New Staircase Locks 27/28 Darnford Park

These locks take the the canal from the level to the south below the A38 to the canal level to the north in Darnford Park and Borrowcop Locks Canal Park to the south of Tamworth Road.

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A lock staircase, or riser, is defined as two, or more, adjacent locks where the upper gates of one lock serve as the lower gates of the next. This means that there are no pounds between locks and on leaving one lock the next lock in the staircase is entered immediately.