Eat & drink · Lock 17
The Lock Café
Coffee, cake and soup on the towpath, with the best seats in the quarter for watching boats come through the lock.
- Address
- Unit 1, Lock Lane
- Open
- Daily 8:00–17:00
Opened in 2021 in the old lock-keeper’s store, the café roasts its own coffee and makes soup from whatever the market had on Saturday. In summer the tables spill out onto the towpath.
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