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River Ure

Description: Runs 8 miles from the junction with the Ripon Canal, below Oxclose Lock, to Swale Nab, where it joins the River Ouse.

History: Promoted by Acts of 1767 and 1820 to extend the Yorkshire Ouse Navigation.

Newby Hall from the River Ure

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Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Westwick Lock is the smaller of the two locks and is length 57 foot, beam 14 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 Ure: Table of distances

Miles

Locks

Navigable (N)

Grid ref

OS Map No

Swale Nab Junction

Junction with River Ouse (Yorkshire)

0.0

0

N

SE430659

99

Milbury Lock No 1

2.5

1

N

SE402674

99

Boroughbridge

B6265 road bridge

2.9

1

N

SE395671

99

A1 Road Bridge

3.5

1

N

SE386670

99

Green's Landing

4.0

1

N

SE384662

99

Brampton Hall

5.0

1

N

SE367664

99

Westwick Lock No 2

6.0

2

N

SE355667

99

Newby Hall Landing

6.5

2

N

SE351671

99

Rippon Canal Junction

Junction with Ripon Canal

8.0

2

N

SE332679

99

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.

 

River Wear

Description: This 10 mile tidal navigation runs from Chester-le-Street to Sunderland

History: Promoted by Acts of 1716, 1726, 1747, 1759, 1785, 1809, 1819 and 1830

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  • 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 1 1973 Order now from Amazon.

  • 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 1972 Order now from Amazon.

River Wear: Table of distances

Miles

Locks

Navigable (N)

Grid ref

OS Map No

Chester-le-Street

0.0

0

N

Biddick Ford

1.3

0

N

Lambton Castle

1.5

0

N

Fatfield

3.0

0

N

Cox Green

4.4

0

N

Hylton Boat House

6.9

0

N

Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland

10.4

0

N

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.

 

River Wey

Description: Runs 19¾ miles from Godalming to the River Thames at Shepperton

History: Promoted by Acts of 1651, 1681, 1683 and 1760 (extension from Guildford to Godalming). Navigation from Weybridge to Guildford opened in 1653 and the extension from Guildford to Godalming in 1763.

Coxes Lock and Mill, River Wey

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  • London's Lost Route to the Sea by P A L Vine , Edition: 3rd edition 267 pages, Published by David & Charles 1973 Inland Waterways History series. 26 illustrations, 16 maps and 65 plates.

  • The Canals of South and South East England by Charles Hadfield , ISBN 0 7153 4693 8 :393 pages, Published by David & Charles 1969 Order now from Amazon.

  • The Ordnance Survey Guide to the Thames and River Wey by A Penfold , ISBN 0 905522 826 :160 pages, Published by Robert Nicholson Publcations 1984 One of the well known Nicholson cruising Guides Order now from Amazon.

  • London's Lost Route to the Sea by P A L Vine , Edition: 4th edition (paperback) ISBN 0-7153-8844-4 :296 pages, Published by David & Charles 1986 Order now from Amazon.

  • London's Lost Route to Midhurst by P A L Vine , ISBN 0 7509 0968 4 :176 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd 1995 A history of the Rother Navigation, the Petworth Canal and their links to London via the Wey & Arun navigations. Order now from Amazon.

  • The River Thames Book by Chris Cove-Smith , ISBN 0 85288 399 4 :222 pages, Published by Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson 1998 A walking and boating guide to the Thames, Wey, Basingstoke Canal and to the eastern part of the Kennet & Avon Canal. Order now from Amazon.

  • Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 7 by Not known , ISBN 0007136706 :190 pages, Published by Nicholson 2003 River Thames and the Southern Waterways. Includes the Basingstoke, Kennet & Avon, Thames and Wey. Order now from Amazon.

  • The Wey Navigations by Allan Wardle , ISBN 09538122 2 7 :155 pages, Published by Surrey Industrial History Group 2003 An Historical Guide with maps of the Wey and Godalming navigations dated 1823 and 1834. Order now from Amazon.

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  • The Lost Wey to the Sea Released in : 2003 1 hour 15 minutes approx., Produced by Off the Rails A journey down the largely unnavigable waterways between Guildford and Portsmouth. Available on tape.

  • River Wey Released in : 2003 48 minutes approx., Produced by VideoActive A trip up the Wey through the remarkably rural Surrey countryside. Available on tape and DVD.

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  • Walton Marine : Boat brokerage based on the Thames.
  • Guildford Boat House : Narrowboat hire on the Wey and Godalming Navigation.
  • Tim Crew : An Independent Boat Safety Scheme Examiner covering Thames, Wey, Basingstoke, Oxford, Kennet & Avon, & Grand Union areas.

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Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 72 foot, beam 13 foot 10 inches. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

River Wey: Table of distances

Miles

Locks

Navigable (N)

Grid ref

OS Map No

Shepperton

Junction with River Thames

0.0

0

N

TQ074659

176

Thames Lock No 16

.1

1

N

TQ075652

176

Town Lock No 15

Weybridge Old Bridge

.9

2

N

TQ068647

187

Black Boy Bridge

1.1

2

N

TQ064646

187

Coxes Railway Bridge

1.5

2

N

TQ062642

187

Coxes Lock No 14

1.6

3

N

TQ061641

176

New Haw Lock No 13

White Hart Inn and New Haw Bridge

2.4

4

N

TQ055630

187

Basingstoke Canal Junction

Junction with Basingstoke Canal

3.0

4

N

TQ055620

187

Pravis Bridge

3.5

4

N

TQ055612

187

Murray's Bridge

4.0

4

N

TQ056604

176

Dodds Bridge

4.4

4

N

TQ051601

176

Pyrford Lock No 12

Anchor Inn and Pyrford Bridge

5.0

5

N

TQ054591

187

Pigeon House Bridge

5.4

5

N

TQ054585

187

Walsham Flood Gates No 11

Walsham Bridge

6.0

6

N

TQ050578

187

Newark Lock No 10

Newark Footbridge

6.5

7

N

TQ042574

186

Newark New Bridge

6.8

7

N

TQ039573

186

Papercourt Lock No 9

Papercourt Footbridge

7.4

8

N

TQ034568

186

Tanyard Bridge

7.8

8

N

TQ029563

186

High Bridge

8.1

8

N

TQ024561

186

Cart Bridge

New Inn, Send

8.6

8

N

TQ017561

186

Worsfold Flood Gates No 8

Only used in times of flood

8.9

9

N

TQ016557

186

Triggs Lock No 7

9.6

10

N

TQ012548

186

Wareham's Bridge

9.9

10

N

TQ013546

186

Send Church Bridge

10.3

10

N

TQ016540

186

Broadoak Bridge

11.1

10

N

TQ021531

186

Bower's Lock No 6

11.8

11

N

TQ011529

186

Bower's Bridge

11.9

11

N

TQ011528

186

Stoke Lock No 5

Stoke Footbridge

13.0

12

N

TQ002516

186

Stoke Bridge

Row Barge Inn

13.4

12

N

SU997511

186

Wood Bridge

14.3

12

N

SU990507

186

Dapdune Railway Bridge

14.5

12

N

SU992504

186

Onslow Bridge

15.1

12

N

SU993495

186

Guildford Town Bridge

Guildford Wharf

15.3

12

N

SU994493

186

Mill Mead Lock No 4

Mill Mead Bridge

15.4

13

N

SU995491

186

Quarry Hill Footbridge

15.6

13

N

SU997489

186

St. Catherine's Lock No 3

St. Catherine's Bridge

16.5

14

N

SU995477

186

Railway Bridge

16.9

14

N

SU995472

186

Broadford Bridge

Parrot Pub

17.1

14

N

SU997467

186

Guns Mouth Junction

Junction with Wey and Arun Junction Canal

17.3

14

N

SU997464

186

Unstead Lock No 2

17.8

15

N

SU992460

186

Unstead Bridge

18.0

15

N

SU990455

186

Trowers Bridge

18.8

15

N

SU983449

186

Cattershall Lock No 1

Cattershall Bridge

19.0

16

N

SU980444

186

Cattershall Lock Cut and River Junction

19.3

16

N

SU978442

186

Godalming Town Bridge

Limit of navigation. The last turning point for full length craft is at Godalming Wharf.

19.8

16

N

SU973441

186

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.

 

River Welland

Description: Originally a 34 mile, 12 lock, river and lateral canal navigation from Stamford, Northamptonshire, to the Wash. Now a 22 mile river navigation from near Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire, tidal below Fulney Lock 8 miles 7 furlongs from the Wash.

History: Navigation was authorised by an Act of 1571, but work was not started until 1664. In 1670 the Stamford Canal from Stamford to Market Deeping was opened.

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  • The Canals of Eastern England by John Boyes & Ronald Russell , ISBN 0 7153 7415 X :368 pages, Published by David & Charles 1 1977 Order now from Amazon.

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Fulney Lock: Length 62 foot 4 inches, beam 27 foot 10 inches. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

River Wansbeck

Description: This new navigation in Northumberland consists of 3 miles of lake and river and includes one lock, two thirds of a mile from the sea

History: New facilities provided by Wansbeck District Council

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  • Inland Waterways of Great Britain by Jane Cumberlidge , ISBN 0 85288 355 2 :309 pages, Published by Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson 1998 A rewrite of the classic "Edwards" Navigation reference book. Order now from Amazon.

 


Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

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