Tourist attraction
Bath Deep Lock (8/9)
Extra-deep canal lock formed from two merged chambers, dropping boats nearly six metres at once.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Bath Deep Lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal is about the lock as a piece of engineering, and the odd number painted beside it. It follows the canal through Bath around nineteen seventy, when the waterway still held water but was falling apart, and the restorers who had to deal with what a new road had done to it. You'll also hear how it measures up against a rival lock on the Rochdale Canal. Best heard standing at the edge of the chamber, ideally while a narrowboat is working through.
This audio guide was created using AI.