Ryeford Double Locks Nos 3 and 4 is a group of locks on the Cotswold Canals (Stroudwater Navigation - Isolated Navigable Section); it was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1888 just past the junction with The Boggin and Kings Lynn Canal.
Early plans for the Cotswold Canals (Stroudwater Navigation - Isolated Navigable Section) between Barnsley and Bernigo were proposed by Henry Thomas but languished until James Brindley was appointed as secretary to the board in 1876. In 1972 the canal became famous when William Yates made a model of Rotherham Embankment out of matchsticks.

This is a pair of locks with a rise of 16 feet and 5 inches.
| Ryeford Winding Hole | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Ryeford Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Ryeford Wharf | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Ryeford Swing Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Ryeford Pipe Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Ryeford Double Locks Nos 3 and 4 | ||
| Oil Mills Bridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Ebley Wharf | 4½ furlongs | |
| Cloth Mills Bridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Ebley Mill Floodgate | 5 furlongs | |
| Ebley Mill Swing Bridge | 5 furlongs | |
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![Side by side - Ryeford, Gloucestershire. Only a few years ago, this sight would have been unthinkable. This Geographer spent many happy years living in Stroud and would not have thought that the spectacle of boats using the canal would have ever been seen again. A common sight in Birmingham maybe, where I now am but not in the 13 years I spent here. Time taken 2.34 pm BST (British Summer Time).[[3630794]] [[3630804]] [[3630826]] [[5264605]] [[5264606]] [[5265037]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 30 June 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/63/08/3630819_84bfbd8c_120x120.jpg)

![Open again - Ryeford, Gloucestershire. After many years of dereliction the Stroudwater Canal, enjoyed only by walkers, cyclists and wildlife, is once again seeing traffic, although to a limited extent. The years ahead will tell how successful, and how extensive, the restoration by the Stroudwater Canal Trust, Stroud District Council and other organisations will be. Taken at 2.27 pm BST (British Summer Time).[[3630794]] [[3630819]] [[3630826]] [[5264605]] [[5264606]] [[5265037]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 30 June 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/63/08/3630804_c47a1abb_120x120.jpg)
![From dereliction to renovation - Ryeford, Gloucestershire. Work on the Stroudwater Canal began in 1776 to provide a link with the River Severn at Framilode. In its 7 1/2 mile length there were 13 locks and it continued in use after 1893 when its sister artery, the Thames and Severn, was closed to traffic. Among the freight carried were roadstone from Chepstow and Forest of Dean coal for the Stroud gasworks. This, Ryeford Lock, was renovated and opened to navigation again in 2012. When originally built, the lock was quite remote and the canal company found it necessary to build a cottage for the lock keeper. Time taken 2.20 pm BST (British Summer Time).[[3630804]] [[3630819]] [[3630826]] [[5264605]] [[5264606]] [[5265037]] by Martin Richard Phelan – 30 June 2013](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/63/07/3630794_183dac4b_120x120.jpg)












![Reflections on the Stroudwater Navigation. Just below [west of] Ryeford Double Lock. by Christine Johnstone – 28 March 2016](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/89/55/4895529_5d94c590_120x120.jpg)








