Tarnwick Locks Eleven narrow locks · Tarnwick Canal

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Tarnwick Locks

Eleven narrow locks, 27.6 m of fall in 1.9 km from Basin Lock to Top Lock.

Status at 09:00

Open. 9 of 11 locks working, 2 restricted. Last boat through at 08:40.

Flight
Open going up and down
Locks
9 open · Lock 6 restricted · Lock 10 restricted
Last boat through
08:40, going up. 3 boats since 08:00
Hollin Pound (top)
3 cm below the weir crest. Normal.
Keeper
Keeper on duty until 16:00 · Hours
Next stoppage
Lock 5 shut 19 – 23 Oct for gate beam replacement · Calendar

Restrictions today

  • Lock 6, Long Pound Lock. One ground paddle out of use since 7 Oct. Fills in 13 min instead of 8.
  • Lock 10, Toll House Lock. Top gate leaking since 12 Oct. The keeper works the lock; allow 5 min more.

Long profile

Long profile: 11 locks, 27.6 m of fall over 2.4 km123456789101101020Basin entrance, 0 kmHollin Pound, 2.4 kmm
Water level in metres above the Basin, against distance from the Basin entrance. Lock numbers sit on each step.

The eleven locks

  1. 1Basin Lockfall 2.4 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 7 minOpen
  2. 2Wharf Lockfall 2.6 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 8 minOpen
  3. 3Tannery Lockfall 2.1 m · chamber 18.0 m by 2.2 m · fills in 6 minOpen
  4. 4Kiln Lockfall 2.3 m · chamber 18.0 m by 2.2 m · fills in 7 minOpen
  5. 5Engine Lockfall 2.8 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 9 minOpen
  6. 6Long Pound Lockfall 2.5 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 13 minRestricted
  7. 7Rope Walk Lockfall 2.6 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 7 minOpen
  8. 8Chapel Lockfall 2.7 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 8 minOpen
  9. 9Sluice Lockfall 2.9 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 10 minOpen
  10. 10Toll House Lockfall 2.4 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 7 minRestricted
  11. 11Top Lockfall 2.3 m · chamber 21.3 m by 2.2 m · fills in 7 minOpen

Before you set off