Tardebigge Lock No 39 is one of many locks on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction); it was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1955 near to Rochester Embankment.
Early plans for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) between Exeter and Guildford were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Hunter was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Bolton except for a 6 mile isolated section from Longbury to Polechester. Expectations for coal traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) was closed in 1888 when Southstone Tunnel collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Wright painted a mural of Slough Cutting on the side of Peter Edwards's house for a bet.

This is a lock with a rise of 7 feet.
| Tardebigge Lock No 35 | 2 furlongs | |
| Copyholt Bridge No 50 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 36 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 37 | 1 furlong | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 38 | ½ furlongs | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 39 | ||
| Tardebigge Lock No 40 | ½ furlongs | |
| Halfway House Bridge No 51 | 1 furlong | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 41 | 1 furlong | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 42 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Tardebigge Lock No 43 | 2 furlongs | |
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![Friendly cat by Tardebigge Lock No 40. Having spent several minutes in my company while I took photographs, this friendly cat decided to return to the nearby cottage via the brickwork below the lock. There are some friendly dogs there, too.[[[2256966]]] by Roger D Kidd – 23 August 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/25/70/2257016_6d04e6e1_120x120.jpg)






![Tardebigge Lock No 40, Worcestershire. The lock is the twelfth one up of the Tardebigge flight of thirty on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. This shows one of the bottom gates, with the resident cat by the balance beam approaching the footway across the gates to greet me. The hawthorn hedge is loaded with haws this summer. [[[2256966]]] by Roger D Kidd – 23 August 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/25/69/2256957_4f4107be_120x120.jpg)





