Diglis Bottom Lock No 1 is one of a group of locks on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Junction to Diglis Basin) and unusually has only single top and bottom gates a few kilometres from Eastleigh.
Early plans for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Junction to Diglis Basin) between Knowsley and Nottingham were proposed by Nicholas Green but languished until Benjamin Outram was appointed as chief engineer in 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Oldbury to Newport canal at Warwick, the difficulty of tunneling through the Renfrewshire Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Northhampton instead. Expectations for limestone traffic to Macclesfield never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Northampton kept it open. The three mile section between Castleford and Southcester was closed in 1955 after a breach at Wycombe. According to Thomas Smith's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Brench Cutting is haunted by the ghost of Charles Harding, a lock-keeper, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Diglis Junction | ½ furlongs | |
| Diglis Bottom Swing Bridge No 1 | a few yards | |
| Diglis Bottom Lock No 1 | ||
| Diglis Locks Middle Basin | ¼ furlongs | |
| Diglis Lock No 2 | ½ furlongs | |
| Diglis Basin | ¾ furlongs | |
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![Diglis Bottom Lock in Worcester. Two broad locks lift boats up from the River Severn to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Maximum beam for boats in these locks is eighteen feet (5.5 metres). Beyond Diglis Basin, only narrowboats up to seven feet (2.1 metres) in beam can continue towards Birmingham.See also [[838889]]The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built in stages between 1791 and 1815 to connect the River Severn in Worcester to the Birmingham Canal System using a quicker route than the earlier Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. by Roger D Kidd – 20 August 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/31/07/2310727_b7419638_120x120.jpg)
![Diglis Bottom Lock in Worcester. Two broad locks lift boats up from the River Severn to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Maximum beam for boats in these locks is eighteen feet (5.5 metres). Beyond Diglis Basin, only narrowboats up to seven feet (2.1 metres) in beam can continue towards Birmingham.See also [[838889]] The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built in stages between 1791 and 1815 to connect the River Severn in Worcester to the Birmingham Canal System using a quicker route than the earlier Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. by Roger D Kidd – 20 August 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/31/07/2310726_1d3f6500_120x120.jpg)
![River Severn by Diglis Bottom Lock, Worcester. A Viking Afloat hire boat is approaching from the direction of Stourport. It will be steered precariously close to the western bank of the river as it turns towards the lock.[[2309267]] by Roger D Kidd – 20 August 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/30/92/2309252_9b4f1701_120x120.jpg)














