Trent and Mersey Canal

Trent and Mersey Canal
Trent and Mersey Canal
	The Trent and Mersey Canal near Branston Water Park
Specifications
Locks	76
Status	Open
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust
History
Principal engineer	James Brindley
Other engineer(s)	Hugh Henshall
Date of act	1766
Date of first use	1777
Geography
Start point	River Trent, Derwent Mouth
End point	River Mersey; (via Bridgewater Canal)
Connects to	Coventry Canal; Staffs & Worcs Canal; Caldon Canal; Macclesfield Canal; Shropshire Union Canal; Bridgewater Canal;

The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93+1⁄2-mile (150 km) canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.

					Bridgewater Canal
					Preston Brook Tunnel (North end)
					Preston Brook Tunnel (South end)
					Dutton Stop Lock No76
				213	Lodge Lane Bridge
					Site of 2012 breach
					(River Weaver)

				209	A49 Acton Bridge



				203	Saltersford Tunnel (West end)
					Saltersford Tunnel (East end)

				202	Barnton Tunnel (West end)
					Barnton Tunnel (East end)
					A533 Barnton Road Bridge

					Anderton Boat Lift
					Uplands and Anderton Marinas
				193	Marston Bridge B5075
					(River Weaver)
				190	Wincham Brook Aqueduct
				189	A559 Manchester Road Bridge
					Wincham Wharf
				184	B5082 Broken Cross Bridge
				182A	A556 Northwich Bypass Bridge
					Orchard Marina

					Billinge Green Flash
				180A	Railway Bridge
					(River Dane)
					Croxton Flash
				174	Croxton Aqueduct
				173	A530 Croxton Lane Bridge

					Middlewich Big Lock No 75
				172	A54 Town Bridge
					Middlewich Bottom Lock No 74
					Middlewich Lock No 73
					Middlewich Top Lock No 72
					Middlewich Top Wharf
					King's Lock Wharf
					Junction with Wardle Canal
					King's Lock No 71
					Rumps Lock No 70
				165	A533 Tetton Bridge
					Booth Lane Bottom Lock No 69
					Booth Lane Middle Lock No 68
					Crows Nest Lock No 67
				158	Rookery Railway Bridge

				154	Wheelock Wharf Bridge
				153A	Arclid Aqueduct
				153	Wheelock Aqueduct
				152A	A534 Bridge
					Wheelock Bottom Lock No 66
					Wheelock Lock No 65
					Wheelock Lock No 64
					Wheelock Lock No 63
					Wheelock Lock No 62
					Wheelock Lock No 61
					Wheelock Lock No 60
					Wheelock Flight Top Lock No 59
				147A	M6 Motorway Bridge
					Hassall Green Bottom Lock No 58
					Hassall Green Top Lock No 57
					Pierpoint Bottom Lock No 56
					Pierpoint Top Lock No 55
				143	Chellshill Aqueduct\ B5078
					Lower Thurlwood Lock No 54
					Upper Thurlwood Lock No 53
				138	A50 Knutsford Road Bridge
					Snapes Aqueduct
					Lawton Bottom Lock No 52
					Lawton Lock No 51
					Lawton Top Lock No 50
					Halls Lock No 49
					Church Lawton Bottom Lock No 48
					Church Lawton Top Lock No 47
				135	A50 Coopers Bridge
					Red Bull Bottom Lock No 46
					Red Bull Lock No 45
					Red Bull Lock No 44
				134	A34 Red Bull Bridge
					Red Bull Lock No 43
					Poole Aqueduct Macclesfield Canal
					Red Bull Lock No 42
					Red Bull Top Lock No 41
					Hardings Wood Junction
					Hardings Wood Railway Bridge
					Kidsgrove Railway Bridge
					Harecastle Tunnel (North end)
					2,919 yards (2,669 m)
					Harecastle Tunnel (South end)
				129B	A527 Goldendale Bridge
				126	A527 Longport Road Bridge
					Stoke Marina
				117A	A53 Etruria Road Bridge
					Etruria Junction
					Stoke Top Lock No 40
					(Bedford Street Staircase)
					Stoke Lock No 39
					Stoke Lock No 38
				115	B5045 Newcastle Road Bridge
					(Caldon Canal)
					Stoke Lock No 37
				114B	Cockshute Railway Bridge
				114A	Cockshute Railway Bridge
				114	Stoke Bottom Lock No 36
					A5006
					Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal
					A5007
					A50
				106	A5035 Hemheath Bridge
					Trentham Lock No 35
					Meaford Top Lock No 34
					Meaford Road Lock No 33
					Meaford House Lock No 32
					Meaford Bottom Lock No 31
					Stone Top Lock No 30
				95A	Railway Bridge
					Stone Lock No 29
					Stone Lock No 28
					Stone Bottom Lock No 27
				93	A520 Stafford Road Bridge
				91	A51
					Aston Lock No 26
					Sandon Lock No 25
				80	A518 Weston upon Trent Bridge
					Weston Lock No 24
					Hoo Mill Lock No 23
					Great Haywood Junction
					Haywood Lock No 22
				72A	Colwich Railway Bridge
					Colwich Lock No 21
				70	A51 Wolseley Bridge
					Brindley Bank Aqueduct
				65B	Rugeley Railway Bridge
				63	A51
				62A	A513
				61A	A513 Rugeley Road Bridge
				59A	Armitage Railway Bridge
					King's Bromley Wharf
				54	A515 King's Bromley Bridge
					Wood End Lock No 20
					Shade House Lock No 19
					Fradley Middle Lock No 18
					Fradley Junction
					Junction Lock No 17
					Keeper's Lock No 16
					Hunts Lock No 15
					Common Lock No 14
				49A	A513 Alrewas Bypass Bridge
					Bagnall Lock No 13
					Alrewas Lock No 12
					River Trent Joins T&M
					River Trent Leaves T&M

					Wychnor Lock No 11
					Barton Turns Marina
					Barton Turn Lock No 10
					Tatenhill Lock No 9
					Barnston Lock No 8
				33E	A38 Ordish Bridge
					Shobnall Basin
				33	B5017 Shobnall Road Bridge
					Dallow Lane Lock No 7
					Horninglow Basin
				32	A511 Horninglow Bridge
				29A	A5121
					Clay Mills Aqueduct
					River Dove Aqueduct
				24A	A5132
				22A	Willington Railway Bridge
				20A	Railway Bridge
					Mercia Marina
					Sewage works
					Stenson Marina
					Stenson Lock No 6
					Derby Canal extension to River Trent
					Swarkestone Junction - Derby Canal
					Swarkestone Lock No 5
				13A	Swarkestone Railway Bridge
				13	A514 Cuttle Bridge
				8	Weston Lock No 4
				7A	Weston Railway Bridge
					Aston Lock No 3
				4	A50
					Shardlow Lock No 2
					(River Derwent)
					The Clock Warehouse
					Shardlow
					(Shardlow Marina)

					Derwent Mouth Lock No 1
					Derwent Mouth
					River Trent
					M1

The narrow locks and bridges are big enough for a single narrowboat 7 feet (2.1 m) wide by 72 feet (22 m) long, while the wide locks can accommodate boats 14 feet (4.3 m) wide, or two narrowboats next to each other.

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