Cotswold Canals in Pictures

St. Mary's Lock, Chalford

This is a standard Thames & Severn Lock. The key feature here is how the railway embankment, that was constructed after the bridge was removed, dissects the canal at the head of the lock.

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St. Mary's Lock, Chalford
St Mary's Lock looking towards infilled railway bridge
St. Mary's Lock, Chalford
Head of St Mary's Lock dissected by railway infilling (right)
St. Mary's Lock, Chalford
Canal culvert under railway discharging into top of St Mary's Lock