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River Weaver (main line)
The River Weaver (main line) is a large river and is part of the River Weaver. It runs for 20 miles through 6 locks from Delamere Dock Entrance (where it joins the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line)) to Winsford Bottom Flash (which is a dead end).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 130 feet long and 10 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the River Weaver (Weston Marsh Lock Line) at Head of Weston Marsh Side Lock and with the Anderton Lift at Anderton Lift Junction (River Weaver).
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Delamere Dock Entrance Entrance to Weaver Navigation |
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River Mersey Tide Lock Tide Lock into Delamere Dock |
¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Delamere Dock Tide Lock Tidal gate into dock |
1 furlong | 1 lock |
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Post Office Lane Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Runcorn and Weston Canal Junction | 2¾ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Head of Weston Marsh Side Lock Junctions with Manchester Ship Canal and River Weaver - Old Navigation Line |
1 mile | 2 locks |
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ICI Weston Works | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Clifton Motorway Bridge | 2 miles and 5 furlongs | 2 locks |
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Sutton Rail Bridge | 3 miles and ½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Sutton Bridge (A56) | 3 miles and 1½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Old Navigation Line Entrance Channel leading to Sutton Weir and Sluices |
3 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Frodsham Cut Junction Junction with River Weaver - Old Navigation Line and Frodsham Lock (disused) |
4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Devils Garden Good countryside mooring, maybe shallow, not marked in Nicholson's but in BW's Skipper's Guide. |
5 miles and 4½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Pickering's Wharf | 7 miles | 2 locks |
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Dutton Viaduct A spectacular railway viaduct. |
7 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Dutton Locks Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
7 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Dutton Locks No 4 | 7 miles and 6½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Dutton Locks Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
8 miles and ¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Mill Wharf Entrance | 8 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Acton Swing Bridge | 9 miles and ¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Mill Wharf Exit | 9 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Wilbraham's Quay | 9 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Saltersford Locks Weir Exit No 2 Channel leading to the Weir |
10 miles and 7 furlongs | 3 locks |
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Saltersford Locks Weir Exit No 1 Channel leading to the Weir |
11 miles and ½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Saltersford Locks No 3 | 11 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Saltersford Locks Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
11 miles and 2 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Saltersford Locks Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
11 miles and 2½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Barton Cut Junction East end of Barton Cut and entrance to weir - No Access |
12 miles and ½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Winnington Bridge | 12 miles and 5 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Winnington Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
12 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Anderton Lift Junction (River Weaver) | 13 miles | 4 locks |
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Chemical Works | 13 miles and 2 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Gas Pipe Route | 13 miles and 3½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Weaver - Witton Brook Junction Junction of the River Weaver with the Witton Brook - only navigable by small craft |
13 miles and 5½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Northwich Town Swing Bridge | 14 miles and 4 furlongs | 4 locks |
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Weaver - Dane Junction Junction of the River Weaver and the River Dane. |
14 miles and 4½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Hayhurst Swing Bridge | 14 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Hunt's Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
14 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Northwich Maintenance Yard Swing Bridge Narrowboats can pass under this bridge without it being opened. |
14 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Northwich Railway Viaduct | 15 miles | 4 locks |
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Hunt's Locks No 2 | 15 miles and ¾ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Hunt's Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
15 miles and 1½ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Pimblott's Shipyard | 15 miles and 3½ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Pimblott's Marina Entrance | 15 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Hartford Bridge | 16 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Vale Royal Railway Viaduct | 16 miles and 6½ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Vale Royal Lock Weir Exit | 16 miles and 7½ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Vale Royal Locks No 1 | 17 miles and ½ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Vale Royal Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
17 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Newbridge Swing Bridge Newbridge - Bradford Mill |
18 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Meadowbank Mine and Works | 18 miles and 7 furlongs | 6 locks |
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Cheshire Amalgamated Works | 19 miles and 4 furlongs | 6 locks |
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Wharton Grinding Mills | 19 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Red Lion PH | 20 miles | 6 locks |
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Winsford Bridge (eastbound) | 20 miles | 6 locks |
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Winsford Bridge (westbound) | 20 miles | 6 locks |
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Winsford Bottom Flash | 20 miles | 6 locks |