page_title: Hillmorton
section_title: Hillmorton Locks
hierarchical_section_title: Hillmorton / Hillmorton Locks
caption_attribution_description: English: Hillmorton Top Lock.
context_page_description: Hillmorton is a suburb of Rugby, Warwickshire, England, around 2 miles south-east of Rugby town centre, forming much of the eastern half of the town. It is also a ward of the Borough of Rugby. Hillmorton was historically a village in its own right, but was incorporated into Rugby in 1932. Hillmorton also encompasses the Paddox housing estate to the west of the old village, which is shown an many maps as 'Hillmorton Paddox', this area however is part of a separate ward called 'Paddox'.
context_section_description: Hillmorton is possibly most well known for its flight of canal locks on the Oxford Canal. The Hillmorton locks are the busiest flight of locks on the national canal network. They consist of three pairs of parallel twinned locks. They were originally built as single locks during 1769-74, but were rebuilt as twin locks in 1840 in order to relieve congestion. The bottom locks are Grade II listed.
caption: Hillmorton top lock in 2004.
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