Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
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

Staffordshire and Worcestershire
Canal

					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 Midlands of England. 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.