List of canal locks in the United Kingdom information
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
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.
^ ab"Deepest Canal Locks in England". Pennine Waterways. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
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