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Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Description of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Runs 46 miles, from Great Haywood, where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal, to Stourport, where it joins the River Severn

History of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Promoted by Acts of 1766 and 1790
For more details see the History page.

Narrow locks at Stourport

Related Articles of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Related Books of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Towpath Guide No 1: Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal by J Ian Langford, ISBN: 0 900404 22 1, 276 pages, Published by Goose & Son, in 1974, A detailed description of the canal with refernces to its history. A good selection of B&W photographs and other illustrations.. Order now from .
Walking the Canals of the West Midlands by Michael R Kettle, ISBN: 0 907 616 47X, 96 pages, Published by Abel Publishing, in 1999, Walking guide to parts of the Worcester & Birmingham, Stourbridge and Staffordshire and Worcestershire canals.. Order now from .
Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 2 by Not known, ISBN: 978-0-00-728161-9, 170 pages, Published by Nicholson, in 2009, Severn, Avon and Birmingham. Includes the BCN, Gloucester & Sharpness, Severn, Staffordshire & Worcester Canal, Stourbridge, Dudley, Stratford-on-Avon and Worcester & Birmingham canals.. Order now from .
Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 3 by Not known, ISBN: 978-0-00-728162-6, 170 pages, Published by Nicholson, in 2009, Birmingham and the Heart of England. Includes the Ashby, BCN, Birmingham & Fazeley, Coventry, Erewash, GU Leicester Section, GU main line (part), Oxford, Staffordshire & Worcstershire, Worcester & Birmingham Canals and part of the Trent & Mersey.. 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 .
Pearson's Canal Companion: Four Counties Ring by Michael Pearson, Edition: Seventh, ISBN: 978 09 5491168 3, 80 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son, Includes the Erewash and Trent and Mersey canals.. Order now from .
Pearson's Canal Companion: Stourport Ring by Michael Pearson, Edition: Seventh, ISBN: 0 9078 6470 8, 96 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son, Includes Birmingham Canal navigations and Black Country canals. Order now from .
Stourport-on-Severn by Anna Carter, ISBN: 0 7524 2058 5, 128 pages, Published by Tempus, in 2000, Historic photographs of this canal and river port.. Order now from .
Working Boat: Warwickshire & Worcestershire Trades by Ray Shill and Tom Foxon, ISBN: 0 9517755 2 9, 64 pages, Published by Heartlands Press, in 2002, The waterways of these counties and the history of the trade carried by their working boats.. Order now from .
The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield, 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley, in 1969,

Related videos of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

The Staffs & Worcester Canal , Released in 1996, 57 minutes Produced by VideoActive, tape DVD. Order on video tape from . Order on DVD from
The Four Counties Ring , 0 minutes Produced by VideoActive, tape DVD. Order on video tape from . Order on DVD from
The Missing Links (Part 10) David Suchet, Released in 2001, 1 hour 7 minutes Produced by Laurence Hogg Productions, Presented and narrated by David Suchet, this film tracks the progress of restoration of the Lichfield and Hatherton canals and the history of the waterways which linked with them to form the northern waters of the BCN Available on tape DVD. Order on video tape from . Order on DVD from

Related photographs of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Kidderminster Lock No 6
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Greensforge Lock No 16
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Tixall Lock No 43
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Penkridge Lock No 38
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Bullock Lane Bridge No 9 The Atherstone and crew
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Caldwall Lock No 5
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Great Haywood Junction Roving bridge
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal - Stourport Boat, narrow locks and dry dock
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Stourport Barge Locks Nos 1 and 2 Boat descending narrow lock
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal - Stourport Boats and clock warehouse
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Caldwall Lock No 5 Narrowboat entering
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Bratch Locks Nos 23, 24 and 25 Narrowboat in middle lock
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Kinver Lock No 11
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Kinver Lock No 11 Circular weir
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: York Street Lock No 3 Stourport Basins

Related External Web Sites of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Anglo Welsh A large narrowboat hire company with a good choice of bases and boats.
Otherton Boat Haven Marina and boat sales.
Viking Afloat Four bases (Worcester, Whitchurch on the Llangollen Canal, Rugby and Gailey) hiring narrowboats.
JD Boat Services Produce narrowboats to all stages of completion and have hire boats and share boats.
Teddesley Boat Co Narrowboat hire on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society Formed in 1959 the society aims to further the development and use of the canal
Lichfield & Hatherton Canal Restoration Trust Campaigns for the restoration of the Lichfield Canal, and the Hatherton Canal through Cannock.
Inland Waterways Cruising School Helmsman's courses based at Stourport on Severn.
Staffordshire Past Track Contains over a hundred historic canal photographs of places in Staffordshire amongst a much larger general collection. Follow the route - Theme Explorer - Transport & Communications - Canals.
Stafford Riverway Link Incorporating the Stafford Branch Navigation Heritage Trust. Aiming to restore the link Stafford to the Staffs & Worcs Canal.

Related Cruising Logs of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

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Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Length 70 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

Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal: Table of distances		Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Stourport Barge Locks Nos 1 and 2	Junction with River Severn River Severn junction and Stourport Basins	0	0	N	SO810709	138
York Street Lock No 3		0.1	3	N	SO811712	138
Mitton Chapel Bridge No 7		0.8	3	N	SO814716	138
Upper Mitton Bridge No 8		1	3	N	SO817720	138
Bullock Lane Bridge No 9		1.5	3	N	SO817726	138
Oldington Bridge No 10		2	3	N	SO821734	138
Pratt's Wharf	Winding hole and former junction with River Stour	2.4	3	N	SO825737	138
Falling Sands Lock No 4		2.8	4	N	SO827744	138
Falling Sands Bridge No 11		3.1	4	N	SO828750	138
Caldwall Lock No 5	Caldwall Bridge No 12	3.5	5	N	SO827755	138
Caldwall Hall Bridge No 15		4	5	N	SO829762	138
Kidderminster Lock No 6	A442 road bridge No 16	4.4	6	N	SO829768	138
Limekiln Bridge No 17		4.6	6	N	SO828772	138
Wolverley Court Lock No 7	Wolverley Court Bridge No 19	5.6	7	N	SO829784	138
Wolverley Lock No 8	Wolverley Bridge and Lock Inn	6.1	8	N	SO829792	138
Wolverley Forge Bridge No 21		6.4	8	N	SO834795	138
Debdale Lock No 9	Debdale Bridge No 22	7.3	9	N	SO839801	138
Cookley Tunnel		7.5	9	N	SO842804	138
Austcliffe Bridge No 24		8	9	N	SO849807	138
Whittington Lock No 10	Whittington Bridge No 27	9.5	10	N	SO853825	139
Whittington Horse Bridge No 28		9.8	10	N	SO853828	139
Kinver Lock No 11	Kinver Bridge No 29	10.4	11	N	SO848834	138
Hyde Lock No 12	Hyde Bridge No 30	11	12	N	SO851842	139
Dunsley Tunnel No 31		11.6	12	N	SO858843	139
Stewponey Lock No 13	Stewponey Bridge No 32 (A458)	12	13	N	SO861848	139
Stourbridge Canal Junction	Junction with Stourbridge Canal Stourton Bridge No 33	12.3	13	N	SO861851	139
Prestwood Bridge No 34		13.3	13	N	SO861864	139
Gothersley Lock No 14	Gothersley Bridge No 35	14	14	N	SO863871	139
Rocky Lock No 15		14.4	15	N	SO863874	139
Greensforge Lock No 16	Grensforge Bridge No 37	15.1	16	N	SO861886	139
Hinksford Lock No 17	Hinksord Lock Bridge No 39	16.3	17	N	SO864901	139
Swindon Lock No 18	Swindon Bridge No 40	16.6	18	N	SO862905	139
Marsh Lock No 19		16.9	19	N	SO861908	139
Botterham Locks (staircase) No 20 and 21	Botterham Bridge No 42	17.3	21	N	SO860913	139
Wombourn Bridge No 43	B4176 road	17.6	21	N	SO861921	139
Bumble Hole Lock No 22	Bumble Hole Bridge No 46	18.5	22	N	SO865933	139
Bratch Locks Nos 23, 24 and 25	Bratch Bridge No 48	18.9	25	N	SO867937	139
Awbridge Lock No 26	Awbridge Bridge No 49	19.8	26	N	SO859949	139
Ebstree Lock No 27	Ebstree Bridge No 51	20.3	27	N	SO858956	139
Dimmingsdale Lock No 28	Bridge No 52 and Dimmingsdale Reservoir	20.5	28	N	SO858959	139
Dimmingsdale Bridge No 53		20.8	28	N	SO859963	139
Mops Farm Bridge No 54		21.4	28	N	SO860973	139
Wightwick Lock No 29	Wightwick Bridge No 57	22.5	29	N	SO871983	139
Wightwick Mill Lock No 30	Wightwick Mill Bridge No 58	22.6	30	N	SO875984	139
Compton Lock No 31	Compton Lock Bridge No 60	23.3	31	N	SO884989	139
Tettenhall Old Bridge No 61		24	31	N	SO891998	139
Dunstall Water Bridge No 63		24.6	31	N	SJ898006	139
Aldersley Junction	Junction with BCN Main Line Birmingham Canal Navigation (BCN) Main Line junction	25.1	31	N	SJ902011	139
Autherley Junction	Junction with Shropshire Union Main Line Shropshire Union Main Line junction	25.6	31	N	SJ901020	139
Marsh Lane Bridge No 67		26.4	31	N	SJ906032	139
Coven Heath Bridge No 69		27.5	31	N	SJ911048	139
Cross Green Bridge No 71	The Anchor Inn. Coven Village half a mile north-west	28.4	31	N	SJ915060	139
Slade Heath Bridge No 72		29	31	N	SJ919066	139
Larches Bridge No 73		29.8	31	N	SJ925073	139
Moat House Bridge No 74		30.1	31	N	SJ931073	139
Deepmore Bridge No 75		30.8	31	N	SJ930081	127
Hatherton Junction	Hatherton Branch (closed)	31	31	N	SJ934084	127
Calf Heath Bridge No 77		32.1	31	N	SJ920085	127
Gailey Lock No 32	Gailey Wharf and A5 road bridge No 79	33.4	32	N	SJ920103	127
Brick Kiln Lock No 33		33.5	33	N	SJ922107	127
Boggs Lock No 34		33.8	34	N	SJ926108	127
Rodbaston Lock No 35	Rodbaston Bridge No 80	34.5	35	N	SJ929111	127
Otherton Lane Bridge No 81		34.9	35	N	SJ932121	127
Otherton Lock No 36		35	36	N	SJ931122	127
Lyne Hill Bridge No 83		35.4	36	N	SJ928128	127
Filance Lock No 37		35.9	37	N	SJ927136	127
Penkridge Lock No 38	Penkridge Bridge No 86 and Penkridge town	36.1	38	N	SJ928139	127
Longford Lock No 39	Broom Bridge No 87	36.6	39	N	SJ932146	127
Longford Bridge No 88		36.9	39	N	SJ933151	127
Teddesley Bridge No 89		37.1	39	N	SJ936154	127
Park Gate Lock No 40	Park Gate Bridge No 90	37.5	40	N	SJ937158	127
Shutt Hill Lock No 41	Shutt Hill Bridge No 91	38.3	41	N	SJ937168	127
Acton Bridge No 93		39.1	41	N	SJ935183	127
Roseford Bridge No 94		39.6	41	N	SJ934194	127
Deptmore Lock No 42		40	42	N	SJ937198	127
Hazelstrine Bridge No 96		40.4	42	N	SJ940202	127
Radford Bridge No 98	A34 road	41.3	42	N	SJ940216	127
Bawich Bridge No 100		41.8	42	N	SJ941222	127
Lodgefield Bridge No 102		42.5	42	N	SJ951223	127
Stoneford Bridge No 103		43	42	N	SJ956219	127
Milford Bridge No 105		43.8	42	N	SJ967213	127
Tixall Bridge No 106		44.5	42	N	SJ975216	127
Tixall Lock No 43	Oldhill Bridge No 107	44.8	43	N	SJ977218	127
Cavan's Bridge No 108		45.8	43	N	SJ988230	127
Great Haywood Junction	Junction with Trent and Mersey Canal Trent and Mersey Canal junction and bridge No 109	46.1	43	N	SJ994229	127

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.