A traditional cache close Drungewick Lock, situated on the restored section of the Wey and Arun canal near to Loxwood.
This cache is part of the Wey and Arun Cache Series - a series placed along the route of the old Wey Arun canal. The canal was abandoned in 1873 and had laid derelict and unused for over a hundred years before an enthusiastic band of volunteers commenced restoration. This series has been placed to highlight the amazing work already completed by the group of volunteers that have undertaken the restoration of The Wey & Arun Canal along with the monumental scale of the task remaining.
6) Drungewick Lock
Placed as a replacement for the original (and now archived) cache of the same name.
Suggested parking is in the car park behind the local canal side hostelry in Loxwood at N 51 04.198 W 000 30.802
Drungewick Lock was restored in 1989/91 with further work being carried out in 2003/04 to fit gates and backpumping facilities. The bridge had decayed to a single arch of bricks and was painstakingly rebuilt. Water extraction from the river Arun was added with the construction of a (very) small water fall.
The cache is a large ish loc-loc box.
The canal towpath is mainly a well maintained bridal path along this stretch and should be suitable for bicycles and all terrain buggies.
The caches are situated close to the canal and as always, care should be taken with dogs and children around the deep locks and water. There are also stands of Giant Russian Hogweed along sections of the towpath - this is an impressive plant (looks like 12 foot cow parsley) but it has caustic sap and will cause blistering of exposed skin, especially in strong sunlight, so although no caches are hidden close to it, you should still be careful.
This cache has been placed with the kind permission of Voluntary organisation that maintains The Wey & Arun Canal.