Eastham Lock - Manchester Ship Canal on to River Mersey

Eastham Locks are the Gate way on to the Manchester Ship Canal. This video shows us going from the Canal on to the River Mersey. it is the 5th lock down from Salford and is the largest lock in the UK and it controls access between the canal and the tidal Mersey estuary. The Queen Elizabeth II Dock was constructed next to the locks in order to provide berthing facilities for large tankers that could not be accommodated on the canal due to their size. In general ships will leave the canal during the four hours before high tide, whilst those entering will do so in the four hours after high water