Categories DavidStaffs & Worcs canal locks Post author By David Post date 5 March 2012 The locks at the Bratch (above) with the small octagonal building originally built as a toll-house. The more distant building is a lock-keeper’s cottage, still used for that purpose.Below, a narrowboat approaches the algae-lined Ebstree Lock. ← First dandelions of the year → Gorse by a canal