Old Ford Lock (Regent's Canal)

For other places with the same name, see Old Ford Lock (disambiguation).

Old Ford Lock is a lock on the Regent's Canal in the Bethnal Green located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Old Ford Lock No. 8
Old Ford Lock, 2008
51°31′57″N 0°02′44″W
Waterway	Regent's Canal
County	Tower Hamlets Greater London
Maintained by	Canal & River Trust
Fall	8 feet (2.4 m)
Distance to Limehouse Basin	1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Distance to Paddington Basin	7 miles (11.3 km)

The associated lock cottage,^[1] and stables^[2] were designated Grade II listed buildings in 1990. Thames lighters using the canal would have horses provided by the operators of the canal. Horses would be changed at City Road Lock - where the canal enters the Islington Tunnel - and at Camden Lock.^[3]

The lock has facilities for taking on water and for disposal of rubbish and chemical-toilet waste.