Fourteen Locks

Fourteen Locks
Fourteen Locks
	Lock 11, February 2005. The upper part of this lock was made wider, to allow boats to pass.
Waterway	Crumlin Arm (Monmouthshire canal)
Operation	Manual
First built	1799
Length	64 feet 9 inches (19.7 m)
Width	9 feet 2 inches (2.79 m)
Fall	160 feet (49 m)
	Partially restored

Fourteen Locks

					to Crumlin
				21	Lock
					Cefn Bridge
					Visitor Centre
					Pound for Lock 20
				20	Lock
					Pond for Lock 19
				19	Lock
					Pound for Lock 18
				18	Lock
					Pond for Lock 17
				17	Lock
					Weir
					Pound for Lock 16
				16	Lock
					Pond for Lock 15
				15	Lock
					Pound for Lock 14
				14	Lock
					Pond for Lock 13
				13	Lock
					Pensarn Bridge
					Pound for Lock 12
				12	Lock
					Pond for Lock 11
				11	Lock
					Pond for Lock 10
				10	Lock
					Pound for Lock 9
				9	Lock
					Pond for Lock 8
				8	Lock

					to Newport

Fourteen Locks (grid reference ST277886) is a series of locks, also known as the Cefn Flight, on the Crumlin arm of the Monmouthshire Canal at Rogerstone in Newport, South Wales. The flight of locks was completed in 1799 and raises the water level 160 ft (50 m) in just 800 yd (740 m). This is one of the steepest rises for a major run in the UK which, combined with the sheer number of locks, makes it one of the most significant in the country. The run of locks includes a series of embanked ponds, pounds, sluices and weirs to control the water supply, with no set of gates shared between individual locks. It therefore comprises a flight of locks rather than a lock staircase.