Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal information
Canal in the West Midlands, England
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Kidderminster Lock on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Specifications
Length
46 miles (74 km)
Maximum boat length
70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
Maximum boat beam
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks
43
Navigation authority
Canal and River Trust
History
Principal engineer
James Brindley
Date of act
14 May 1766
Date of first use
1772
Date completed
1771
Geography
Start point
River Severn
End point
Trent and Mersey Canal
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Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Legend
Great Haywood Jn
Trent and Mersey Canal
River Trent aqueduct
43
Tixall Lock
River Sow aqueduct
Baswich Lock and weir
River Sow Navigation
Stafford wharf
Railway bridge
98
A34 Radford Bridge
Hazlestrine Branch
40-42
locks (3)
M6
39
Longford Lock
38
Penkridge Lock
37
Filance Lock, Penkridge
33-36
locks (4)
79
A5 Gailey Bridge
32
Gailey Top Lock
Hatherton Branch
(feeder)
Railway bridge
Coven Village
70
A449 Brinsford Bridge
M54
Autherley Jn
Shropshire Union Canal
Railway bridge
Aldersley Jn
BCN Main Line
Dunstall Water Bridge
62
A41 Tettenhall New Bridge
Summit pound
(10 miles)
31
Compton Lock
59
A454 Compton Bridge
29-30
Wightwick locks (2)
The Pool resr. and feeder
27-28
Dimmingdale + Ebstree locks (2)
26
Awbridge Lock
23-25
Bratch locks (3)
22
Bumblehole Lock, Wombourne
20-21
Botterham staircase locks (2)
17-19
Marsh/Swindon/Hinksford locks (3)
16
Greenforge Lock
Ashwood marina
+ former Earl of Dudley's Railway
15
Rocky Lock
14
Gothersley Lock
Stourton Jn
Stourbridge Canal
13
Stewponey Lock
31A
A458 Stewponey New Bridge
Dunsley Tunnel (25 yd)
12
Hyde Lock
11
Kinver Lock, Dunsley
10
Whittington Lock
Cookley Tunnel (65 yd)
9
Debdale Lock
8
Wolverley Lock
7
Wolverley Court Lock
River Stour aqueduct
6
Kidderminster Lock
16
A456 St Marys Ringway
13
A442 Round Hill bridge
5
Caldwall Lock
Severn Valley Railway
4
Falling Sands Lock
lock to River Stour
Wilden Ironworks
Railway Basin
railway bridge
6
A451 Gilgal bridge
5
A451 Lower Mitton bridge
3
York Street Lock, Stourport
Stourport basins
2
Narrow staircase + broad lock
Stourport basins
1
Narrow staircase + broad lock
River Severn
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands. It is 46 miles (74 km) long, linking the River Severn at Stourport in Worcestershire with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Haywood Junction by Great Haywood.
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