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Wissington Sugar Beet Factory Bridge

 
College Road, King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE33 9US, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Wissington Sugar Beet Factory Bridge is a minor waterways place on the River Great Ouse (River Wissey) between River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction (Junction of the River Great Ouse with the River Wissey ) (5 miles and 1¼ furlongs to the west) and River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction (Junction of the River Wissey and the Cut-Off Channel) (3 miles and 2 furlongs to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction is Wissington Pipe Bridge; 1¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction is Wissington New Road Bridge; ½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.

Hilgay EA Moorings3 miles, ½ furlongs
Hilgay Village Green Moorings3 miles, ¼ furlongs
Skipwith Corner2 miles, 5¼ furlongs
Wissington Light Railway Bridge2½ furlongs
Wissington Pipe Bridge1¼ furlongs
Wissington Sugar Beet Factory Bridge
Wissington New Road Bridge½ furlongs
Methwold Common Lode1 mile, 2½ furlongs
Stoke Ferry Fen Lode1 mile, 4¾ furlongs
River Wissey - Methwold Lode Junction1 mile, 6¼ furlongs
Northwell Fen Lode2 miles, 5 furlongs
 
 
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External websites
 Great Ouse Navigation | boating, moorings, navigation notices — associated with River Great Ouse
Information regarding the Great Ouse navigation and tributaries.
  Information for boaters on the River Great Ouse - GOV.UK  — associated with River Great Ouse
River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
 Facebook Account — associated with River Great Ouse
Anglian Waterways Manager Facebook Account
 Facebook Anglian Waterways Page — associated with River Great Ouse
Facebook Page for Environment Agency Anglian Waterways
 
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Nearest water point

In the direction of River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction

Denver Sluice6 miles, 2½ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Sluice
Windmill EA Mooring6 miles, 7¾ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Windmill EA Mooring
Downham Market Road Bridge7 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Downham Market Road Bridge
West Head Road Bridge10 miles, 1½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to West Head Road Bridge
Stowbridge Heron EA Moorings10 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Stowbridge Heron EA Moorings
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen12 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen
Upwell Church Bridge Public Staithe (visitor mooring)12 miles, 4½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Upwell Church Bridge Public Staithe (visitor mooring)
Prickwillow Visitor Moorings (EA)18 miles, 2¾ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (River Lark) to Prickwillow Visitor Moorings (EA)
Willow Walk Visitor Moorings19 miles, 7 furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Willow Walk Visitor Moorings
March Boater Services20 miles and 3 locks away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to March Boater Services

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction

Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction
Denver Relief Channel Lock Weir Entrance6 miles, 2¼ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Denver Relief Channel Lock Weir Entrance
Denver Junction6 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction
Salter's Lode Junction6 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction
Welmore Sluice8 miles, ½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Welmore Sluice
Brandon Creek Junction10 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Brandon Creek Junction
Holmes River Junction14 miles, 2¾ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Holmes River Junction
Old West River - River Lark Junction16 miles, 2 furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction
Little Ouse - Lakenheath Lode Junction16 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Brandon Creek Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Little Ouse or Brandon Creek) to Little Ouse - Lakenheath Lode Junction
Great Ouse - Middle Level Main Drain Junction16 miles, 2 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Middle Level Main Drain Junction
Great Ouse - Mill Basin Junction16 miles, 3 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Mill Basin Junction
Great Ouse - Smeeth Lode Junction16 miles, 3½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Smeeth Lode Junction
Prickwillow Winding Hole18 miles, 3 furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (River Lark) to Prickwillow Winding Hole
Great Ouse - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction18 miles, 3½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction
Willow Walk Winding Hole19 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Willow Walk Winding Hole
Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction18 miles, 7 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Great Ouse - River Nar Junction19 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - River Nar Junction

In the direction of Oxborough Wharf

River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction3 miles, 2 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Oxborough Wharf
Stringside Drain4 miles, 3¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Oxborough Wharf

Nearest boatyard pump-out

Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[River Wissey] population at the head of the navigation. A sugar-beet factory was built on the banks in 1925 at Wissington, which could only be accessed by river or railway [River Great Ouse] fleet of over 100 barges, and three tugs and 24 barges from the Wissington sugar beet factory on the River Wissey also operated on the river. Local commercial [East of England] private label (supermarket) products. British Sugar's Wissington is the world's largest sugar beet factory in Methwold, on the B1160 near the River Wissey
 
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River Wissey - Wikipedia
Wissington bridge is relatively new, as there was no road access to the sugar- beet factory below it when it was built in 1925. The road to the factory has since been ...
External Post Tensioning - Wissington Sugar Factory Silo Repair
Feb 23, 2017 ... Wissington Sugar Factory in Norfolk is the largest sugar beet factory in the world. The factory's silo two was constructed in the 1970s and is 50 ...
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Wissington Light Railway. Wissington Sugar Beet Factory. Island. B1160 Wissington bridge. Lake. Methwold Lode. Wretton Fen Pumping Stn. Cut-off Channel.
Denver Sat 24 Aug 2013 - Harnser's Travels
Aug 24, 2013 ... The water point is right against the bridge so I had to join two hoses ... As we approached the sugarbeet factory at Wissington a Heron was ...
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Image may contain: sky, cloud, plant, tree, bridge, grass and ... Wissington Sugar Factory is not in Southery itself but within smelling distance and has had a large ...
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A sugar-beet factory was built on the banks in 1925 at Wissington, which could only be ... Wissington bridge is relatively new, as there was no road access to the  ...
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Jan 20, 2019 ... Peregrine falcon chicks Image caption The birds have successfully bred at The Mill on Ipswich waterfront since the site was first established in ...
Successful application of dextranase in sugar beet factories.
Industrial conditions that affect the efficiency of dextranases. • Trials on the use of dextranase at Wissington British Sugar factory in the 2009/10 campaign y. p g.
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Opened 09 Feb 1879 and replacing a wooden bridge, the new bridge was ... as 1925 sugar beet was taken into the new sugar factory at Wissington by barge.
World class sugar producers | British Sugar, UK
A homegrown success story - We partner with 3500 growers and supply 60?f the UK's sugar market to build a sugar beet industry that works for Britain.