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Old West River (Great Ouse)

Description of Old West River (Great Ouse): This 31 miles of the old course of the Great Ouse from Earith to Denver Sluice has a number of names and is usually called Ten Mile River (from Denver to Littleport), the Ely Ouse (from Littleport to Pope's Corner) and the Old West River (from Popes Corner to Earith).
For the History of this waterway see the History page.

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the River Great Ouse

Navigation Authority of Old West River (Great Ouse) : Environment Agency Recreation and Navigation, Region: Anglia Region, Kingfisher House, Goldhay Way, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough PE2 5ZR: Telephone 01733 371811 : Fax 01733 231840 :

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Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions of Old West River (Great Ouse): Hermitage Sluice: Length 90 foot, beam 12 foot 6 inches. Denver Lock: Length 96 foot 9 inches, beam 17 foot 8 inches. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Old West River (Great Ouse): Table of distances		Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Hermitage Sluice Lock No 1	Junction with River Great Ouse Earith Junction with the Main Line of the River	0	1	N	TL393746	142
Aldreth Bridge		3.4	1	N	TL438722	154
Twenty Pence Bridge	B1049 road bridge.	7.1	1	N	TL480711	154
Stretham Old Bridge		8.8	1	N	TL501721	154
Popes Corner	Junction with River Cam Junction with the River Cam	11.6	1	N	TL534745	143
Soham Lode Junction		12.9	1	N	TL539764	143
Ely Station Dock		14.9	1	N	TL542788	143
Ely, A142 Road bridge		15.1	1	N	TL545793	143
River Lark Junction	Junction with River Lark (Great Ouse)	19	1	N	TL572844	143
Littleport Bridge		21	1	N	TL576864	143
Brandon Creek	Junction with Little Ouse or Brandon River Junction with Little Ouse	24.4	1	N	TL607918	143
Southery Ferry		25.5	1	N	TL612933	143
Ten Mile Bank Bridge		28.1	1	N	TL604970	143
River Wissey Junction	Junction with River Wissey	30.1	1	N	TL589990	143
Above Denver Sluice	Junction with Great Ouse Relief Channel	31.3	1	N	TF588008	143
Denver Sluice	Junction with River Great Ouse Junction with the Great Ouse Main Line	31.3	2	N	TF587010	143

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.