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River Foss

Description of River Foss: Runs one and a quarter miles from Monk Bridge, Yorkshire, to Blue Bridge where it joins the River Ouse.

History of River Foss: Promoted by Acts of 1793 and 1801. Originally it extended to Monk Bridge.
For more details see the History page.

Navigation Authority: : City of York, The Guildhall, York YO1 9QN: Telephone 01904 613161 : Fax 01904 551665 : Email highways@york.gov.uk :

Castle Lock, York

Related Books of River Foss

• 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 .

Related photographs of River Foss

• River Foss - York Castle Mills Lock

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions of River Foss: Length 97 foot, beam 18 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

River Foss: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Monk Bridge	Upper limit of navigation A1036 road bridge		0	0	N	SE608525	105
Laverthorpe Bridge			0.3	0	N	SE608521	105
Foss Bridge			0.8	0	N	SE606517	105
Castle Mills Lock & Bridge			1	1	N	SE606513	105
Blue Bridge	Junction with River Ouse (Yorkshire) Junction with River Ouse		1.3	1	N	SE605510	105

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.