Combe Hay Locks

Combe Hay Locks
A view up three derelict canal locks. The canal is dry and the channel overgrown with grass and weeds. Deciduous woodland is in the distance
The chambers of locks 14, 13 and 12
Map
51°20′39″N 2°22′13″W / 51.3443°N 2.3702°W / 51.3443; -2.3702
WaterwaySomerset Coal Canal
CountryUnited Kingdom
CountySomerset
OperationManual
First built1805
Length1.6 miles (2.6 km)
Width7 feet (2.1 m)
Fall134 feet (41 m)
Distance to
Kennet and Avon Canal
3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Distance to
Timsbury Basin
6.25 miles (10.06 km)
Combe Hay Locks
Locks 20–22
Locks 6–19
Inclined plane
Site of caisson lock
Locks 1–5

The Combe Hay Locks is a derelict flight of locks on the Somerset Coal Canal near Combe Hay, Somerset, England. Twenty two locks raised the canal 134 feet (41 m) over approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km). The lock flight was predated in the immediate area by two other methods of canal lifts—first by a series of caisson locks, then by an inclined plane. The lock flight opened in 1805, and was in operation until 1899.