71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) (originally 64 ft 0 in or 19.51 m)
Maximum boat beam
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (originally 14 ft 6 in or 4.42 m)
Locks
14
Status
Navigable
Navigation authority
Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner
Sir George Duckett
Principal engineer
James Brindley
Date of act
1768
Date completed
1771, 1854
Date closed
1939
Date restored
2010 (Barge Canal)
Geography
Start point
Hanbury
End point
Claines
Connects to
Worcester and Birmingham Canal, River Severn
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Legend
Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Westfields Bridge
1-3
Hanbury Locks (3)
Start of new section
new bridge to rugby club
4-5
new double lock
4-5
Old locks (2)
6
new lock
new footbridge
M5 motorway
Bromsgrove Road B4065
7
new lock and weir
Junction with River Salwarpe
canalised River Salwarpe
6
old lock
Junction with Barge Canal
Barge Lock
Netherwich Basin
Netherwich Bridge
Railway bridge
Netherwich Bridge(River)
railway
Salwarpe Road bridge
Siding Lane bridge
Chewson Basin
Ombersley Way bridge
A38 Roman Way bridge
Salwarpe bridge
Porters Mill bridge II(River)
8
Ladywood Lock
Ladywood bridge
4-7
Porters Mill Locks (4)
Porters Mill bridge
3
Mildenham Lock
Mildenham bridge
Hawford Mill House
A449 crossing
1-2
Locks (2)
River Severn
The Droitwich Canal is a synthesis of two canals in Worcestershire, England; the Droitwich Barge Canal and the Droitwich Junction Canal. The Barge Canal is a broad canal which opened in 1771 linking Droitwich Spa to the River Severn at Hawford Bottom Lock, Claines. The Droitwich Junction Canal is a narrow canal, opened in 1854, which linked Droitwich to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Both were built to carry salt, and were abandoned in 1939. They have been the subject of a restoration plan since 1973, and the Barge Canal was officially reopened in 2010, while the Junction Canal reopened in July 2011. Following the opening of the canal, ownership transferred to the newly created Canal and River Trust
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respectively. The Droitwich Barge Canal, a broad beam canal, joins the Severn at Hawford, near to the River Salwarpe, and connects to the DroitwichCanal (narrow...
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Doverdale in the east, and the River Salwarpe, to the north of the DroitwichCanal, forms the southern boundary before it joins the Severn. As of April...
drain the prism. A circular overflow weir on the Droitwichcanal Kytle, Elizabeth (1983). Home on the Canal. Cabin John, MD: Seven Locks Press. ISBN 978-080185328-9...
the Quay of Worcester; from Droitwich to Dyers Bridge (M5 Junction 5) near Bromsgrove; and through the town of Droitwich from "Netherwith" [Netherwich]...
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