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Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourton to Aldersley)

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourton to Aldersley) is a narrow canal and is part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. It runs for 12 miles and 6½ furlongs through 18 locks from Stourton Junction (where it joins the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) and the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Stourbridge Canal)) to Aldersley Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line) and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Aldersley to Autherley)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Notable features of the waterway include: The Bratch

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	Stourton Junction Junction of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line) and the Stourbridge Canal.
	Stourton Aqueduct	2½ furlongs	0 locks
	Devil's Den	3 furlongs	0 locks
	Prestwood Bridge No 34	1 mile	0 locks
	Gothersley Winding Hole	1 mile and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
	Gothersley Bridge No 35	1 mile and 5 furlongs	0 locks
	Gothersley Lock No 14	1 mile and 5 furlongs	0 locks
	Rocky Lock No 15	1 mile and 7 furlongs	1 lock
	Flatheridge Bridge No 36	2 miles and 1¼ furlongs	2 locks
	Ashwood Basin	2 miles and 2 furlongs	2 locks
	Greensforge Bridge No 37	2 miles and 5¼ furlongs	2 locks
	Greensforge Lock No 16 . . .	2 miles and 5½ furlongs	2 locks
	Hinksford Bridge No 38	3 miles and 4 furlongs	3 locks
	Hinksford Aqueduct	3 miles and 4¾ furlongs	3 locks
	Winding Hole below Hinksford Lock	3 miles and 6½ furlongs	3 locks
	Hinksford Lock Bridge No 39	3 miles and 6¾ furlongs	3 locks
	Hinksford Lock No 17	3 miles and 6¾ furlongs	3 locks
	Swindon Bridge No 40	4 miles and 1½ furlongs	4 locks
	Swindon Lock Bridge	4 miles and 1½ furlongs	4 locks
	Swindon Lock No 18	4 miles and 1¾ furlongs	4 locks
	Swindon	4 miles and 2½ furlongs	5 locks
	Marsh Bridge No 41	4 miles and 3¼ furlongs	5 locks
	Marsh Lock No 19	4 miles and 3¼ furlongs	5 locks
	Pipe Bridge (Water from Hampton Loade to Sedgley Beacon)	4 miles and 5¼ furlongs	6 locks
	Botterham Bottom Lock Footbridge	4 miles and 6 furlongs	6 locks
	Botterham Staircase Locks No 20 and 21 Botterham Bridge No 42 crosses the staircase	4 miles and 6 furlongs	6 locks
	Bridge No 43 Wombourne	5 miles and 2½ furlongs	8 locks
	Giggetty Bridge No 44	5 miles and 5¾ furlongs	8 locks
	Giggetty Pipe Bridge	5 miles and 5¾ furlongs	8 locks
	Wom Brook Aqueduct	5 miles and 6 furlongs	8 locks
	Houndel Footbridge	6 miles and ¼ furlongs	8 locks
	Houndel Bridge No 45	6 miles and ¼ furlongs	8 locks
	Bumblehole Bridge No 46	6 miles and 1¼ furlongs	8 locks
	Bumblehole Lock No 22	6 miles and 1½ furlongs	8 locks
	The Bratch Winding Hole	6 miles and 2¾ furlongs	9 locks
	Bratch Lane Bridge	6 miles and 4 furlongs	9 locks
	Bratch Aqueduct	6 miles and 4 furlongs	9 locks
	Bratch Bottom Lock No 23 This is the bottom lock of a Flight of 3	6 miles and 4 furlongs	9 locks
	Bratch Middle Lock No 24 This is the middle lock of a Flight of 3	6 miles and 4¼ furlongs	10 locks
	Bratch Locks Turnover Bridge Upper Btatch Bridge No 48	6 miles and 4¼ furlongs	11 locks
	Bratch Top Lock No 25 This is the top lock of a Flight of 3	6 miles and 4¼ furlongs	11 locks
	Bratch Visitor Moorings	6 miles and 6¼ furlongs	12 locks
	Awbridge Bridge No 49	7 miles and 3¼ furlongs	12 locks
	Awbridge Lock No 26	7 miles and 3¼ furlongs	12 locks
	Pipe Bridge (Site of Bridge 50)	7 miles and 5½ furlongs	13 locks
	Ebstree Lock No 27	7 miles and 7½ furlongs	13 locks
	Winding Hole below Dimingsdale Lock	8 miles and ¾ furlongs	14 locks
	Dimmingsdale Lock No 28 Good offside moorings at top of lock (48hrs max)	8 miles and 1 furlong	14 locks
	Dimmingsdale Wharf	8 miles and 2¼ furlongs	15 locks
	Dimmingsdale Bridge No 53 With a "horrible" pipe bridge alongside.	8 miles and 2¾ furlongs	15 locks
	Mops Farm Bridge No 54	9 miles and ¼ furlongs	15 locks
	Castlecroft Bridge No 55	9 miles and 3¾ furlongs	15 locks
	Wightwick Bridge No 56	9 miles and 7¾ furlongs	15 locks
	Wightwick Bridge No 57	10 miles and ¾ furlongs	15 locks
	Wightwick Lock No 29	10 miles and ¾ furlongs	15 locks
	Winding Hole above Wightwick Lock	10 miles and 1 furlong	16 locks
	Wightwick Mill Bridge No 58	10 miles and 2¼ furlongs	16 locks
	Wightwick Mill Lock No 30	10 miles and 2½ furlongs	16 locks
	Compton Bridge No 59	10 miles and 6½ furlongs	17 locks
	Compton Pipe Bridge	10 miles and 6¾ furlongs	17 locks
	Compton Bridge No 60	10 miles and 7½ furlongs	17 locks
	Compton Lock No 31	10 miles and 7½ furlongs	17 locks
	Graisley Brook Railway Bridge	11 miles and 2½ furlongs	18 locks
	Tettenhall Old Bridge No 61	11 miles and 6 furlongs	18 locks
	Tettenhall New Bridge No 62	11 miles and 6¼ furlongs	18 locks
	Hordern Road Bridge No 62A	12 miles and 1¼ furlongs	18 locks
	Pipe Bridge North of Hordern Road	12 miles and 1¼ furlongs	18 locks
	Former Cautauld's Sidings Railway Bridge	12 miles and 1¼ furlongs	18 locks
	Dunstall Water Bridge No 63	12 miles and 3 furlongs	18 locks
	Aldersley Junction Junction of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Main Line with the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line	12 miles and 6½ furlongs	18 locks

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