Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal

Description: This 17.5 mile branch runs from Etruria, where it joins the Trent and Mersey main line, to Froghall Basin

History: Opened in 1779.The section from Hazelhurst to Froghall became un-navigable in 1961and was fully reoppened for navigation in 1974.
For more details see the History page.

Points of Interest: Before 1841 the Caldon branch had a three lock staircase at Hazelhurst, then the course of the canal was changed so that the main line went under the Leek branch, as it does today, and three new separate locks were built.

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Trent and Mersey Canal

Navigation Authority: MD's Office: Northern Waterways, General Manager: Wales & Border Counties Waterways, Navigation Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1BH: Telephone 01606 723800 : Fax 01606 871471 :

Froghall Wharf and Basin

Related Books

• The Caldon Canal and Tramroads by Peter Lead, Published by Oakwood Press, in 1979,
• Rudyard Lake - The Bicentenary 1797 - 1997 by Basil Jeuda, ISBN: 1 897949 30 8, 127 pages, Published by Churnet Valley Books, in 1997, History of this resevior that supplies the Trent & Mersey Canal with water via the Leek Arm of the Caldon Canal.. Order now from .
• Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 4 by Not known, ISBN: 978-0-00-728164-0, 170 pages, Published by Nicholson, in 2009, Four Counties & the Welsh Canals. Includes Caldon, Leek, Llangollen, Monmouthshire & Brecon, Montgomery, Shropshire Union, Staffordshire & Worcestershire (north part), Trent & Mersey canals and the River Weaver.. Order now from .
• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield, 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley, in 1969,

Related photographs

• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Hanley Park Bridge No 5B
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Hazelhurst Bottom Lock No 12 Hazelhust Aqueduct and boat
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Hazelhurst Junction Boat in top lock
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Hazelhurst Junction Narrowboat
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Froghall Tunnel Froghall wharf
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Froghall Tunnel New basin
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Froghall Tunnel Tunnel entrance
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Stockton Brook Lock No 6
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Hazelhurst Aqueduct The Holly Bush Inn, Denford
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Heakley Hall Bridge No 22 Long Butts Lift Bridge No. 23
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Ivy House Lift Bridge No 11 Bottle Kilns in the outskirts of Stoke on Trent
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Etruria Staircase Locks Nos 1 and 2
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Stockton Brook Top Lock No 9 Boat leaving lock
• Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Froghall Basin The wharf and boat

Related External Web Sites

• Countryside Cruising Holidays Cruising on the 70 foot, 8 -10 berth narrowboat Lazy Days.
• Black Lion at Consall Forge A well known pub beside the Caldon Canal.

Related Cruising Logs

• 25th July 1995
• 30th April 2000
• 1st May 2000
• 23rd June 2002
• 11th August 2005

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times
• Introducing Route Planning

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 72 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Caldon Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Etruria Junction	Junction with Trent and Mersey Canal Trent and Mersey main line junction		0	0	N	SJ871469	118
Etruria Staircase Locks Nos 1 and 2	Etruria Wharf		0.3	2	N	SJ873467	118
Planet Lock No 3	Caldon Place Lock		0.8	3	N	SJ878464	118
Hanley Park Bridge No 5B			1.1	3	N	SJ885463	118
Ivy House Lift Bridge No 11			2.3	3	N	SJ893472	118
Abbey Farm Bridge No 15			3.9	3	N	SJ901491	118
Milton Bridge No 18	Milton village		4.8	3	N	SJ902501	118
Engine Lock No 4	Bridge No 20		5.5	4	N	SJ900513	118
Heakley Hall Bridge No 22			5.9	4	N	SJ903517	118
Stockton Brook Bottom Lock No 5	Waterworks Lock		6.5	5	N	SJ912520	118
Stockton Brook Lock No 6	Fens Lock		6.6	6	N	SJ914520	118
Stockton Brook Lock No 7	Railway Lock		6.9	7	N	SJ917519	118
Stockton Brook Top Lock No 9			7	9	N	SJ918518	118
Endon Basin			7.9	9	N	SJ925527	118
Park Lane Bridge No 31	Endon village half a mile west		8.6	9	N	SJ933536	118
Hazelhurst Junction	Junction with Leek Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal Leek Branch junction		9.5	9	N	SJ947537	118
Hazelhurst Bottom Lock No 12			9.8	12	N	SJ950536	118
Hollybush Bridge No 38	Hollybush Inn, Denford		10	12	N	SJ961535	118
Cheddleton Locks Nos 13 and 14	Cheddleton Bridge No 42		11.3	14	N	SJ974524	118
Woods Lock No 15	Bridge No 45		12	15	N	SJ981514	118
Oak Meadow Ford Lock No 16	Churnet Lock, junction with River Churnet		13.5	16	N	SJ988501	118
River Churnet Junction			14.8	16	N	SJ999491	118
Flint Mill Lock No 17	Consall Lock		15	17	N	SK004484	119
Froghall Tunnel			16.9	17	N	SK024474	128
Froghall Basin	End of navigation		17.1	17	N	SK027477	128

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.