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Stroudwater Canal

Description: Runs 8 miles from Wallbridge Locks, Stroud, where it joins the Thames and Severn Canal, to Framilode Lock, where it joins the River Severn.

History: Promoted by Acts of 1730, 1759 and 1776. Opened in 1779. Closed by an Act of 1954. Now subject to a long term restoration project
For more details see the History page.

Navigation Authority: : Comy. of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation, 4-7 Rowcroft, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3BJ: Telephone 01453 762781 :

Website: http://www.stroudwater.co.uk/

Partly restored Ryeford Double Lock

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Related Books

• The Canals of South and South East England by Charles Hadfield, ISBN: 0 7153 4693 8, 393 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1969, Order now from .
• The Stroudwater Canal. Vol 1 by Michael Handford, Edition: 1st edition, 93 pages, Published by Moonraker Press, in 1976, Illustrated..
• The Stroudwater Canal by Michael Handford, ISBN: 0 904387 30 5, 337 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, in 1979, 32 pages of illustrations.. Order now from .
• The Waterway to London, as explored in the "Wanderer" and "Ranger"... by H A Schofield, Edition: 1st edition, 96 pages, Published by Simpkin, Marshall, in 1869, The title continues "with Sail, Paddle & Oar, in a voyage on the Mersey, Perry, Severn, & Thames, & Several Canals" Illustrated book, published anonymously, includes travelling the Berkely, Bridgewater, Ellesmere, Stroudwater and Thames & Severn canals..
• The Stroudwater and Severn canals in Old Photographs by Edwin Cuss and Stanley Gardiner, ISBN: 0 7509 0432 1, 159 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, in 1993, A5 book containing nearly 300 photographs.. Order now from .
• Pearson's Canal Companion: Severn and Avon by Michael Pearson, Edition: Sixth, ISBN: 978 09 5491165 2, 96 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son, in 2006, This edition now also contains details of the Cotswold Canals (i.e. the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn canals) and the the River Thames above Oxford.. Order now from .
• Cotswold Canals by David Jowett and Richard Attwood, ISBN: 978-0-9561743-0-7, Published by Cotswold Canals Trust, in 2009, A walker's guide to the Cotswold Canals from the Severn through the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn canals to the River Thames.. Order now from .

Related photographs

• Stroudwater Canal: Ryeford Double Locks Nos 3 and 4 Partly restored lock chamber

Related External Web Sites

• Pike Bridge Project A project that is being organised by the Cotswold Canals Trust as part of its contribution to the restoration of the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames & Severn Canal.
• The Cotswold Canals Trust Restoring the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals.
• Penelope's World of Water Features the Cotswold Canals
• The Cotswold Canals This website has been created as a result of a photographic survey of the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals, and contains some 300 photos.
• Saul Junction Boat Owners Club Located at Saul Junction, where the Stroudwater meets the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.

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• My Holidays on Inland Waterways - Cruise II

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 15 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

Stroudwater Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Wallbridge Junction	Junction with Thames and Severn Canal Thames and Severn Canal Junction		0	0	U		0
Dudbridge Top Lock No 1	Franklin's Upper Lock		0.5	1	U		0
Dudbridge Bottom Lock No 2	Franklin's Lower Lock		0.6	2	U		0
Ryeford Double Locks Nos 3 and 4	Staircase		1.8	4	U		0
Newtown Lock No 5	Fomerly known as Upper Nassfield Lock.		3.6	5	N		0
Blunder Lock Lock No 6	Formerly known as Lower Nassfield Lock.		4	6	N		0
Pike Lock No 7	Also called Eastington or Turnpike Lock		4.1	7	U		0
Court Orchard Lock No 8	Dock Lock		4.3	8	U		0
Westfield Lock No 9			4.5	9	U		0
Bristol Road Lock No 10			5.4	10	U		0
Whitminster Lock No 11			6.6	11	U		0
Saul Junction	Junction with Gloucester & Sharpness Ship Canal Gloucester and Sharpness Ship Canal Junction		7	11	U	SO756093	162
Junction Lock No 12			7.1	12	U		0
Framilode Lock No 13	Junction with River Severn River Severn Junction		8	13	U		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.