Annual Lockage Report 2014
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Annual Lockage Report 2014
The monitoring of lock operations across the network remains an essential element in our water resources management, business and corporate planning. This report marks the 14th year of publishing an Annual Lockage Report. For the 2014 report, we have based the analysis of each Waterway on those lock sites with complete records for both 2013 and 2014 (the comparison sites). Lockage can be defined simply as lock usage through the filling and emptying of a lock chamber, which in turn allows the movement of water and passage of boats. It is important to distinguish lockage from boat movements, which are the actual number of boats which travel through a lock. We have separated boat movements from lockage to acknowledge that averages can be skewed by the boat:lockage ratio (in the case of a typical broad lock, the ratio can be between one and four boats per lockful of water used). The number of lockage and boat movement comparison sites included in the report is 175, an increase of 22 compared with 2013. The total number of lock monitoring sites giving an annual total has increased from 163 (in 2013) to 169 (in 2014). Increased reliability and geographical coverage of lock counters gives us a much better appreciation of overall trends. In the Appendix we have included, for information only, the sites where a complete record for 2013 and 2014 is not available. Nationally, the average number of recorded lock operations in 2014 increased by 2% compared with 2013, (for those sites where data was available for both 2013 and 2014). All Waterways showed an increase in lock usage with the exception of Central Shires and South East. The reasons for these year to year variations are complex and are not fully understood. In terms of weather, 2014 was an average year meaning that the main boating season was unaffected. The heavy rainfall and floods experienced at the beginning of 2014 would have had an effect on lock usage in those weeks but very little overall impact on the annual total. The report contains the following: a summary table ranking the Waterways by average annual lock operations for 2014; a map showing average annual lockage by Waterway, a graph showing the estimated annual lockage by Waterway and detailed reports of lockage and boat movements for each Waterway for the last three years, separated into the individual canals within the Waterway. The Appendix provides the data for the incomplete sites (i.e. those for which good quality data for both 2013 and 2014 was unavailable).
I trust you find this report informative.
Dr Adam Comerford National Hydrology Manager, Water Management Ranking position 2013 Waterway Average lock 2014 Waterway Average lock 2014 Ranking Waterway compared to counts counts 2013
= 1 Central Shires 4437 4420
2 North Wales & Borders 3938 4186
3 South East 4019 4002
= 4 West Midlands 2788 2882
= 5 Kennet & Avon 2188 2250
= 6 South Wales & Severn 1869 1895
= 7 London 1782 1863
8 Manchester & Pennine 1164 1278
9 North West 1103 1175
10 North East 964 981
= 11 East Midlands 887 901 Average Annual Lockage 2014 0 - 1200 1201 - 2400 2401 - 3600 3601 - 4800
1:2,000,000,000
Produced by: Average Annual Lockage 2014 Water Management January 2015 - © Crown copyright and database rights, 2013, Ordnance Survey 100030994. © Next Perspectives, 2013. Contains Royal Mail data, © Royal Mail copyright and database right, 2013. Contains National Statistics data, © Crown copyright and database right, 2013.
The estimated annual lockage is based on the average lockage recorded at each monitoring site scaled by the total number of locks.
Annual Lockage Report 2014 Comparison Sites
Waterway: Central Shires
Canal: Caldon Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Bedford Street Telemetry SJ 873468 2774 2724 2715 -9 0%
Lock 11, Hazelhurst Middle Lock Telemetry SJ 948538 2456 2457 2646 189 8%
Lock 3, Planet Lock Manual Reading SJ 878464 2598 2731 2553 -178 -7%
Lock 4, Engine Lock Manual Reading SJ 900514 2525 2606 81 3%
Lock 8, Road Lock Telemetry SJ 916519 2069 2259 190 9%
Summary stats for Caldon Avg: 2609 2501 2556 55 2%
Canal: Coventry & Ashby Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Atherstone Top Lock Telemetry SP 303976 5558 5258 5151 -107 -2%
Lock 12, Glascote Top Lock Telemetry SK 216033 5805 6404 5890 -514 -8%
Summary stats for Coventry & Ashby Avg: 5682 5831 5521 -311 -5%
Canal: Grand Union Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 38, Kings Lock Telemetry SK 567007 1276 1299 1215 -84 -6%
Summary stats for Grand Union Avg: 1276 1299 1215 -84 -6%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Trent & Mersey Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Derwent Mouth Telemetry SK 455306 3900 3777 3777 0 0%
Lock 11, Wychnor Lock Telemetry SK 185161 7496 7258 7184 -74 -1%
Lock 20, Woodend Lock Telemetry SK 127135 8491 7661 7068 -593 -8%
Lock 21, Colwich Lock Telemetry SK 008212 8912 8186 8239 53 1%
Lock 27, Star Lock Telemetry SJ 902336 5965 5943 -22 0%
Lock 35, Trentham Lock Telemetry SJ 884398 5174 4835 5042 207 4%
Lock 37, Cockshutes Lock Telemetry SJ 874461 5414 4652 4657 5 0%
Lock 40, Summit Lock (Etruria) Telemetry SJ 872465 5338 4250 4773 523 12%
Lock 6, Stenson Lock Telemetry SK 325299 3713 3380 3427 47 1%
Summary stats for Trent & Mersey Avg: 6055 5552 5568 16 0%
Summary stats for Central Shires Avg: 4922 4437 4420 -17 0%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: East Midlands
Canal: Beeston Canal Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 6, Castle Lock Telemetry SK 570393 2649 3041 2996 -45 -1%
Summary stats for Beeston Canal Avg: 2649 3041 2996 -45 -1%
Canal: Chesterfield Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 34, Turner Wood Telemetry SK 542813 196 279 255 -24 -9%
Lock 51, Worksop Bracebridge Lock Telemetry SK 595791 412 408 462 54 13%
Lock 56, Forest Middle Lock Telemetry SK 668830 592 625 699 74 12%
Lock 61, Gringley Lock Telemetry SK 728916 210 251 253 2 1%
Summary stats for Chesterfield Avg: 353 391 417 27 7%
Canal: Erewash Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 61, Long Eaton Telemetry SK 488335 721 715 738 23 3%
Summary stats for Erewash Avg: 721 715 738 23 3%
Summary stats for East Midlands Avg: 797 887 901 14 2%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: Kennet & Avon
Canal: Kennet & Avon Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 105, Fobney Lock Telemetry SU 705710 1447 1783 1456 -327 -18%
Lock 13, Bath Lock Telemetry ST 758646 2017 2397 2577 180 8%
Lock 15, Semington Lock Telemetry ST 901609 2956 3432 3761 329 10%
Lock 21, Seend Lock Telemetry ST 933613 2691 3231 3468 237 7%
Lock 49, Maton Lock Telemetry ST 995617 1482 1685 1845 160 9%
Lock 51, Wootton Rivers Telemetry SU 199629 1699 1887 1998 111 6%
Lock 60, Crofton Lock Telemetry SU 248622 1831 1928 1932 4 0%
Lock 71, Picketsfield Lock Telemetry SU 316680 1526 1763 1790 27 2%
Lock 76, Wire Lock Telemetry SU 362681 1646 1811 1994 183 10%
Lock 78, Kintbury Lock Telemetry SU 385671 2036 2058 2068 10 0%
Lock 85, Newbury Lock Telemetry SU 470671 2525 2376 2282 -94 -4%
Lock 96, Padworth Middle Lock Telemetry SU 606671 1843 1904 1834 -70 -4%
Summary stats for Kennet & Avon Avg: 1975 2188 2250 63 3%
Summary stats for Kennet & Avon Avg: 1975 2188 2250 63 3%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: London
Canal: Grand Union Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 90, Hanwell flight (Norwood) Telemetry TQ 136793 1392 1443 1272 -171 -12%
Summary stats for Grand Union Avg: 1392 1443 1272 -171 -12%
Canal: Lee & Stort Navigation Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 3, Roydon Lock Telemetry TL 410104 1574 1824 2145 321 18%
Lock 4, Stanstead Lock Telemetry TL 380121 1841 1980 1942 -38 -2%
Summary stats for Lee & Stort Navigation Avg: 1708 1902 2044 142 7%
Canal: Regents Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 12, Commercial Road Telemetry TQ 363811 802 1213 902 -311 -26%
Lock 2, Hawley Telemetry TQ 287841 2290 2452 3052 600 24%
Summary stats for Regents Avg: 1546 1833 1977 145 8%
Summary stats for London Avg: 1580 1782 1863 80 4%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: Manchester & Pennine
Canal: Ashton Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 17, Droylsden Lock Telemetry SJ 898978 1179 1161 929 -232 -20%
Lock 2, Ancoats Telemetry SJ 854982 875 849 -26 -3%
Summary stats for Ashton Avg: 1179 1018 889 -129 -13%
Canal: Huddersfield Narrow Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 12W, HNC Telemetry SD 975012 459 410 454 44 11%
Lock 16E, Westwood Lock Telemetry SE 098149 358 349 428 79 23%
Lock 1E, Stanley Dawson Lock Telemetry SE 148162 377 400 23 6%
Lock 22W, Upper Mill Telemetry SD 996058 553 625 676 51 8%
Lock 28E, HNC Telemetry SE 065131 339 355 322 -33 -9%
Lock 30W, Shaw Mill Telemetry SE 001069 367 411 44 12%
Lock 3W, Ashton Lock Telemetry SJ 948985 528 503 511 8 2%
Lock 41E, Marsden Lock Telemetry SE 048118 328 335 368 33 10%
Summary stats for Huddersfield Narrow Avg: 428 415 446 31 7%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Macclesfield Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Bosley Top Lock Telemetry SJ 904666 3376 3102 3130 28 1%
Summary stats for Macclesfield Avg: 3376 3102 3130 28 1%
Canal: Peak Forest Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 8, Marple Lock Telemetry SJ 962884 1082 1142 60 6%
Summary stats for Peak Forest Avg: 1082 1142 60 6%
Canal: Rochdale Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Albert Wood Telemetry SE 064236 861 806 1017 211 26%
Lock 17, Rochdale, Old Royd Lock Telemetry SD 948242 576 654 78 14%
Lock 48, Lower Littleborough Telemetry SD 940163 292 281 374 93 33%
Lock 49, Rochdale Telemetry SD 905124 253 233 264 31 13%
Lock 5, Edward Kilner Telemetry SE 030257 1063 1322 259 24%
Lock 65, Alfred Street Telemetry SD 896017 266 259 309 50 19%
Summary stats for Rochdale Avg: 418 536 657 120 22%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Trent & Mersey Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 42, Limekiln Locks Telemetry SJ 830548 3872 3237 3565 328 10%
Lock 71, Kings Lock Telemetry SJ 706656 4555 4488 4938 450 10%
Lock 75, Big Lock Telemetry SJ 701669 3953 4785 832 21%
Summary stats for Trent & Mersey Avg: 4214 3893 4429 537 14%
Summary stats for Manchester & Pennine Avg: 1230 1164 1278 115 10%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: North East
Canal: Aire & Calder Navigation Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 13, Pollington Lock Telemetry SE 615192 2422 2062 1904 -158 -8%
Summary stats for Aire & Calder Navigation Avg: 2422 2062 1904 -158 -8%
Canal: Calder & Hebble Navigation Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 5, Woodside Mills Telemetry SE 101213 720 768 902 134 17%
Summary stats for Calder & Hebble Navigation Avg: 720 768 902 134 17%
Canal: Huddersfield Broad Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 2, Huddersfield Broad Canal Telemetry SE 176202 448 487 478 -9 -2%
Summary stats for Huddersfield Broad Avg: 448 487 478 -9 -2%
Canal: Pocklington Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 8, Gardham Lock Telemetry SE 729453 77 155 78 101%
Summary stats for Pocklington Avg: 77 155 78 101%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Ripon Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Rhodesfield Lock Telemetry SE 323703 431 461 562 101 22%
Lock 3, Oxclose Lock Telemetry SE 332679 1254 1329 1353 24 2%
Summary stats for Ripon Avg: 843 895 958 63 7%
Canal: River Don Navigation Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Long Sandall Lock Manual Reading SE 602066 2213 2087 2062 -25 -1%
Summary stats for River Don Navigation Avg: 2213 2087 2062 -25 -1%
Canal: Sheffield & Tinsley Canal Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Tinsley Lock Telemetry SK 392898 523 440 434 -6 -1%
Summary stats for Sheffield & Tinsley Canal Avg: 523 440 434 -6 -1%
Summary stats for North East Avg: 1144 964 981 17 2%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: North Wales & Borders
Canal: Llangollen Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Hurleston Telemetry SJ 625553 7156 6642 6645 3 0%
Lock 2, New Marton Lock Telemetry SJ 331343 9198 8255 8346 91 1%
Marbury Lock Telemetry SJ 561464 6034 6102 68 1%
Summary stats for Llangollen Avg: 8177 6977 7031 54 1%
Canal: Montgomery Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Belan Locks Telemetry SJ 217054 27 32 46 14 44%
Lock 3, Aston Lock Telemetry SJ 335264 1583 1256 1375 119 9%
Lock 4, Frankton Locks Telemetry SJ 369316 1281 1321 40 3%
Pool Quay Lock Telemetry SJ 256115 173 93 116 23 25%
Summary stats for Montgomery Avg: 594 666 715 49 7%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Shropshire Union Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Graving Lock Telemetry SJ 399667 42 55 103 48 87%
Lock 1, Wardle Lock Telemetry SJ 705657 7199 6393 7597 1204 19%
Lock 3, Audlem Lock Telemetry SJ 658420 5001 4451 4808 357 8%
Lock 4, Cholmondeston Lock Telemetry SJ 633575 8029 7662 8424 762 10%
Lock 7, Tarvin Lock Telemetry SJ 427665 2035 1900 2267 367 19%
Tyrley Lock Manual Reading SJ 689328 5544 5060 5212 152 3%
Wheaton Aston Lock Telemetry SJ 858126 6822 6021 6236 215 4%
Summary stats for Shropshire Union Avg: 4953 4506 4950 444 10%
Summary stats for North Wales & Borders Avg: 4401 3938 4186 247 6%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: North West
Canal: Lancaster Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Lodgehill Telemetry SD 481545 415 459 392 -67 -15%
Lock 7, Glasson Basin Lock Manual Reading SD 445561 197 179 240 61 34%
Ribble Lock Telemetry SD 509311 269 291 256 -35 -12%
Summary stats for Lancaster Avg: 294 310 296 -14 -4%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Leeds & Liverpool Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Inside Track, Deep Lock (Appley) Telemetry SD 517096 1613 1574 1619 45 3%
Lock 1, Top Lock Leigh Branch Telemetry SD 578044 1763 1550 1730 180 12%
Lock 29, Bingley 5 Rise Top Lock Telemetry SE 107399 1431 1343 1371 28 2%
Lock 3, Runnel Brow Lock Telemetry SD 453118 949 852 829 -23 -3%
Lock 30, Holme Bridge Lock Telemetry SD 943544 2219 2187 -32 -1%
Lock 35, Stegneck Lock Telemetry SD 918539 2234 2250 16 1%
Lock 36, Bank Newton Lock Telemetry SD 911529 1936 1788 1817 29 2%
Lock 44, Greenberfield Top Lock Telemetry SD 889484 2026 1787 1772 -15 -1%
Lock 45, Barrowford Lock Telemetry SD 868403 1285 1036 1282 246 24%
Lock 51, Barrowford Bottom Lock Telemetry SD 868403 1116 919 1165 246 27%
Lock 55, Blackburn Lock Telemetry SD 680269 796 534 781 247 46%
Lock 58, Johnsons Hillock Telemetry SD 596213 1165 1168 1086 -82 -7%
Lock 6, Spring Garden Lock Telemetry SE 284337 822 768 874 106 14%
Lock 67, Wigan Lock Telemetry SD 606065 855 661 832 171 26%
Stanley Lock Manual Reading SJ 342921 465 493 663 170 34%
Summary stats for Leeds & Liverpool Avg: 1248 1262 1351 89 7%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Summary stats for North West Avg: 1069 1103 1175 72 7%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: South East
Canal: Grand Union Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Aylesbury Lock Telemetry SP 917143 525 144 986 842 585%
Lock 1, Calcutt Lock Telemetry SP 468633 5023 4593 4546 -47 -1%
Lock 1, Watford Lock Telemetry SP 593689 4001 4998 4984 -14 0%
Lock 1, Welford Lock Telemetry SP 639813 4028 3993 4139 146 4%
Lock 14, Northampton Lock Telemetry SP 724581 578 932 943 11 1%
Lock 18, Kibworth Lock Telemetry SP 657944 1721 1573 -148 -9%
Lock 21, Cosgrove Lock Telemetry SP 795422 4428 4711 283 6%
Lock 23, Radford Lock Telemetry SP 352649 3404 3386 3203 -183 -5%
Lock 37, GU (Stalkies) lock Telemetry SP 924153 2889 3281 3375 94 3%
Lock 40, GU (Marsworth) Lock Telemetry SP 922193 2141 2706 2595 -111 -4%
Lock 46, Cowroast Lock Telemetry SP 958103 1834 2666 2545 -121 -5%
Lock 6, Braunston Lock Telemetry SP 553657 4937 5337 5403 66 1%
Lock 7, Buckby Top Lock Telemetry SP 605656 3986 4481 4232 -249 -6%
Lock 81, Batchworth Lock Telemetry TQ 062940 2622 2694 2220 -474 -18%
Lock 9, Foxton Lock Telemetry SP 691894 3754 4147 4131 -16 0%
Pumping Station 2, Stockton Telemetry SP 426647 3222 3169 3037 -132 -4%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Summary stats for Grand Union Avg: 3067 3292 3289 -3 0%
Canal: Oxford Canal Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Hillmorton Locks 2 and 3 combined Telemetry SP 537745 9899 10068 10781 713 7%
Lock 15, Marston Doles Lock Telemetry SP 464582 5747 6586 6215 -371 -6%
Lock 21, Claydon Lock Telemetry SP 463505 4823 5663 5620 -43 -1%
Lock 32, Nell Bridge Lock Telemetry SP 494343 3800 4419 4516 97 2%
Lock 40, Bakers Lock Telemetry SP 479178 4494 4679 4718 39 1%
Lock 42, Roundham Lock Telemetry SP 483140 3947 4175 4155 -20 0%
Lock 44, Dukes Lock Telemetry SP 488107 3853 4128 4309 181 4%
Lock 44A, Dukes Cut Lock Telemetry SP 488106 1921 2398 1985 -413 -17%
Lock 46, Isis Lock Telemetry SP 505066 3061 3084 3015 -69 -2%
Lock 8, Napton Bottom Lock Telemetry SP 458592 5810 6620 6118 -502 -8%
Summary stats for Oxford Canal Avg: 4736 5182 5143 -39 -1%
Summary stats for South East Avg: 3762 4019 4002 -17 0%
Comment: Aylesbury Arm (Lock 1) returned to normal levels of usage in 2014 following closures for part of the year due to drought restrictions (2012) and for major repairs to the collapsed lock (2013).
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: South Wales & Severn
Canal: Droitwich Canal Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 7, River Lock Telemetry SO 906633 1492 1451 1476 25 2%
Lock 8, Ladywood Telemetry SO 868610 1094 1091 1081 -10 -1%
Summary stats for Droitwich Canal Avg: 1293 1271 1279 8 1%
Canal: Gloucester & Sharpness Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 2, Gloucester Lock Manual Reading SO 827184 1860 1878 2044 166 9%
Sharpness Lock Manual Reading SO 670022 332 373 308 -65 -17%
Summary stats for Gloucester & Sharpness Avg: 1096 1126 1176 51 4%
Canal: Monmouthshire & Brecon Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 65, Coombes Lock Telemetry SO 144197 2686 2555 2635 80 3%
Lock 69, Brynich Lock Telemetry SO 077273 3170 3085 3218 133 4%
Summary stats for Monmouthshire & Brecon Avg: 2928 2820 2927 107 4%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Worcester & Birmingham Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 15, Offerton Lock Telemetry SO 895580 2170 2112 2152 40 2%
Lock 2, Diglis Telemetry SO 849539 1758 1953 1987 34 2%
Lock 23, Stoke Prior Telemetry SO 951670 2289 2258 -31 -1%
Lock 42, Tardebigge Telemetry SO 975682 1962 1899 1788 -111 -6%
Summary stats for Worcester & Birmingham Avg: 1963 2063 2046 -17 -1%
Summary stats for South Wales & Severn Avg: 1836 1869 1895 26 1%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: West Midlands
Canal: Birmingham & Fazeley Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 3, Minworth Telemetry SP 152923 2042 1716 1899 183 11%
Summary stats for Birmingham & Fazeley Avg: 2042 1716 1899 183 11%
Canal: Birmingham Canal Navigations Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 17, Wolverhampton Lock Telemetry SO 918993 1819 1350 1803 453 34%
Lock 2, Farmers Bridge Telemetry SP 062870 1766 1457 1558 101 7%
Summary stats for Birmingham Canal Navigations Avg: 1793 1404 1681 277 20%
Canal: Grand Union Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 3, Camp Hill Telemetry SP 085859 1390 1279 1327 48 4%
Lock 46, Hatton Top Lock Telemetry SP 239669 2369 2123 2623 500 24%
Summary stats for Grand Union Avg: 1880 1701 1975 274 16%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Staffordshire & Worcestershire Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 28, Dimmingsdale Lock Telemetry SO 858959 3309 3261 3032 -229 -7%
Lock 31, Compton Lock Telemetry SO 884989 3963 4229 3791 -438 -10%
Lock 33, Brick Kiln Lock Telemetry SJ 922107 5721 5275 5472 197 4%
Lock 43, Tixall Lock Telemetry SJ 978219 6762 6289 6587 298 5%
York Street Lock Telemetry SO 812712 3477 3508 3585 77 2%
Summary stats for Staffordshire & Worcestershire Avg: 4646 4512 4493 -19 0%
Canal: Stourbridge Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Blowers Green Lock Telemetry SO 934887 1213 1359 1084 -275 -20%
Summary stats for Stourbridge Avg: 1213 1359 1084 -275 -20%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Canal: Stratford Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 19, Lapworth Lock Telemetry SP 186705 2536 2462 -74 -3%
Lock 2, Lapworth Telemetry SP 165716 3090 2802 2738 -64 -2%
Lock 23, Lapworth Telemetry SP 186705 2679 2676 -3 0%
Lock 38, Preston Bagot Lock Telemetry SP 175654 3052 2752 2696 -56 -2%
Lock 40, Wilmcote Top Lock Telemetry SP 171575 2855 2619 2647 28 1%
Lock 53, Maidenhead Road Telemetry SP 201553 2698 2457 -241 -9%
Lock 56, River Lock Telemetry SP 204548 1615 2250 3441 1191 53%
Summary stats for Stratford Avg: 2653 2619 2731 112 4%
Summary stats for West Midlands Avg: 2963 2788 2882 94 3%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014
Boat Movement Report 2014 Comparison Sites
Waterway: East Midlands
Canal: Chesterfield Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 65, Stockwith Lock Manual Reading SK 785946 715 754 857 103 14%
Summary stats for Chesterfield Avg: 715 754 857 103 14% Canal: Fossdyke & Witham Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Torksey Lock Manual Reading SK 837780 1927 1892 1972 80 4%
Summary stats for Fossdyke & Witham Avg: 1927 1892 1972 80 4% Canal: River Witham Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Boston Grand Sluice Lock Manual Reading TF 323445 280 401 504 103 26%
Summary stats for River Witham Avg: 280 401 504 103 26%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Boat Movement Report 2014 Canal: Trent Navigation Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 10, Stoke Lock Manual Reading SK 649407 2302 2671 2347 -324 -12%
Lock 11, Gunthorpe Lock Manual Reading SK 688437 2721 3140 2935 -205 -7%
Lock 12, Hazleford Lock Manual Reading SK 732494 2878 3248 3112 -136 -4%
Lock 13, Newark Town Lock Manual Reading SK 794538 3210 3503 3389 -114 -3%
Lock 14, Newark Nether Lock Manual Reading SK 800554 1924 2121 2167 46 2%
Lock 15, Cromwell Lock Manual Reading SK 808611 1908 2210 2067 -143 -6%
Lock 8, Holme Lock Manual Reading SK 615393 2474 2984 2504 -480 -16%
Summary stats for Trent Navigation Avg: 2488 2840 2646 -194 -7%
Summary stats for East Midlands Avg: 2034 2292 2185 -107 -5%
Waterway: Manchester & Pennine
Canal: Rochdale Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Bridge 51, Ben Healey Bridge Telemetry SD 937161 376 392 441 49 13%
Bridge 65A, Trub Farm Bridge Telemetry SD 883099 330 343 13 4%
River Irk Aqueduct Telemetry SD 891063 298 242 -56 -19%
Summary stats for Rochdale Avg: 376 340 342 2 1%
Summary stats for Manchester & Pennine Avg: 376 340 342 2 1%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Boat Movement Report 2014 Waterway: North East
Canal: River Ouse Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Naburn Lock Manual Reading SE 594445 731 905 943 38 4%
Summary stats for River Ouse Avg: 731 905 943 38 4% Canal: Selby Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 1, Selby Lock Manual Reading SE 622322 625 688 764 76 11%
Summary stats for Selby Avg: 625 688 764 76 11% Canal: Stainforth & Keadby Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Keadby Lock Manual Reading SE 834114 2246 1791 1113 -678 -38%
Summary stats for Stainforth & Keadby Avg: 2246 1791 1113 -678 -38%
Summary stats for North East Avg: 1201 1128 940 -188 -17%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Boat Movement Report 2014 Waterway: London
Canal: Grand Union Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Thames Lock Manual Reading TQ 178772 1264 1507 1312 -195 -13%
Summary stats for Grand Union Avg: 1264 1507 1312 -195 -13% Canal: Lee & Stort Navigation Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Lock 20, Bow Locks Manual Reading TQ 383823 118 66 99 33 50%
Summary stats for Lee & Stort Navigation Avg: 118 66 99 33 50% Canal: Limehouse Basin Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
Limehouse Basin Lock Manual Reading TQ 363808 1758 1903 1662 -241 -13%
Summary stats for Limehouse Basin Avg: 1758 1903 1662 -241 -13% Canal: London Docklands Annual Boat Movement Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Annual Change
West India Dock Lock Manual Reading TQ 381799 976 651 966 315 48%
Summary stats for London Docklands Avg: 976 651 966 315 48%
Summary stats for London Avg: 1029 1032 1010 -22 -2%
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Boat Movement Report 2014
APPENDIX - Incomplete Data Sites
For lockage recording sites to be included in the main body of the report, they are required to be operational and have good quality data for both 2013 and 2014 (the comparison years). Incomplete sites within this Appendix are primarily those lockage sites where the data was of insufficient quality for 2013 and/or 2014.
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 Waterway: Central Shires
Canal: Trent & Mersey Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 12, Alrewas Lock Telemetry SK 171154 7178 Outstation broke part way through year, issue now resolved.
Waterway: East Midlands
Canal: Erewash Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 73, Eastwood Lock Telemetry SK 460458 407 Site vandalised and new instrument installed in 2013
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Waterway: Manchester & Pennine
Canal: Rochdale Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 79, Coal Pit Middle Telemetry SJ 858991 277 Site installed beginning of January 2014
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Waterway: North East
Canal: Aire & Calder Navigation Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 10, Bulholme Lock Telemetry SD 433267 1676
Lock 12, Whitley Lock Telemetry SE 566221 1889 1720 Long term transducer issues
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Canal: Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Aldwarke Lock Telemetry SK 451943 Site installed in mid- January 2014
Doncaster Lock Telemetry SE 570035 1045 Site installed in January 2014
Eastwood (Sir Frank Price) lock Telemetry SK 440942 576 Site installed in January 2014
Mexborough Low Lock Telemetry SE 501001 323 Site installed in January 2014
Mexborough Top Lock Telemetry SK 481996 857 Site installed in January 2014
Sprotborough Lock Telemetry SE 539016 923 Site installed in January 2014
Swinton (Waddington) Lock Telemetry SK 463989 749 Site installed in January 2014
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Waterway: Kennet & Avon
Canal: Bridgwater & Taunton Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 6, Higher Maunsel Lock Telemetry ST 307293 170 Site no longer functional.
Canal: Kennet & Avon Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 14, Bradford on Avon Lock Telemetry ST 825602 6471 Technical and Comms issues, now resolved.
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Waterway: London
Canal: Hertford Union Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 1, Top Lock Victoria Park Telemetry TQ 367839 Technical and Comms issues - on going issues.
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Canal: Lee & Stort Navigation Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 1, Ponders End Lock Telemetry TQ 364955 762 Technical issue, now resolved.
Lock 10, Sheering Mill Telemetry TL 488144 1014 1138 Technical issues, new outstation has been installed, now resolved.
Lock 10, Waltham Common Lock Telemetry TL 370018 1429 Leaky lock gates causing transducer to not register lock counts, on going issue.
Lock 16, Stonebridge Telemetry TQ 351904 1767 Installation issues - issue resolved for one lock, other lock not in use.
Lock 2, Ponders End Lock Telemetry TQ 364955 260 Technical issue, now resolved.
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Waterway: North Wales & Borders
Canal: Shropshire Union Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Top Narrow Lock, Ellesmere Port Telemetry SJ 405771 773 585
Top Wide Lock, Ellesmere Port Telemetry SJ 405771 29 21
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Waterway: West Midlands
Canal: Birmingham & Fazeley Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 1, Top Lock Curdworth Telemetry SP 183937 1937 1742
Canal: Birmingham Canal Navigations Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 2, Rushall Lock Telemetry SP 039989 251 328 Technical issue, now resolved.
Canal: Grand Union Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 47, Knowle Bottom Lock Telemetry SP 190760 1421 1488
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites Canal: Stourbridge Annual Lockage Totals Site Type NGR 2012 2013 2014 Comments
Lock 4, Stourton Bottom Lock Telemetry SO 862851 1552 1410
Produced: Jan 2015 Annual Lockage Report 2014 incomplete sites