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Ripon Canal

Description of Ripon Canal: Runs 2 miles from Ripon to the junction with the River Ure at Oxclose Lock

History of Ripon Canal: Promoted by Acts of 1767 and 1820. In was abandoned in 1955 and most of it was restored in 1986 with the final length into Ripon Basin being opened in September 1996.
For more details see the History page.

Rippon basin - restored 1997

Related Articles of Ripon Canal

• The canal with no boats
• Ripon Yarns

Related Books of Ripon Canal

• 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 .
• Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 6 by Not known, ISBN: 978-0-00-728166-4, 190 pages, Published by Nicholson, in 2009, Nottingham, York & the North East. Includes the Aire & Calder, Chesterfield, Pocklington, Derwent, Fossdyke, Witham, Ouse, Ure, Rippon, Selby, Sheffield & South Yorkshire and Trent navigations.. Order now from .

Related photographs of Ripon Canal

• Ripon Canal: Ripon Basin
• Ripon Canal: Rhodes Field Lock
• Ripon Canal: Ripon Basin Shelley Anne

Related Cruising Logs of Ripon Canal

• 20th September 1995
• 3rd June 1996
• 30th June 1998
• 10th July 2000

Other Related Pages of Ripon Canal

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions of Ripon Canal: Length 58 foot, beam 14 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Ripon Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Oxclose Lock	Junction with River Ure Junction with the River Ure		0	1	N	SE332679	99
Bell Furrows Lock			1.3	2	N	SE324699	99
Rhodes Field Lock			1.5	3	N	SE323703	99
Ripon Basin	End of navigation		2.1	3	N	SE315707	0

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.