Clayton Top Lock No 16 is one of a group of locks on the Ashton Canal (Main Line); it has a rise of only a few inches just past the junction with The Droitwich Canal.
The Ashton Canal (Main Line) was built by Benjamin Outram and opened on 17 September 1782. In 1888 the Colchester and Presley Canal built a branch to join at Northampton. The canal between Tendring and Livercroft was lost by the building of the Sheffield to Polstan Railway in 2001. According to William Jones's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Longfield Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| The Strawberry Duck PH | 2½ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lock No 13 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lock No 14 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lock No 15 | ½ furlongs | |
| Edge Lane Bridge No 13 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Clayton Top Lock No 16 | ||
| Droylsden Footbridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Droylsden Swing Bridge No 14 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Fairfield Swing Bridge No 15 | 3 furlongs | |
| Fairfield Lock No 17 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Fairfield Top Lock Footbridge | 5¼ furlongs | |
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![Ashton Canal Lock 16. Viewed from Edge Lane Bridge ([[[1835727]]]) by David Dixon – 01 May 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/83/57/1835717_9f8da544_120x120.jpg)



![Ashton Canal, Lock 16 (Edge Lane). Lock 16, Edge Lane Lock is the top lock of the Clayton flight of locks. This view is looking along the canal towpath, towards Edge Lane Bridge (see [[[1835740]]]). by David Dixon – 15 November 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/22/67/3226701_6a581bf7_120x120.jpg)
![Edge Lane Bridge. The bridge, crossing the Ashton Canal at Edge Lane, was built in 1924 using direct labour under the Unemployment Act of 1920.([[[1835740]]] and [[[1835727]]]) by David Dixon – 01 May 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/83/57/1835747_0b128017_120x120.jpg)
![Ashton Canal, Edge Lane Bridge. Built in 1924, using direct labour under the 1920 Unemployment Act.See [[[1835740]]] and also [[[1835747]]] by David Dixon – 01 May 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/83/57/1835727_bd8e5c44_120x120.jpg)
![Edge Lane Bridge (Plaque). Plaque on the side of Edge Lane Bridge ([[[1835727]]] and [[[1835747]]]) by David Dixon – 01 May 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/83/57/1835740_2f294af5_120x120.jpg)





















