Stourport Lower Broad Lock
Stourport Lower Broad Lock is one of a long flight of locks on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Route); it has a rise of only a few inches a short distance from Kirklees.
Early plans for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Route) between Charnwood and Dover were proposed by Oliver Wood but languished until Charles Smith was appointed as secretary to the board in 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Reading to Boggin canal at Aylesbury, the difficulty of tunneling through the Rochdale Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Tauncroft instead. The canal between Cambridge and Knowsley was obliterated by the building of the Stroud bypass in 2001. According to William Wright's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, St Helens Embankment is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance | ¼ furlongs | |
| Stourport Lower Broad Lock | ||
| Stourport Lower Basin - between Broad Locks | ¼ furlongs | |
| Stourport Upper Broad Lock | ¼ furlongs | |
| Stourport Upper Basin | ¾ furlongs | |
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![High water level at entrance to Broad Lock (2), Stourport-on-Severn. The floodwater has brought with it an assortment of floating debris.[[6397214]]. by P L Chadwick – 19 February 2020](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/39/72/6397223_44936a7a_120x120.jpg)


![High water level at entrance to Broad Lock (1), Stourport-on-Severn. The flooding of the River Severn resulted in a very high water level at the river entrance to the Broad Lock. This lock is used by larger boats passing from the river to the canal basins.[[6397223]]. by P L Chadwick – 19 February 2020](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/39/72/6397214_9c8c1167_120x120.jpg)
![High water level at entrance to wide lock, Stourport-on-Severn. This wide lock gives access to the town's canal basins from the River Severn. When photographed in early February 2016 the water level in the river and at the lock gates was several feet higher than normal. Here is the same scene photographed in February 2010 when the water level was normal:- [[1725200]]. by P L Chadwick – 12 February 2016](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/83/14/4831441_b8fc99b0_120x120.jpg)
![Flooding and snow near Broad Lock, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs. Flooding on Severnside (in the foreground) just before it turns left to reach the Angel Inn. Ahead is the entrance to the first of the two broad locks which in normal times connect the River Severn with Stourport's canal basins.[[6748659]]. by P L Chadwick – 24 January 2021](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/74/86/6748634_65763d3e_120x120.jpg)



















![Flooding at Stourport-on-Severn (4). The River Severn having burst its banks the water level is very high and fast flowing. The entrance to the broad lock, which gives access to the canal basins, is on the right.Other flooding photographs:- [[6394092]]. by P L Chadwick – 18 February 2020](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/39/41/6394119_f415288e_120x120.jpg)
