Oakwood Marina

Oakwood Marina is on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) near to Taunfield.
Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Polehampton Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Expectations for coal traffic to Bradford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Longfield power station was enough to keep it open. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) was closed in 1955 when Northampton Embankment collapsed. In Arthur Taylor's "By Mooring Pin and Lump Hammer Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Southampton Inclined plane during the General Strike.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor), mooring rings or bollards are available. The marina has visitors moorings .
Facilities: chemical toilet disposal, coal for sale, rubbish disposal, showers, toilets, water point, laundrette and electric hook up.
You can wind here.
| Murder Bridge No 177 | 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Richardson's Bridge No 178 | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Lodge Bridge No 179 | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 180A | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Whatcroft Flash | 3 furlongs | |
| Oakwood Marina | ||
| Billinge Green Bridge No 181 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Park Farm Marina | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Billinge Green Pipe Bridges | 3½ furlongs | |
| Orchard Marina | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Mort's Bridge No 182 | 5¼ furlongs | |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
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![Narrow boat pair pass Billinge Green flash, Trent & Mersey Canal, 1970. Narrow boats 'Petrel' and butty 'Moon' head north through Billinge Green flash, caused by subsidence of land around the canal due to salt extraction. This flash, and the larger one at Whatcroft, were infamously used in the 1950s as 'dumping spots' by British Waterways Board for surplus narrow boats. The skeletal remains of one can be seen on the right.'Petrel' was built in 1914 for Fellows, Morton & Clayton, and 'Moon' in 1935 for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co. By 1970 they were operated by Union Canal Carriers of Braunston. For more details see Petrel: https://hnbc.org.uk/boats/petrel & Moon: https://hnbc.org.uk/boats/moon.They are following another UCC pair which I photographed earlier: [[7802948]]. by Martin Tester – 05 September 1970](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/80/37/7803796_1682c1cd_120x120.jpg)



























