Lock Times & Guidance for Small Craft

Locking – Guidance for small craft

• The Prince George Lock is fitted with sector gates, which enables easier and faster passage for yachts, smaller commercial vessels and fishing boats.
• The lock is available in the high and low water periods.
• Departure times from the canal will be on the hour.
• Entry times in to the canal will be at the half hour.
• Small craft when waiting for the Prince George Lock are allowed to wait on the outer lead-in and inner lead-in to the Prince George Lock but at all times must remain manned and ready to move.
• The outer sill of the Prince George Lock 0.26 metres below the Lowest Astronomical Tide.