Debdale Lock Winding Hole
Debdale Lock Winding Hole is on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton).
The Act of Parliament for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) was passed on January 1 1816 the same day as that of The Wigan Canal. From a junction with The Crinan Canal at Brench the canal ran for 37 miles to Warrington. Expectations for stone traffic to Eastleigh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of iron from Nuneaton to Birmingham prevented closure. "By Windlass and Handcuff Key Across The Midlands" by John Thomas describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Bury Embankment.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes). Opposite lock landing. Cookley Visitor Moorings are just upstream.
You may be able to wind here, but it is not a full-length winding hole, being only suitable for boats up to 50 feet long.
| Austcliffe | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Cookley Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Cookley Tunnel (western entrance) | 1½ furlongs | |
| Cookley Forge Towpath Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Cookley Visitor Moorings | ¼ furlongs | |
| Debdale Lock Winding Hole | ||
| Debdale Lock No 9 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Debdale Bridge No 22 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Lea Lane Winding Hole | 5½ furlongs | |
| Wolverley Forge Bridge No 21 | 7½ furlongs | |
| Wolverley Lock No 8 | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
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![Picnic tables on Canalside Terrace, Cookley Playing Fields, Cookley. Accessed by a zig-zag path, the terrace has these two picnic tables with seats. Behind is the Staffs & Worcs Canal.[[2341550]]. by P L Chadwick – 21 October 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/21/74/3217468_e12df914_120x120.jpg)
![Former Lock Keeper's Cottage, Debdale Lock, near Cookley. Photographed from Canalside Terrace, Cookley Playing Fields, which gives a different view of the cottage from the usual ones.[[2340591]]. by P L Chadwick – 21 October 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/21/75/3217505_cccbcb9f_120x120.jpg)







![Debdale Lock and house near Cookley, Worcestershire. On the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Debdale Lock provides a rise (or fall) of ten feet (three metres). Sustrans Route 54 for cyclists passes along the towpath here. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-54/Landscape view: [[[7542144]]] by Roger D Kidd – 15 May 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/54/21/7542172_7b68abf7_120x120.jpg)
![Debdale Lock and house near Cookley, Worcestershire. On the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Debdale Lock provides a rise (or fall) of ten feet (three metres). Sustrans Route 54 for cyclists passes along the towpath here. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-54/Portrait version: [[[7542172]]] by Roger D Kidd – 15 May 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/54/21/7542144_99028e62_120x120.jpg)
![The zig-zag path at Cookley Playing Fields, Cookley. The red-painted tables and chairs in the distance are at the Canalside Terrace, which the path leads to.[[2341550]].[[3217468]]. by P L Chadwick – 21 October 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/21/74/3217445_0d8721c2_120x120.jpg)

![Debdale Lock, Staffs & Worcs Canal, near Cookley. A narrowboat can be seen approaching the lock. The former lock keeper's cottage is on the left.[[2340591]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 April 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/07/2340721_3375a8f9_120x120.jpg)
![Debdale Lock, Staffs & Worcs Canal, near Cookley. Another view of the lock:- [[2340721]], and [[2340638]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 April 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/07/2340751_2ac06bc3_120x120.jpg)
![Plaque at Debdale Bridge (No. 22), Staffs & Worcs Canal, near Cookley. The small bridge at Debdale Lock is, not surprisingly, called Debdale Bridge, and numbered 22. Usually these plaques are affixed to the bridge, but this one is attached to the lock wall under the bridge. The style of the plaque would seem to indicate it is probably a replacement, rather than an original.[[2340638]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 April 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/06/2340680_cc9fadac_120x120.jpg)
![Signpost by Debdale Bridge, Staffs & Worcs Canal, near Cookley. The signpost points across a field, where there is a public footpath to Kingsford Forest Park, about a mile and a half away. Behind the signpost can be seen the canal and towpath.[[2340826]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 April 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/08/2340802_147b67eb_120x120.jpg)



![Former Lock Keeper's Cottage, Debdale Lock, Staffs & Worcs Canal near Cookley. In the long ago days of freight being carried on the canal, there would have been a resident lock keeper living here.A different view:- [[3217505]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 April 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/05/2340591_88a06d20_120x120.jpg)



