Hours
Three ways to spend an evening: the pound and a long dinner, the walk to the quay, or the small card room in the weigh house. The last is optional.
Staying on the lock
The pound has lamps and a bench run along the upper gate. It stays usable until eleven. On Thursdays somebody plays unamplified in the corner of the pantry and finishes by half past ten because the lock keepers live next door.
Going down
Eight minutes along the towpath, twelve coming back. The desk will tell you what is open, what is busy, and roughly what a table costs. We have no financial interest in anything on the quay.
The weigh house
One room with three tables and its own towpath door, open from seven, eighteen and over, with photographic identification checked every time. Hours, tables, and floor rules are on the Gaming page.