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Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Burton to Fradley)

 

The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Burton to Fradley) is a narrow canal and is part of the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line). It runs for 10 miles and 2½ furlongs through 11 locks from Horninglow Basin (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton)) to Fradley Junction (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Fradley to Great Haywood) and the Coventry Canal (Detached Portion)).

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.

 
 
Horninglow Basin
Burton upon Trent half a mile southeast
Dallow Lane Bridge No 32A 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Dallow Lane Lock No 7 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Shobnall Fields Bridge No 32B 3¾ furlongs 1 lock
Shobnall Road Bridge No 33 6¼ furlongs 1 lock
Shobnall Basin 6½ furlongs 1 lock
Marstons Brewery Bridge No 33B 6½ furlongs 1 lock
Callister Way Bridge 1 mile 1 lock
Pump House Pipe Bridge No 33D 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs 1 lock
Ordish Bridge No 33E 1 mile and 3¼ furlongs 1 lock
Branston Lock No 8 1 mile and 5½ furlongs 1 lock
Branston Bridge No 34
Branston		 2 miles 2 locks
Tattenhill Lock Bridge No 35 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs 2 locks
Tatenhill Lock No 9 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs 2 locks
Tattenhill Lock Narrows 2 miles and 6 furlongs 3 locks
Barton Turnover Bridge No 36 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs 3 locks
Barton Holts Bridge No 37 4 miles and ¼ furlongs 3 locks
Barton Turn Bridge No 37A 4 miles and 2½ furlongs 3 locks
Station Road Bridge No 37B 4 miles and 3½ furlongs 3 locks
Barton Turn Bridge No 38 4 miles and 4½ furlongs 3 locks
Barton Turn Lock No 10
Bridges Nos 37a, 37b and 38		 4 miles and 4½ furlongs 3 locks
Barton Turns Marina 4 miles and 6¾ furlongs 4 locks
Mill Bridge Pipe Bridge 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs 4 locks
Mill Bridge No 39 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs 4 locks
Catholme Bridge No 40 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs 4 locks
Bridge No 40A 6 miles and ¼ furlongs 4 locks
Wychnor Dogshead Bridge No 41 6 miles and ½ furlongs 4 locks
Wychnor Winding Hole 6 miles and 2¾ furlongs 4 locks
Wychnor Hall Bridge No 42 6 miles and 3¾ furlongs 4 locks
Wychnor Bridge 43 6 miles and 4 furlongs 4 locks
Wychnor Lock No 11 6 miles and 4 furlongs 4 locks
Mill House Bridge No 44 6 miles and 6¼ furlongs 5 locks
Wychnor Private Moorings 6 miles and 7 furlongs 5 locks
Wychnor Moorings Winding Hole
Take note that there is usually some flow from the Trent that can affect turning		 7 miles 5 locks
Wychnor Church 7 miles and 1 furlong 5 locks
Cow Bridge No 45 7 miles and 1¼ furlongs 5 locks
River Trent Leaves Trent and Mersey at Wychnor 7 miles and 3¾ furlongs 5 locks
River Trent Joins Trent and Mersey at Alrewas 7 miles and 5 furlongs 5 locks
Alrewas Lock No 12 7 miles and 5¾ furlongs 5 locks
Gaskells Bridge No 46
Alrewas		 7 miles and 7¼ furlongs 6 locks
Gallows Bridge No 47 8 miles and ¼ furlongs 6 locks
Alrewas Road Bridge No 48 8 miles and 1½ furlongs 6 locks
Bagnall Winding Hole 8 miles and 2 furlongs 6 locks
Bagnall Lock Bridge No 49 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs 6 locks
Bagnall Lock No 13
Alrewas village		 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs 6 locks
Alrewas Bypass Bridge No 49A 8 miles and 3½ furlongs 7 locks
Bagnall Pipe Bridge 8 miles and 5¼ furlongs 7 locks
Pyford Brook Aqueduct 8 miles and 5¾ furlongs 7 locks
Common Lock No 14 9 miles and 2½ furlongs 7 locks
Hunts Lock No 15 9 miles and 7 furlongs 8 locks
Keepers Bridge No 50 9 miles and 7¾ furlongs 9 locks
Keeper's Lock No 16 10 miles 9 locks
Fradley Visitor Centre 10 miles and 1¼ furlongs 10 locks
Junction Bridge No 51 10 miles and 2 furlongs 10 locks
Junction Lock No 17 10 miles and 2¼ furlongs 10 locks
Fradley Junction
Junction of Coventry Canal (Detached Portion) and Trent and Mersey Canal		 10 miles and 2½ furlongs 11 locks