Bath Locks - Misplaced Pages

Bath Locks (grid reference ST756643) are a series of locks, now six locks, situated at the start of the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Bath, England.

Bath Bottom Lock, which is numbered as No 7 on the canal, is the meeting with the River Avon just south of Pulteney Bridge. Alongside the lock is a side pond and pumping station which pumps water up the locks to replace that used each time the lock is opened.

The next stage of Bath Deep Lock is numbered 8/9 as two locks were combined when the canal was restored in 1976. A road constructed while the canal was in a state of disrepair passes over the original site of the lower lock. The new chamber has a depth of 5.92 metres (19 ft 5 in), making it Britain's second deepest canal lock.

Just above the 'deep lock' is an area of water enabling the lock to refill and above this is Wash House Lock (number 10), and soon after by Abbey View Lock (number 11), a Grade II listed building by which there is another pumping station and in quick succession Pulteney Lock (12) and Bath top Lock (13).

A iron bridge spanning water. In the background is a yellow stone building. On the left trees reach out over the water. — Cleveland House and the cast iron bridges of Sydney Gardens, Bath

Above the top lock the canal passes through Sydney Gardens where it passes through two tunnels and under two cast iron footbridges dating from 1800. Cleveland tunnel is 52.7 metres (173 ft) long and runs under Cleveland House, the former headquarters of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company. The tunnel is a Grade II* listed building.

Many of the bridges over the canal are also listed buildings.

The locks were restored in 1968 by a collaboration involving staff from British Waterways and volunteer labour organised by the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust.

References

"Bath Bottom Lock". Images of England. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"former engine house". Images of England. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Second Lock". Images of England. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Bath Deep Lock". Canal and River Trust. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
"Deepest Canal Locks in England". Pennine Waterways. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
"Wash House Lock". Images of England. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Abbey View Lock". Images of England. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Top Lock". Images of England. Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Tunnel under Beckford Road". Images of England. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Tunnel under Cleveland House and Sydney Road". Images of England. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Cleveland House". Images of England. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Footbridge Adjoining Top Lock". Images of England. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Footbridge adjoining Wash House Lock". Images of England. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Footbridge over Canal". Images of England. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Canal Bridge". Images of England. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Bridge over Canal". Images of England. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Canal Bridge (Pulteney Gardens)". Images of England. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
"Kennet & Avon Canal". Inland Waterways Association. Retrieved 17 May 2011.

Locks	1 Hanham 2 Keynsham 3 Swineford 4 Saltford 5 Kelston 6 Weston 7–13 Bath Locks 14 Bradford 15–16 Semington Locks 17–21 Seend Locks 22–50 Caen Hill Locks 51 Wootton Rivers 52 Heathy Close 53 Brimslade 54 Cadley 55–63 Crofton Locks 64 Bedwyn Church 65 Burnt Mill 66 Potter's 67 Little Bedwyn 68 Oakhill Down 69 Froxfield Middle 70 Froxfield Bottom 71 Picketfield 72 Cobbler's 73 Hungerford Marsh 74 Hungerford 75 Dun Mill 76 Wire 77 Brunsden 78 Kintbury 79 Dreweatt's 80 Copse 81 Hamstead 82 Benham 83 Higg's 84 Guyer's 85 Newbury 86 Greenham 87 Ham 88 Bull's 89 Widmead 90 Monkey Marsh 91 Colthrop 92 Midgham 93 Heale's 94 Woolhampton 95 Aldermaston 96 Padworth 97 Towney 98 Ufton 99 Tyle Mill 90 Sulhamstead 101 Sheffield 102 Garston 103 Burghfield 104 Southcote 105 Fobney 106 County 107 Blake's
Tunnels	Sydney Gardens Tunnels Bruce Tunnel
Bridges	New Bridge Victoria Bridge Midland Bridge Newbury Bridge Burghfield Bridge High Bridge
Aqueducts	Dundas Aqueduct Avoncliff Aqueduct Biss Aqueduct Ladydown Aqueduct Semington Aqueduct New Semington Aqueduct Summerham Aqueduct River Dun Aqueduct
Pumping stations	Claverton Pumping Station Crofton Pumping Station
Museums	Kennet and Avon Canal Museum Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock
Misc.	Wilton Water

Connecting navigations

Engineers and proprietors

Kennet Navigation	John Hore Francis Page Sr. Francis Page Jr. Frederick Page
Avon Navigation	John Padmore
Kennet and Avon Canal	John Rennie John Thomas Dudley Clark John Blackwell Thomas Evans Blackwell

Associations

Notes: Administered by the Environment Agency
Proposed or abandoned

51°22′37″N 2°21′6.5″W / 51.37694°N 2.351806°W / 51.37694; -2.351806

Categories:

Next lock upstream	Kennet and Avon Canal	Next lock downstream
Bradford Lock	Bath Locks Grid reference: ST756643	Weston Lock

References

See also