PlacesLocals’ pickWalks and outdoorsWidcombe & Lyncombe

Widcombe Locks and Deep Lock

A flight of locks climbing from the river to Deep Lock, about 19 feet of drop in one go; boats, gongoozlers and picnics.

Category
Walks and outdoors
Area
Widcombe & Lyncombe
Where
Widcombe, BA2 4JJ
Opening
Always open
Price
Free
Best time
Sunny afternoon
Website
canalrivertrust.org.uk
Walkers and boats on the Kennet and Avon Canal, Bath

Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where

Where it is

The larger pin is Widcombe Locks and Deep Lock. The smaller ones are other places within about 15 minutes on foot.

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Nearby

Near this

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