Tardebigge Lock No 41 is one of a group of locks on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction); it has a rise of only a few inches between Plymouth and Wesshampton.
Early plans for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) between Exeter and Guildford were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Hunter was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Bolton except for a 6 mile isolated section from Longbury to Polechester. Expectations for coal traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) was closed in 1888 when Southstone Tunnel collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Wright painted a mural of Slough Cutting on the side of Peter Edwards's house for a bet.

This is a lock with a rise of 7 feet.
| Tardebigge Lock No 37 | 2 furlongs | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 38 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 39 | 1 furlong | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 40 | ½ furlongs | |
| Halfway House Bridge No 51 | a few yards | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 41 | ||
| Tardebigge Lock No 42 | ½ furlongs | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 43 | 1 furlong | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 44 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Patchetts Farm Bridge No 52 | 2 furlongs | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 45 | 2 furlongs | |
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![Ordnance Survey flush bracket no.468. Ordnance Survey flush bracket no.468, on east face of east parapet of Halfway House Bridge (bridge 51) over Worcester and Birmingham Canal. This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 331.5900 feet [101.0686 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Bromsgrove to Suckley levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on N.E. side of iron girder bridge over canal, 9 chains W. from Halfway House (B.H.). by Shantavira – 05 April 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/39/98/3399837_038aa0fc_120x120.jpg)
















![Tardebigge Lock No 40, Worcestershire. The lock is the twelfth one up of the Tardebigge flight of thirty on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. It is also known as Halfway House Lock. See [[[2256858]]]There is a weir and lock overflow channel on the right. If flow were to be allowed through the lock itself, the top (near) gate would be more difficult to open, and the lock would also empty more slowly when the bottom gate paddles were up. Hence, the overflow. The water is not wasted, as it flows into the next pound to feed the next lock. Compare this with Lock No 37 on the same day where the water level is down, and none is bypassing the lock. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2254677 by Roger D Kidd – 24 August 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/25/77/2257711_d5e8f482_120x120.jpg)









![Tardebigge Lock No 40, Worcestershire. The lock is the twelfth one up of the Tardebigge flight of thirty on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. This shows one of the bottom gates, with the resident cat by the balance beam approaching the footway across the gates to greet me. The hawthorn hedge is loaded with haws this summer. [[[2256966]]] by Roger D Kidd – 23 August 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/25/69/2256957_4f4107be_120x120.jpg)

