Aike Beck joined the River Hull 0.4 miles (0.64 km) above its junction with the Leven Canal.

[3] The navigation was constructed in the late 18th century by the Hotham family who owned large amounts of land in the area.

[note 1] In 1809 engineer William Chapman reported to the drainage commissioners that the locks on the navigation had raised water levels and caused flooding.

[1] As part of an agreement with Lord Hotham to not oppose the construction of the Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington branch) in the 1840s, the proprietors of the line agreed not to provide coal handling facilities in the vicinity of his canal.

[6] It is thought to have ceased to be used for navigation in the 1850s, as it appears to be derelict on the 1855 Ordnance Survey map,[1] where both the second lock and the coal basin at Lockington are marked "old".