->

[[Category:Locks of Berkshire]]
[[Category:Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal]]
[[Category:Sulhamstead]]


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