Tardebigge Locks, Lock system on Worcester and Birmingham Canal, England
The Tardebigge Locks comprise 30 individual locks stretching over 2.25 miles, rising 220 feet through the Worcestershire countryside.
Engineers Thomas Cartwright, John Woodhouse, and William Crosley completed the lock system in 1815 to replace an experimental vertical boat lift.
The locks mark the location where founders of the Inland Waterways Association met in 1945 to establish their organization for canal preservation.
Navigation through all 30 locks requires approximately four hours, with each lock operation taking about 10 minutes to complete.
The Tardebigge Engine House near lock 57 contains the remains of a water pump system that supplied the canal from a reservoir 50 feet below.
GPS coordinates: 52.32140,-2.01070
Latest update: March 3, 2025 01:33
Hewell Grange
1.2 km
Tardebigge Engine House
626 m
Church of St Bartholomew, Tardebigge
225 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Bridge Number 55
487 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, South Portal of the Tardebigge Tunnel
332 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 58 Including Side Pond Retaining Wall and Sluice Immediately South
26 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Cottage at Lock 58, Tardebigge Flight
43 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Canal Bridge About 100 Metres West South West of Lock 58
95 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 51
1.2 km
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 52
1.1 km
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 54
951 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 56
766 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 55
861 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 45
1.8 km
Water Tower About 300 Metres South Of Hewell Grange
1.3 km
Churchyard Cross About 15 Metres South Of Church Of St Bartholomew
238 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 46
1.7 km
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 57
673 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 47
1.6 km
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 49
1.4 km
Plymouth House
302 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 53
1 km
Workshops About 75 Metres South West Of South Porch Of Tardbigge Tunnel
263 m
The Old Rectory
313 m
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Canal Bridge (Between Locks 49 and 50)
1.3 km
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 50
1.3 km
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 48
1.5 km
Tardebigge Lake
1.2 kmReviews
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