Name that lock

[sueanddaren]

Where is this lock? Clue Northwest England.

[matty40s]

Someones garden?

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Someones garden?

 

I think there is a photo of such a thing in the long running photo thread.

 

It is a genuine lock but has ended up in a garden.

 

Or I could be talking boll9cks.

[sueanddaren]

close.... It's in a public place, you pay entry to get in. They've even made the top gates leak for authenticity.

 

Edited February 16, 2022 by sueanddaren

[MtB]

I think it's in the north west of England. 

 

Do I win?

 

 

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, MtB said:

I think it's in the north west of England. 

 

Do I win?

 

 

 

Only for the award of 'stating the obvious'.

[dmr]

I think this is the Rochdale somewhere down towards Manchester, not been down that way for a few months now so it could well have fallen further into disrepair. 😀

[magpie patrick]

11 hours ago, sueanddaren said:

close.... It's in a public place, you pay entry to get in. They've even made the top gates leak for authenticity.

 

Except, looking at the paddle gear, they're the bottom gates - the pound below must be very full! 

[1st ade]

Lock 17, Marple, on a very rainy day?

[haggis]

Some garden competition?

[Tony Brooks]

BW  & CaRT have doe such things at Chelsea and garden festivals but which one that is I do not know. There seems to be  what looks like a river the other side of the hedge but no signs of the main road so I think that rules out Chelsea. I definitely think north of Watford Gap

[Tracy D'arth]

Cheshire.

[MtB]

12 hours ago, sueanddaren said:

close.... It's in a public place, you pay entry to get in. They've even made the top gates leak for authenticity.

 

 

 

Quite. Its obviously not a real lock as the water level beyond the far gates is higher than one side of the lock which can never happen. Further, there are no hinge posts on the gates so they are not designed to open, and the paddle gear is hard up against the sides of the lock so no paddles below, and the chamber looks too short for a boat too. 

 

So its an approximate mock-up of a lock by someone who does not understand canals.

 

But where, I've no idea. Is there a clue in the photo?!

[Tony Brooks]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

But where, I've no idea. Is there a clue in the photo?!

 

I would suggest yes. The what looks like a river with the building with the distinctive roof in the far distance and the fact the area looks rather unkempt so it was probably part of an event held some years ago. Local knowledge required, I think.

 

Edited February 17, 2022 by Tony Brooks

[matty40s]

The old Liverpool Garden Festival grounds..??

[sueanddaren]

And the answer is............. Chester Zoo. Waterways wildlife corridor feature.