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Watford Locks (grid reference SP592688) is a group of seven locks on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal, in Northamptonshire, England, famous for the Watford Gap service area.

The locks are formed (looking from the south), of two single locks, a staircase of four, and a final single lock. Together they lift the canal 16 m (52 ft 6 in) to the "Leicester Summit", which it maintains all the way to Foxton Locks.

The locks were built to carry narrowboats, and the system was opened in 1814. In the early 20th century there were plans to build an inclined plane similar to that at Foxton as part of a scheme to allow the passage of barges, but the plan was abandoned when the inclined plane at Foxton proved uneconomic.

When the Grand Union Canal was formed in 1929, there were further proposals to widen the flight as part of the modernisation going on elsewhere on the Grand Union's network, but these plans did not develop further.

The locks are hemmed in by the Roman Watling Street (now the A5 road), the M1 motorway, and the West Coast Main Line railway, which all fit through the narrow Watford Gap, between two hill systems.

The locks are usually supervised during the cruising season from Easter to October, with the locks padlocked outside permitted hours. This is done to prevent problems arising from misuse and to ensure that queues are kept to the minimum. Boaters operate the locks themselves under the lock keeper's supervision. On arrival at the top or bottom boaters should report to the lock keeper to register their arrival before attempting to operate the flight. At busy times there can often be a delay of two hours or more but transit of the flight takes approximately 45 minutes; it is made quicker by the fact that the locks are narrow beam and the gates are light.

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[Foxton Locks] level that passes Husbands Bosworth, Crick and ends with the Watford flight Alongside the locks is the site of the Foxton Inclined Plane, built in 1900 to [Grand Union Canal (old)] was authorised, and cost an extra £7,000. At Watford, the canal descended through the seven Watford Locks to the same height as the summit of the Grand [List of canal locks in the United Kingdom] of canal locks in the United Kingdom which have unique features or are notable in some other way. Bingley Five Rise Bow Locks Watford Locks Caen Hill [Watford Gap] the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal, which passes through the Watford Locks just to the north of the gap. The historical geographic importance of [Grand Union Canal] effectively the River Soar and the locks and bridges are wide. Another Act of 1931 authorised the widening of the locks at Watford and Foxton, but with Government [Lock (water navigation)] 3000 metric tons. Examples of "apparent" staircases are Foxton Locks and Watford Locks on the Leicester Branch of the Grand Union. Operation of a staircase [Tardebigge Locks] Harborough, Leicestershire Fourteen Locks – near Newport, South Wales Hatton Locks – Warwickshire Watford Locks – Northamptonshire Helen Harris (1996) [Watford, Northamptonshire] railway station at Watford, Hertfordshire. Watford gives its name to the Watford Locks on the Grand Union Canal. Christadelphians have been using the village [Bingley Five Rise Locks] Foxton Locks near Market Harborough, Leicestershire Watford Locks in Northamptonshire Caen Hill Locks near Devizes, Wiltshire Fourteen Locks near Newport
 
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Watford Locks - Wikipedia
Watford Locks (grid reference SP592688) is a group of seven locks on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal, in Northamptonshire, England, famous for ...
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Watford Locks | Canal & River Trust
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Watford Locks | Canal & River Trust
The Watford Flight will now be manned 7 days a week, opening at 10:00 with the last boat in at 14:15. You do not need to book passage through the locks. The on-  ...
How to operate Watford Locks - Union Wharf Market Harborough
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Watford Locks - CanalScene.com
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Category:Watford Locks - Wikimedia Commons
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