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Gairlochy Top Lock

 
Lochy Bay, B8005, Gairlochy PH34 4EQ, United Kingdom
 
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Gairlochy Top Lock is a minor waterways place on the Caledonian Canal between Banavie Locks (Also known as Neptune's Staircase) (6 miles and 5¾ furlongs and 1 lock to the southwest) and Beauly Firth (North East entrance to the Caledonian Canal) (53 miles and 7 furlongs and 16 locks to the northeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Banavie Locks is Gairlochy Swing Bridge; 1¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Beauly Firth is Gairlochy Moorings; ½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

Moy Swing Bridge1 mile, 4½ furlongs
Moy Weir1 mile, 3¾ furlongs
Lochaber Lodges7¼ furlongs
Gairlochy Bottom Lock1½ furlongs
Gairlochy Swing Bridge1¼ furlongs
Gairlochy Top Lock
Gairlochy Moorings½ furlongs
Coille-ras Point3¼ furlongs
Glenfintaig1 mile
Bunarkaig2 miles, 5¼ furlongs
Invergloy Point3 miles, 7½ furlongs
 
 
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[Caledonian Canal] closed. Locks on the Caledonian Canal at Fort Augustus Gairlochy Bottom Lock Corpach sea lock A sailingboat on the Caledonian Canal approaches from the [The Biggest Little Railway in the World] railway bridges to the first lock of the Neptune Staircase. The route continued on the south bank of the canal to Gairlochy before crossing to the north
 
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Caledonian Canal - Wikipedia
At Corpach, near Fort William, the entrance lock was built on rock, but at the other end, there was 56 feet (17 m) of mud below the proposed site of the sea lock. Rock was tipped on top of the mud and was allowed to settle for six months before construction could begin. The ground through which the canal was cut was ...
Caledonian Canal
Clachnaharry Railway Bridge (Swing). Clachnaharry Lock. Seaport Marina. Muirtown Flight. Tomnahurrich Swing Bridge. Dochgarroch Lock. Urquhart Castle . Fort Augustus. Kytra Lock. Culochy Lock. Laggan Swing Bridge. Laggan Lock. Gairlochy Top Lock. Gairlaochy Bottom Lock. Moy Swing Bridge. Benavie. Neptunes ...
Stage 1: Fort William to Gairlochy (Walkhighlands)
Terrain. Initially follows paths and roads through the suburbs of Fort William before joining canal towpath (track) to Gairlochy; level. ... Turn right along the canal towpath; soon Neptune's Staircase - a flight of locks, is seen ahead, but the route to it is blocked by two swing bridges carrying the main road and the railway. Follow ...
Walking the Great Glen Way
(Centre). Almost there, Gairlochy top lock. (Right). Bedroom in B&B Dalcomera, Gairlochy. A beautiful bedroom in a delightful B&B – Dalcomera, Gairlochy. Our hostess was lovely and the roast chicken supper delicious. For plan A (the kayaking), we had pre-booked 5 B&Bs through www.booking.com Fort William, Gairlochy, ...
The Area - Magic Scotland
Cycle out to the canal and turn left up the locks. Cross over the canal at the top lock and turn left again to cycle past the top basin and pass through a gate across the tow path. You now have a easy ride all the way along the tow path to Gairlochy, a stretch of approximately 7 miles, a stretch of the canal which passes small ...
Toplock
Meets OSHA Standards – According to OSHA, an installer can move the scaffold without climbing down, but the irony of this is, if he doesn't climb down he has no way of locking the wheels… until now. TopLock provides the “equivalent means” [ OSHA Standard: Section 1926.452-(W) Mobile Scaffolds-(2-3)] to prevent ...
Banavie to Gairlochy along the Caledonian Canal
Trail Description: This is an easy ride along the Caledonian Canal, and then looping round to the start along a quiet B road, and is a nice half day, or couple of hours ride. Start from the car park at the bottom of Neptune's Staircase. Cycle out to the canal and turn left up the locks. Cross over the canal at the top lock and turn ...
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Lunch at Banavie followed by a rowing race along the canal reach to Gairlochy, some 10km to the north-east. Monday. Gairlochy to Loch Oich. Race the ... The final leg will be a 'speed' pursuit rowing race into Fort Augustus with the finish line right at the top lock and in sight of Loch Ness. Finally, we lock the boats down the  ...
Portage Distances | GGCT
99?f paddlers following the Canoe Trail are content to start at the top of Neptune's Staircase at Banavie and finish at the top of Muirtown Lock Flight in Inverness. ... (When passing through Gairlochy outside lock keeper hours (0900- 1700 April to September), the lower lock gates are closed overnight and a longer portage ...
Gairlochy | Caley Cruisers
Gairlochy. Gairlochy lies at the southern end of Loch Lochy. An overflow from Loch Lochy was created here during the building of the locks on the Caledonian Canal. It was the diverted water plunging into the River Spean over artificial waterfalls that gave the hamlet its name - Gairlochy (the roar of the Lochy). The Mucomuir ...