Catteshall Lock, the southernmost lock on the Navigations at Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey.
Specifications
Length
19.5 miles (31.4 km)
Maximum boat length
73 ft 6 in (22.40 m)
Maximum boat beam
13 ft 10.5 in (4.23 m)
Locks
16
Status
open
Navigation authority
National Trust
History
Principal engineer
Sir Richard Weston
Other engineer(s)
John Smeaton
Construction began
1651
Date of first use
1653
Date extended
1764
Geography
Start point
River Thames
End point
Godalming (originally Guildford)
Connects to
Basingstoke Canal Wey and Arun Junction Canal
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Wey and Godalming Navigations
Legend
River Thames
downstream
Shepperton Lock
Junction with the Thames
Stop lock & Whittet's sub-aits and ait
1
Thames Lock
Ham Haw Mill
Ham Court weir
A317 Weybridge Road
Addlestone Road & Wey Bridge
2
Weybridge Town Lock
Black Boys Bridge
Liberty Mill
Chertsey link line
3
Coxes Lock
New Haw Wharf
A318 Byfleet Road
4
New Haw Lock
M25
Basingstoke Canal
Rive Ditch
South West Main Line
A245 Parvis Road
Pyrford Basin, Byfleet Mill
Wisley Lane
5
Pyrford Lock, M25
6
Walsham Gates
Hoe Stream
Newark Priory (walls)
Abbey Stream
7
Newark Lock & mill
B367 Newark Lane
8
Papercourt Lock
Footpath 50
A247 Send Road
Cartbridge Wharf
Gresham Mill, Broad Mead Cut weir
Footpath 49A
9
Worsfold Gates
10
Triggs Lock
Broad Oak Bridge
11
Bowers Lock and mill
Clay Lane
Bowers Lane
Slyfield sewage works
12
Stoke Lock and mill
A320 Woking Road
A3 Guildford by-pass
A25 Woodbridge Road
New Guildford line
Dapdune Bridge
Dapdune Wharf
Walnut Bridge
A322 Bridge Street
Onslow Street
Guildford Wharf
Town Bridge
Artington Mill
St Nicholas and St Mary's churches
Town Mill, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
13
Millmead Lock & water works
Tumbling Bay weir and fish ladder
Millbrook footbridge
Guildford Rowing Club
Former ferry crossing
North Downs Way National Trail
St Catherine's hill & chapel walls
River Tillingbourne
14
St Catherines Lock
North Downs Line
A248 Broadford Road
Stonebridge Wharf
Wey and Arun Canal/Cranleigh Waters
Cranleigh line
Unstead Woods Downslink Bridge
15
Unstead Lock
Tilthams Corner Road
Trowers Bridge
Hell Ditch
Catteshall Road
16
Catteshall Lock
Godalming Wharf
Barkhouse Cut
End of navigable section
A3100 Bridge Road
The River Wey Navigation and Godalming Navigation together provide a 20-mile (32 km) continuous navigable route from the River Thames near Weybridge via Guildford to Godalming (commonly called the Wey Navigation). Both waterways are in Surrey and are owned by the National Trust. The River Wey Navigation connects to the Basingstoke Canal at West Byfleet, and the Godalming Navigation to the Wey and Arun Canal near Shalford. The navigations consist of both man-made canal cuts and adapted (dredged and straightened) parts of the River Wey.
The Wey was one of the first rivers in England to be made navigable; the River Wey Navigation opened in 1653, with 12 locks between Weybridge and Guildford, and the Godalming Navigation, with a further four locks, was completed in 1764. Commercial traffic ceased as late as 1983 and the Wey Navigation and the Godalming Navigation were donated to the National Trust in 1964 and 1968 respectively.
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