
This is a lock with a rise of 6f3.
| Saturday Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 4 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 3 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 2 | ½ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge (Cambrian Wharf) | a few yards | |
| Farmers Bridge Top Lock No 1 | ||
| The Flapper & Firkin PH | a few yards | |
| Farmers Bridge Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
All the Farmers Bridge locks can be explored in a virtual tour: http://j.mp/farmers-bridge-locks
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Wikipedia has a page about Farmers Bridge Top Lock
A farmer (also called an agriculturer) is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer might own the farmed land or might work as a laborer on land owned by others, but in advanced economies, a farmer is usually a farm owner, while employees of the farm are known as farm workers, or farmhands. However, in the not so distant past, a farmer was a person who promotes or improves the growth of (a plant, crop, etc.) by labor and attention, land or crops or raises animals (as livestock or fish).
Over 1/2 billion farmers are smallholders, most of whom are in developing countries, and who economically support almost two billion people. Globally, women constitute more than 40% of agricultural employees.








![Plaque, Farmer's Bridge Lock. On the towpath of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The re-built Toll House is to the left, the top lock behind the camera. A fuller explanation of the Grade II Toll House can be read in [[7184042]].Milestone Society National ID: WA.Y.FBL by Alan Lake – 15 November 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/65/20/7652071_9217c866_120x120.jpg)










![Farmer's Bridge Top Lock and Cambrian Wharf, Birmingham. This, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal joins the Coventry Canal at Fazeley Junction, a distance of fifteen miles, and including thirty-eight locks, including the Farmer's Bridge flight, the Aston flight, the Minworth flight and the Curdworth flight.The Farmer's Bridge flight of thirteen locks drops the water level by 81 feet (about 25 metres). The moored boats are in the basin known as the Cambrian Wharf. The white notice by the lock gate informed us that the River Severn was closed to navigation, and that the Stourbridge Canal was also closed due to a serious breach of an embankment (see [[973448]]). Plan C was then put into force: 24 locks in the pouring rain followed by dreadful ice cold](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/99/01/990130_12cd600f_120x120.jpg)










