Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal - Lock 3, York Street Lock, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England
N 52° 20.318 W 002° 16.683
30U E 549187 N 5798948
First Lock on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. One possible starting point for boaters wishing to traverse the 74 mile Stourport Ring.
Waymark Code: WMV7PV
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/10/2017
Views: 6
York Street Lock is the first lock encountered on leaving Stourport-on-Severn onto the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal from the Upper Basin of the Stourport Marina area.
From Wikipedia:- The Stourport Ring is a connected series of canals forming a circuit, or canal ring, around Worcestershire, The Black Country and Birmingham in The Midlands, England. The ring is formed from the River Severn, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, the Stourbridge Canal, the Dudley Canals, the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal and Birmingham New Main Line) and the Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
The ring is 74 miles and includes 105 locks including 3 electrically operated river locks, 2 pairs of staircase locks and 2 broad locks. The route includes flights of locks at Tardebigge (x30), Stourbridge (x16) and the Black Delph at Brierley Hill (x8). The route also includes two of the longest navigable tunnels on the UK network, these being the Netherton and Wast Hills Tunnels.
Waterway Name: Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Connected Points:
Links to the River Severn through the Upper and Lower Basins in Stourport-on-Severn.
Type: Lock
Date Opened: 01/01/1771
Elevation Difference (meters): 4.00
Site Status: Operational
Web Site: [Web Link]
Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed
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