List of canal locks in the United Kingdom
This is a selective list of canal locks in the United Kingdom which have unique features or are notable in some other way. This list is not comprehensive.
Lock | Canal | Grid Reference | Notes |
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Bath Locks | Kennet and Avon Canal | grid reference ST756643 | Flight of six locks, in a quite ornate setting and including the UK's second deepest lock,[1] two pumping stations and several Grade II listed buildings. |
Bingley Five Rise Locks | Leeds and Liverpool Canal | grid reference SE107399 | These staircase locks are the steepest flight of locks in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5. |
Bow Locks | River Lee Navigation | grid reference TQ383824 | These locks are bidirectional to connect to the tidal Bow Creek. |
Caen Hill Locks | Kennet and Avon Canal | grid reference ST978614 | Flight of 29 locks, 16 of which form an impressively steep flight in a straight line up the hillside. |
Fourteen Locks | Monmouthshire Canal | grid reference ST282885 | Dramatic flight of narrow and very deep locks featuring a unique and complex series of interdependent pounds. |
Foxton Locks | Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line) | grid reference SP691896 | Two "staircases", each of five locks. Alongside the locks is the site of the Foxton Inclined Plane, built in 1900 as a solution to operational restrictions imposed by the lock flight. |
King's Norton Stop Lock | Stratford-upon-Avon Canal | grid reference SP055794 | Stop lock with two guillotine gates. |
Neptune's Staircase | Caledonian Canal | grid reference NN113769 | Staircase lock of eight locks constructed by Thomas Telford in 1811 lifting boats 64 feet (20 m). |
Tardebigge Locks | Worcester and Birmingham Canal | grid reference SO973681 | Longest flight in the UK. 30 locks rising 67m. |
Tuel Lane Lock | Rochdale Canal | grid reference SE063237 | Deepest lock in the United Kingdom, with a fall of 19' 8½".[1] |
Watford Locks | Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line) | grid reference SP592688 | Staircase of four locks, within an overall flight of seven. |
Gallery[edit]
- Bingley Five Rise
- Bow Locks
- Watford Locks
- Caen Hill flight
See also[edit]
- Canals of the United Kingdom
- Camden Lock, Commercial Road Lock, Limehouse Basin Lock
- Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal
- Boat lift, Caisson, Caisson lock, Canal inclined plane, Canal pound, Flash lock, Lock staircase, Pound lock
- List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom
- List of canal basins in Great Britain
- List of canal junctions in Great Britain
- List of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Deepest Canal Locks in England". Pennine Waterways. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.