Bridgewater Canal (Main Line)
The Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) is a broad canal and is part of the Bridgewater Canal.
It runs for 28 miles from Grocer's Wharf (which is a dead end) to Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn) (where it joins the Bridgewater Canal (Runcorn Locks Branch)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) at Stretford - Waters Meeting; with the Bridgewater Canal (Hulme Locks Branch) at Hulme Locks Branch - Bridgewater Canal Junction; with the Rochdale Canal at Castlefield Junction; with the Bridgewater Canal (Preston Brook Branch) at Preston Brook - Waters Meeting and with the Bridgewater Canal (Pomona Lock Branch) at Pomona Lock Branch Junction.
The navigational authority for this waterway is The Bridgewater Canal Company LimitedRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 83M - Cheshire Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 25M - Bridgewater Canal Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Grocer's Wharf Terminus of Bridgewater Canal |
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| Castle Quay Arm | ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Merchants Warehouse | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Castlefield Junction Junction of Bridgewater and Rochdale Canals |
¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Merchants Footbridge No 100B | 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Staffordshire, Kenworthy and other Arms See extra information about the water point. |
1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Potato Wharf Arm & The New Basin | 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Footbridge No 100A | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Infilled Potato Wharf Second Arm | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Egerton Street Bridge No 100 | 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hulme Locks Branch - Bridgewater Canal Junction Branch closed |
3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| St. Georges Island Footbridge | 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hulme Hall Arm | 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hulme Hall Road Winding Hole | 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hulme Hall Road Bridge No 99 | 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Former loading arm for Albert Mills | 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Railway Bridge No 98 | 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Railway Bridge No 97A | 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Hulme Hall Dry Dock | 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Cornbrook Road Bridge No 97 | 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pomona Lock Branch Junction Junction of Bridgewater Canal and Branch to Manchester Ship Canal |
1 mile and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Metrolink or Light Railway Bridge No 96 | 1 mile and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Throstles Nest Bridge No 95B | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Trafford Road Bridge No 95A | 1 mile and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Trafford Road Bridge No 95 | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wharfdale Way Bridge No 94A | 1 mile and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sir Matt Busby Way No 94 | 1 mile and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Manchester United Football Ground "Old Trafford" | 1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Warwick Road Bridge No 93 | 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Old Trafford Eastern Car Park Bridge | 1 mile and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Old Trafford Pipe Bridge | 2 miles and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Trafford Park Power Station Pipe Bridges | 2 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Old Trafford Western Car Park Bridge | 2 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Euroterminal First Bridge | 2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Euroterminal Bridge No 93 | 2 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Railway Bridge No 92 | 2 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Railway Bridge No 92 Footbridge | 2 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Frazer Place Pipe Bridge | 2 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stretford - Waters Meeting Junction of Bridgewater Canal Main Line and Stretford and Leigh Branch |
2 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stretford Railway Bridge No 42 | 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stretford Railway Bridge No 41 | 2 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Marland Way Footbridge No 40 | 2 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Marland Way Pipe Bridge | 3 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stretford Marina | 3 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Longford Old Bridge No 39 | 3 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Longford New Bridge No 39A | 3 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Longford Bridge Pipe Bridge | 3 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Edge Lane Old Bridge No 38 | 3 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Edge Lane New Bridge No 38A | 3 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Edge Lane Winding Hole | 3 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Watch House Cruising Club | 4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hawthorn Lane Aqueduct | 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hawthorn Lane Footpath Underbridge | 4 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Barfoot Aqueduct Aqueduct over River Mersey |
4 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| M60 Motorway Bridge No 37 Two bridges, one for junction 7 sliproad |
4 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dane Road Bridge No 36 | 4 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bridge Inn (Sale) Canalside |
4 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sale Wharf | 5 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sale Bridge No 35 | 5 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Marsland Bridge No 34 | 6 miles | 0 locks | |
| Sinderland Brook Aqueduct | 6 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Timperley Bridge No 33 | 7 miles | 0 locks | |
| Railway Bridge No 32 Stockport Line |
7 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Canal Road Underbridge Crossing a small stream |
7 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Broadheath Bridge No 30 | 7 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Linotype Works | 8 miles | 0 locks | |
| Oldfield Quay Pipe Bridge | 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Oldfield Quay | 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Seamon's Moss Pipe Bridge | 8 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Seamon's Moss Bridge No 29 | 8 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bay Malton PH Now Shut. |
8 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Seamon's Moss Winding Hole Possible Winding Hole??? |
8 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dunham School Bridge No 28 Narrow bridge with pipe bridge alongside |
9 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dunham Town Bridge No 27 | 9 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dunham Woodhouse Underbridge Woodhouse Lane (B5160) |
10 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| River Bollin Aqueduct 270yds(247m) of narrow channel across aqueduct |
10 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bollington Underbridge | 10 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Little Bollington Winding Hole | 10 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ye Olde Number 3 Transit Moorings 24 hour moorings - No return within 3 days |
11 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ye Olde Number 3 PH Ye Olde No 3 is a pub which has given its name to the general area. |
11 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Agden Pipe Bridge | 11 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Agden Bridge No 26 | 11 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Warrington Lane Wharf Lymm Marina / Hesford Marine |
11 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Barn Owl Inn Canalside |
12 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Burford Lane Underbridge | 12 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Grantham's Bridge No 25 | 12 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Oughtrington Bridge Winding Hole | 12 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Oughtrington Wharf | 12 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Oughtrington Bridge No 24 | 12 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lymm Wharf Winding Hole | 13 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lymm Wharf Lymm Crusing Club |
13 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| The Bulls Head PH 50yds south over Lymm Bridge along "The Cross" |
13 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lymm Bridge No 23 Lymm, footbridge is next to road bridge |
13 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Golden Fleece PH Canalside |
13 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lymm Visitor Moorings Resticted mooring, maximum stay 48 hours, no return in 3 days between Lymm Bridge and Brookfield Bridge |
13 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Whitbororgh Aqueduct No 22A | 13 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Whitbororgh Winding Hole | 13 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Brookfield Bridge No 22 | 13 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lymm Winding Hole | 14 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Barsbank Aqueduct | 14 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ditchfield Bridge No 21 | 14 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| M6 Thelwall Viaduct | 15 miles | 0 locks | |
| Thelwall Winding Hole | 15 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Thelwall Underbridge Over Half Acre Lane |
15 miles and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pickering's Bridge No 19 Pipe bridge alongside, access along track off A56 - opposite All Saints Drive |
15 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Cliff Lane Underbridge | 16 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Knutsford Road Bridge No 18 | 16 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Grappenhall Bridge No 17 | 16 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16 | 17 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lumb Brook Underbridge Stockton Heath |
18 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stockton Quay Bridge No 15 Wharf and Warehouse |
18 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Red Lane Bridge No 14 | 18 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hough's Bridge No 13 Lower Walton |
19 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Walton Lea Footbridge | 19 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Walton Lea Bridge No 12 Entrance to Walton Park up steps by bridge |
19 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Walton Arms PH | 19 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Walton Bridge No 11 | 19 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Chester Road Bridge No 10 A56 Road Bridge and wharf |
20 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Chester Road Underbridge | 20 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Thomason's Bridge No 9 | 20 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Acton Grange Pipe Bridge | 20 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Acton Grange Bridge No 8 | 20 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Moore Village Store | 20 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Moore Wharf Private moorings |
21 miles and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Moore Bridge No 7 | 21 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| The Red Lion PH (Moore) | 21 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Moorfield Winding Hole | 21 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Moorfield Bridge No 6 Pedestrian access from Runcorn Rd |
21 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Keckwick Pipe Bridge | 21 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Keckwick Bridge No 5A | 21 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Keckwick Bridge No 5 A558 Road Bridge crosses just north of here |
21 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Keckwick Hill Bridge No 4 | 22 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| George Gleaves Bridge No 3 | 22 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Red Brow Underbridge | 23 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Preston Brook - Waters Meeting Junction of the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) with the Bridgewater Canal (Preston Brook Branch) |
23 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Preston Brook Roving Bridge | 23 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Norton Railway Aqueduct Preston Brook Marina |
23 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Norton Arm Junction Duke's Wharf |
23 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Preston Brook Marina | 23 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Preston Brook Services Bridgewater Canal Company services |
23 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Crawley's Bridge No 68 | 23 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Borrows Bridge No 69 | 23 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Railway Bridge No 70 | 24 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Norton Town Bridge No 71 | 24 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| New Norton Bridge No 71A | 24 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Norton Bridge No 72 | 24 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| New Norton Bridge No 73 | 24 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Old Norton Townfield Bridge No 74 | 25 miles and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Green's Bridge No 75 | 25 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Busway Bridge No 76 | 25 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Astmoor Spine Road Bridge No 77 | 25 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Astmoor Bridge No 78 | 26 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Expressway Bridge No 79 | 26 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Expressway Bridge No 80 | 26 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bate's Bridge No 81 | 26 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ockleston's Wharf | 26 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Runcorn Pipe Bridge | 26 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Footbridge No 82 | 27 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| A533 Road Bridge No 83 | 27 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Delph Bridge No 84 | 27 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sprinch Arm Junction Short arm with dry dock |
27 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Busway Bridge No 85 | 27 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Victoria Arm Junction | 27 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Brindley Moorings Outside Brindley Theatre |
27 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Footbridge No 86 | 27 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Doctors Bridge No 87 | 27 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Runcorn-Widnes Bridge No 88 | 27 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Waterloo Bridge Winding Hole | 28 miles | 0 locks | |
| Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn) The limit of navigation. |
28 miles | 0 locks |
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- The Walton Arms Country Pub & Restaurant in Warrington — associated with Walton Arms PH
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- Ye Olde No 3 PH — associated with Ye Olde Number 3 PH
- Public House
- Barn Owl Inn — associated with Barn Owl Inn
- Public House
- Bridge Inn (Sale) — associated with Bridge Inn (Sale)
- Public House
- Bulls Head PH — associated with The Bulls Head PH
- Public House
- Home - BMBC — associated with Sprinch Arm Junction
- Bridgewater Motor Boat Club
Wikipedia has a page about Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
The canal is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal via a lock at Cornbrook; to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester; to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn; and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh. It once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
The Bridgewater canal is described as the first great achievement of the canal age, although the Sankey Canal opened earlier. Bridgewater captured the public imagination because of its engineering feats; it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, and a tunnel at Worsley. Its success helped inspire a period of intense canal building in Britain, known as Canal Mania. It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Macclesfield Canal. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals.
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