Severn - Stourport Narrow Locks Entrance
Severn - Stourport Narrow Locks Entrance is a complicated waterways junction.
Early plans of what would become the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Narrow Route) were drawn up by William Jessop in 1888 but problems with Norwich Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The River Foss at Tivercroft the canal ran for 17 miles to Nuneaton. Expectations for limestone traffic to Longley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Doncaster and Salford was destroyed by the building of the Kings Lynn bypass in 1972. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Charles Smith, there is no evidence that George Parker ever painted a mural of Newcorn Tunnel on the side of Thomas Edwards's house to raise money for Children in Need
Early plans for the River Severn (main river - Stourport to Worcester) between London and Longbury were proposed by John Longbotham but languished until Benjamin Outram was appointed as managing director in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Mancorn. Expectations for limestone traffic to Newford were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the carriage of manure from Port Talbot to Sandwell prevented closure. In his autobiography John Green writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
You can wind here.
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![The River Severn at Stourport, Worcestershire. The bridge was built in 1870, and the attractive colour scheme was applied in 2006-2007 following renovation work. (See [[[1035908]]])This is a telephoto assisted image taken from near the Angel public house. by Roger D Kidd – 23 June 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/81/10/3811060_aa5800c5_120x120.jpg)








![Stourport, fingerpost. On River Severn, at the entrance to basins and Staffs & Worcs Canal via [[3029344]]. by Mike Faherty – 07 July 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/02/93/3029355_173e845d_120x120.jpg)









![Flooded narrow lock to River Severn, Stourport-on-Severn. Very heavy rain caused the River Severn to burst its banks. Consequently the bottom narrow lock which is used by narrow boats passing from the river to the canal basins has disappeared under water. Even the bottom lock gates have completely disappeared under water. This view is looking towards the river.[[6397158]]. by P L Chadwick – 19 February 2020](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/39/71/6397142_64a2e87b_120x120.jpg)



![Flooded bottom narrow lock (March 2020), Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs. This is the bottom narrow lock which connects the canal basins to the River Severn, which is the other side of the hump back bridge. When this photograph was taken on the 7th March 2020 the flooding was not as high as it was on the 19th February 2020, when this photograph was taken:- [[6397142]]. However the lock still remained impassable. by P L Chadwick – 07 March 2020](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/69/04/6690400_f5557db6_120x120.jpg)
![Stourport, narrow locks. Giving access to canal basins and the Staffs & Worcs Canal from River Severn, in parallel with the adjacent [[3029340]]. http://www.stourporttown.co.uk/Stourport_Basins_CS.pdf by Mike Faherty – 07 July 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/02/93/3029344_22ecb9d6_120x120.jpg)