Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Sheffield Basin			0.0	0	N	SK361877	111
Bernard Road Bridge			.8	0	N	SK367879	111
Bacon Lane Bridge			1.0	0	N	SK373882	111
Staniforth Road Bridge			1.3	0	N	SK377884	111
Shirland Road Bridge			1.5	0	N	SK381885	111
Coleridge Road Bridge			2.0	0	N	SK385891	111
Greenland Road Bridge			2.3	0	N	SK388893	111
Tinsley Top Lock No 1	Locks Nos 2 to 7 in upper flight		2.8	1	N	SK392898	111
Tinsley Bottom Lock (Upper Flight) No 7			3.3	7	N	SK395903	111
Turnpike Lock No 8	Sheffield Road Bridge		3.5	8	N	SK397908	111
Tinsley Lower Flight (Top Lock No 9)	Nos 9 to 11 in Lower Flight		3.6	9	N	SK398911	111
Tinsley Lower Flight (Bottom Lock No 11)	Start of River Dun Section		3.9	11	N	SK400914	111
Jordan Lock No 1			4.5	12	N	SK403921	111
Holmes Lock No 2	Holmes Bridge		5.0	13	N	SK410922	111
Ickles Lock No 3	Railway Bridge		5.5	14	N	SK419923	111
Rotherham Junction	River Rother Junction		6.0	14	N	SK425923	111
Rotherham Flood Lock No 4			6.3	14	N	SK426928	111
Rawmarsh Road Bridge			7.0	14	N	SK432940	111
Sir Frank Price Lock No 5	Eastwood Lock		7.6	15	N	SK440943	111
Aldwarke Lock No 6			8.4	16	N	SK451944	111
Don Bridge			9.9	16	N	SK456959	111
Kilnhurst Flood Lock No 7			10.4	17	N	SK462965	111
Hooton Road Bridge			10.9	17	N	SK463973	111
Kilnhurst Forge Flood Lock (disused)			11.4	17	N	SK464981	111
Burton Ings Bridge			11.6	17	N	SK464985	111
Waddington Lock No 8	Dearne and Dove Canal Junction		11.9	18	N	SK464989	111
Swinton Road Bridge	(Pottery Road Bridge)		12.1	18	N	SK465992	111
Station Road Bridge, Mexborough			12.6	18	N	SK473996	111
Mexborough Top Lock No 9			13.3	19	N	SK481996	111
Pastures Road Bridge			13.9	19	N	SE489000	111
Mexborough Low Lock No 10			14.6	20	N	SE501000	111
Conisbrough Station Road Bridge			15.1	20	N	SK509995	111
Conisbrough Wharf	Site of Conisbrough Lock		15.8	20	N	SK515992	111
Conisbrough Viaduct			16.4	20	N	SK525993	111
Sprotbrough Bridge			17.9	20	N	SE538015	111
Sprotbrough Lock No 11			18.1	21	N	SE539016	111
Don Viaduct (A1 (M))			18.6	21	N	SE546016	111
Doncaster Town Lock No 12			21.3	22	N	SE570036	111
Gas House Bight			21.8	22	N	SE575041	111
Long Sandall Lock No 13			24.9	23	N	SE602066	111
Barney Dun Lift Bridge			26.9	23	N	SE613095	111
Bramwith Junction	Junction with Sheffield and South Yorkshire New Junction Canal		28.0	23	N	SE612107	111
Bramwith Lock No 14			28.1	24	N	SE615111	111
Stainforth and Keadby Canal Junction			30.1	24	N	SE645123	111
Thorne Lock No 16	Swing Bridge		32.6	25	N	SE682131	111
Thorne bridge			33.0	25	N	SE686128	111
Wykewell Lift Bridge			33.9	25	N	SE696121	111
Maud's Swing Bridge			35.0	25	N	SE718121	112
Medge Hall Swing Bridge			37.1	25	N	SE747122	112
Godnow Swing Bridge			38.1	25	N	SE761115	112
Crowle Bridge			39.5	25	N	SE782109	112
Vazon Swing Bridge			42.3	25	N	SE826114	112
Keadby Lock No 17	Junction with River Trent		42.9	26	N	SE834114	112

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.

Sheffield Canal

Description: Originally a 3 mile 7 furlong, 12 lock, broad canal from the River Don at Tinsley to Sheffield. Now part of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation.

History: Authorised by an Act of 1815, opened in 1819, transferred to the Don by an Act of 1849.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation

Related Books

• 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 .

• 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 .

Shropshire Canal

Description: Oringinally a 7¾ mile tub boat canal with a 2¾ mile branch to Coalbrookdale. Long abandoned but some parts are still in water, notably at the Blist Hill Museum near Ironbridge. The tub boats that used the canal were 20 feet by 6 feet 4 inches.

History: Authorised by an act of 1788 and completed in 1792. Part of it (from the bottom of Wrockwardine Wood inclined plane to the bottom of Windmill inclined plane was abandoned in 1857 and the rest in two stages in 1913 and 1944.
For more details see the History page

Points of Interest: The canal had no locks but had three inclined planes which took the boats down a slope on rails. The Hay inclined plane can be seen at Blist Hill Museum.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.