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Advice: Black Sluice Drain


Waterway: River Witham »

From 19/08/2010 until further notice

This information has been kindly provided by John Baylis.

Grand Sluice lock is only about 45 ft (13.7m) in length so narrowboats over this length need to take advantage of the tidal and retained sections of the River Witham becoming level twice on each tide.

Read detailed instructions including air draft measurements on the Black Sluice bridges