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Driffield Navigation

Description of Driffield Navigation: Runs 7 miles from Driffield to the junction with the River Hull. Much of the waterway is unnavigable due to derelict locks and lowered bridges.

History of Driffield Navigation: Authorised by an Act of 1767 and completed in 1770. Improvements were authorised by an Act of 1801 and completed in 1805.
For more details see the History page.

Navigation Authority: : Driffield Navigation Ltd, 53 Main Street, Cherry Burton, Beverley HU17 7RF : Telephone 01964 550320 :

Related Books of Driffield Navigation

• The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England (2) by Charles Hadfield, Edition: volume 2, ISBN: 0 7153 5975 4, 252 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1973, Order now from .
• The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England (1) by Charles Hadfield, Edition: Volume 1, ISBN: 0 7153 5719 0, 254 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1972, Order now from .
• Shipping on the Humber: The North Bank by Mike Taylor, ISBN: 0 7524 3116 1, 128 pages, Published by Tempus, in 2003, Includes the Humber, River Hull, Driffield Navigation, Market Weighton Navigation, Beverley Beck, Frodingham Beck and the Levem Canal.. Order now from .

Related External Web Sites of Driffield Navigation

• Driffield Navigation Gallery Dedicated to ensuring a wider knowledge of the part played by the Navigation in the history of the area, to promoting the Canal's restoration and use.
• Brigham Sailing Club Based at the canalside village of Brigham, 5 miles south of Driffield and 15 miles north of Beverley.
• The Driffield Navigation Trust The Managers of One of the Independently Managed UK Waterways.

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions of Driffield Navigation: Length 61 foot, beam 14 foot 6 inches. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Driffield Navigation: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Driffield Wharfs	Start of Navigation		0	0	D	TA027574	107
Town Lock No 1	Restored by the Driffield Navigation Amenities Association in 1966.		0.4	1	D	TA031569	107
Whinhill Lock No 2			1.6	2	D	TA051568	107
Wansford Lock No 3	Wansford Village		2.5	3	D	TA062562	107
Snakeholme Lock Nos 4 & 5	Were staircase locks that became derelict. Now restored as a single lock.		3	4	N	TA067555	107
Junction with Frodington Beck			5	4	N	TA082527	107
Junction with Corps Landing Branch	This branch (West Beck) is navigable up to Corps Landing and is one of the most picturesque cruises on the navigation.		5.8	4	N	TA082518	107
Struncheon Hill Locks Nos 6 & 7	Junction with River Hull Junction with River Hull. These two locks were restored in 1986 as a single lock. It was a double lock originally to allow Keels to get over the sill of the top lock on low tides.		7	5	N	TA079498	107

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.