Editing Thames and Severn Canal (section)

====Phase 2====
Restoration programme phase 2 covers work at the eastern end of the canal, between Gateway Bridge in the Cotswold Water Park (Cerney Wick), and the junction with the Thames at Inglesham Lock, a distance of about {{convert|10|mi|km}}. The section does not pose the major engineering challenges faced elsewhere, but land ownership is an issue, and there are several miles of infilled canal around Kempsford.<ref name="RestorationPhase2"/> Funding is only in place for minor projects, but several locks have been substantially restored, lengths of towpath reconstructed, and dredging completed.<ref name="RestorationPhase2"/>

In 2002, [[British Waterways]] bought the lock at Inglesham and the adjacent [[Roundhouse (Thames and Severn Canal)|round house]], to safeguard the route of the canal. After they pulled out of the restoration scheme, they sold the house, which was bought by a member of the Cotswold Canals Trust, and transferred the ownership of the lock to the trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://community.stroud.gov.uk/_documents/2_BWownershiprelease.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314142354/http://community.stroud.gov.uk/_documents/2_BWownershiprelease.pdf |archive-date=14 March 2012 |title=British Waterways transfers ownership |publisher=Cotswold Canals Trust |url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2010 the [[Inland Waterways Association]] (IWA) mounted a national campaign for £125,000 to enable Inglesham Lock and around {{convert|420|yd|m}} of the [[canal pound|pound]] above it to be restored.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inglesham Lock – IWA National Restoration Appeal ('We want to extend the Thames!') |url=http://www.waterways.org.uk/campaigns/appeals/iwa_national__restoration_appeal___inglesham_lock_ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404043641/http://www.waterways.org.uk/campaigns/appeals/iwa_national__restoration_appeal___inglesham_lock_ |archive-date=4 April 2011 |publisher=[[Inland Waterways Association]] |access-date=1 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Work on the refurbishment of the lock structure began in 2016 and was completed in May 2019, with some tidying up of the site continuing until September.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kescrgonline.co.uk/inglesham-lock/5/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304150420/https://kescrgonline.co.uk/inglesham-lock/5/ |archive-date=4 March 2021 |url-status=live |title=Inglesham Lock 2019 |publisher=Kescrg Canal Restoration Group |year=2019}}</ref>