List of canal locks in the United Kingdom facts for kids

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This is a selective list of canal locks in the United Kingdom which have unique features or are notable in some other way.

Lock	Canal	Notes
Bath Locks	Kennet and Avon Canal	Flight of six locks, in a quite ornate setting and including the UK's second deepest lock, two pumping stations and several Grade II listed buildings.
Bingley Five Rise Locks	Leeds and Liverpool Canal	These staircase locks are the steepest flight of locks in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5.
Bow Locks	River Lee Navigation	These locks are bidirectional to connect to the tidal Bow Creek.
Caen Hill Locks	Kennet and Avon Canal	Flight of 29 locks, 16 of which form an impressively steep flight in a straight line up the hillside.
Fourteen Locks	Monmouthshire Canal	Dramatic flight of narrow and very deep locks featuring a unique and complex series of interdependent pounds.
Foxton Locks	Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line)	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	Stop lock with two guillotine gates.
Neptune's Staircase	Caledonian Canal	Staircase lock of eight locks constructed by Thomas Telford in 1811 lifting boats 64 feet (20 m).
Tardebigge Locks	Worcester and Birmingham Canal	Longest flight in the UK. 30 locks rising 67m.
Tuel Lane Lock	Rochdale Canal	Deepest lock in the United Kingdom, with a fall of 19' 8½".
Watford Locks	Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line)	Staircase of four locks, within an overall flight of seven.

Gallery

Bingley Five Rise
Bow Locks
Watford Locks
Caen Hill flight

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