Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Fradley to Great Haywood)
The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Fradley to Great Haywood) is a narrow canal and is part of the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line).
It runs for 12 miles and 1¾ furlongs through 5 locks from Fradley Junction (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Burton to Fradley) and the Coventry Canal (Detached Portion)) to Great Haywood Junction (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Autherley to Great Haywood)).
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 7 feet and 8 inches. The maximum draught is 3 feet and 3 inches.
The waterway passes through Rugeley
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Travels:
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 28M - Trent and Mersey Canal Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 85M - Black Country Ring Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals
- Pearson's Canal Companion: Stourport Ring; Black Country Canals; Birmingham Canal Navigations
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Fradley Junction Junction of Coventry Canal (Detached Portion) and Trent and Mersey Canal |
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| The Swan PH (Fradley) Canalside |
a few yards | 0 locks | |
| Shop and Marine Services at Fradley Junction Shardow 25 miles / Preston Brook 67 miles |
a few yards | 0 locks | |
| Kingfisher Café Kingfisher Holiday Park |
¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Fradley Middle Lock No 18 | 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Shadehouse Lock Bridge No 52 | 1¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Shadehouse Lock No 19 | 2 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Fradley Visitor Moorings (14 day) | 2½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Wood End Corner The most southerly point on the Trent and Mersey Canal |
6 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Full Brook Aqueduct | 6 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Curborough Brook Aqueduct | 6¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Milepost - Shardlow 26 Miles / Preston Brook 66 Miles | 6½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Wood End Bridge No 53 | 1 mile | 2 locks | |
| Woodend Lock No 20 | 1 mile | 2 locks | |
| Milepost - Shardlow 27 Miles / Preston Brook 65 Miles | 1 mile and 6 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Wharf Farm Barn Marina Home to the Burton Boat Co. Ltd. |
1 mile and 7¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Kings Bromley Bridge No 54 | 2 miles and ½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Kings Bromley Wharf | 2 miles and ¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Kings Bromley Waterside and Marina | 2 miles and 1½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Kings Bromley Aqueduct | 2 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Magazine Bridge No 55 With pipe bridge alongside |
2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Milepost - Shardlow 28 Miles / Preston Brook 64 miles | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Tuppenhurst Farm Aqueduct | 3 miles and 1½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Tuppenhurst Bridge No 56 | 3 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Tuppenhurst Aqueduct | 3 miles and 3 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Tuppenhurst Corner | 3 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Royles Bridge No 57 | 3 miles and 4½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Milepost - Shardlow 29 Miles / Preston Brook 63 Miles | 3 miles and 6 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Handsacre Winding Hole | 3 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Handsacre Visitor Moorings | 3 miles and 7 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| The Crown Inn (Handsacre) Canalside |
3 miles and 7½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Handsacre Crown Bridge No 58 | 3 miles and 7½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Kents Bridge No 59 | 4 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Armitage Railway Bridge No 59A | 4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Armitage Shanks Factory | 4 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Armitage Shanks Moorings Offside moorings with access to local shops |
4 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Milepost - Shardlow 30 Miles / Preston Brook 62 Miles | 4 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| High Bridge No 60 | 4 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Church Bridge No 61 | 5 miles | 3 locks | |
| The Plum Pudding PH Canalside |
5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Former Armitage Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 5 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Rugeley Road Bridge No 61A Replaces the former Armitage Tunnel |
5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Armitage Tunnel Footbridge | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Former Armitage Tunnel (western entrance) | 5 miles and 3 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Spode House | 5 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Spode House Long-term Moorings Permit holders only |
5 miles and 5½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Ash Tree Bridge Water Point Located on the offside, at one end of the long-term moorings. |
5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Ash Tree Bridge No 62 | 5 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| The Ash Tree PH Canalside with Pub moorings for 2-3 boats |
5 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Ash Tree Boat Club | 5 miles and 7½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Bridge No 62A (Trent and Mersey Canal) | 5 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Bridge No 63 (demolished) | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Coal Board Bridge No 63a | 6 miles and 3½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Brewers Bridge No 64 Also called Glover's Hill Bridge |
6 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Mossley Bridge No 65 | 6 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Rugeley Winding Hole | 6 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Rugeley Railway Bridge No 65A (disused) | 7 miles and ¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Rugeley Railway Bridge No 65B | 7 miles and ½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Rugeley Visitor Moorings | 7 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Tan Yard Bridge No 66 | 7 miles and 2 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Rugeley North Visitor Moorings 7 day visitor moorings |
7 miles and 4 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Church Bridge No 67 | 7 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Brindley Bank Corner | 8 miles and 2 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Brindley Bank Aqueduct Aqueduct over the River Trent |
8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Brindley Bank Aqueduct Visitor Moorings | 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Rugeley Bypass Bridge No 67A | 8 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Bridge No 68 (Trent and Mersey Canal) | 8 miles and 4½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Bridge No 68 Winding Hole | 8 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Taft Farm | 9 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Taft Bridge No 69 | 9 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Wolseley Bridge No 70 | 9 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Colwich Lock Bridge No 71 | 10 miles and 5½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Colwich Lock No 21 | 10 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Colwich Railway Bridge No 71A | 10 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Meadow Lane Bridge No 72 | 11 miles and ¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Iron Bridge No 72A | 11 miles and 7 furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Essex Bridge Visitor Moorings | 11 miles and 7½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Trent Lane Bridge No 73 | 12 miles | 4 locks | |
| Haywood Lock No 22 Great Haywood village and Shugborough Hall |
12 miles | 4 locks | |
| Great Haywood Visitor Moorings 48-hour visitor moorings |
12 miles and 1 furlong | 5 locks | |
| Great Haywood Junction Junction of Trent and Mersey and Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canals |
12 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 5 locks |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
- The Swan PH at Fradley Junction — associated with The Swan PH (Fradley)
- Public House
- Tonic required. Send in your photos of what is nice on the waterways now. - Page 497 - General Boating - Canal World — associated with Fradley Middle Lock No 18
- Kings Bromley Waterside & Marina - Aquavista — associated with Kings Bromley Waterside and Marina
- Kings Bromley Waterside & Marina offers leisure, visitor & winter moorings on the Trent & Mersey next to the Cathedral City of Lichfield in Staffordshire
- Ash Tree Boat Club — associated with Ash Tree Boat Club
- Ash Tree Pub — associated with The Ash Tree PH
- Public House
- "Tonic required" from Canal World Discussion Forum — associated with Fradley Junction
- More pictures
- All change at Fradley article — associated with Shop and Marine Services at Fradley Junction
- narrowboatworld
- Plum Pudding PH — associated with The Plum Pudding PH
- Public House
Wikipedia has a page about Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93 1⁄2-mile (150 km) canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.
The narrow locks and bridges are big enough for a single narrowboat 7 feet (2.1 m) wide by 72 feet (22 m) long, while the wide locks can accommodate boats 14 feet (4.3 m) wide, or two narrowboats next to each other.
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