The CRT said funding is limited and the IWA must also help maintain the site.

BBC: Canal charities in Gloucestershire lock maintenance row

The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) says the grade II-listed lock at Saul Junction, near Frampton on Severn is not maintained properly.

BBC: Canal charities in Gloucestershire lock maintenance row

The former Labour minister Andrew Davies wrote a very pointed article for the IWA's Agenda magazine this spring entitled "Tackling Wales' Sir Humphreys".

BBC: The hunt for a new 'Sir Humphrey'

Rodger Holmes, chairman of the Gloucestershire and Herefordshire branch of the IWA said grass around the lock is no longer being cut, there are potholes in the car park and the lock's winding gear is "falling apart".

BBC: Canal charities in Gloucestershire lock maintenance row