Relief Channel Lock
Location
Description
The Relief Channel was built in 1940, by Sir Murdoch MacDonald and Partners, as a way to take the flood waters from the Great Ouse. This first attempt was unsuccessful and was revised in 1954. The size of the Channel was increased and extended to join the tidal river upstream of King's Lynn. In times of flood the flow can either flow into the tidal Great Ouse at Denver ot be diverted to King's Lynn via the relief channel.
Additional information
- Lock length metres
- 30
- Lock length ft
- 98' 4"
- Lock width metres
- 4.6
- Lock width ft
- 15'
- Lock depth metres
- 2
- Lock depth ft
- 6' 5"
- Cruising time to next lock downstream
- 1hr 30 mins
- Nearby attractions
- Denver Windmill, Jenyns Arms.
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