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Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Route)

 
 
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The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Route) is a broad canal and is part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins). It runs for 1¼ furlongs through 2 locks from Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance (where it joins the River Severn (main river - Stourport to Worcester)) to Stourport Upper Basin (where it joins the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Lichfield Basin) and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Narrow Route)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 80 feet long and 15 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Locks to Narrow Locks at Stourport Lower Basin - between Broad Locks.

This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "narrow boats should normally use the narrow locks"

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust

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Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance
The Broad Locks are for Wide Beam Boats only. Narrowboats are to use the Narrow Locks.
Stourport Lower Broad Lock ¼ furlongs 0 locks
Stourport Lower Basin - between Broad Locks ½ furlongs 1 lock
Stourport Upper Broad Lock ¾ furlongs 1 lock
Stourport Upper Basin 1¼ furlongs 2 locks
 
 
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Wikipedia has a page about Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands. It is 46 miles (74 km) long, linking the River Severn at Stourport in Worcestershire with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Haywood Junction by Great Haywood.

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[Stourton, Staffordshire] Wollaston and Kinver, the nearest hamlets are Prestwood and Dunsley. It lies on the River Stour. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and Stourbridge [Stourbridge Canal] The Stourbridge Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England. It links the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (at Stourton Junction, affording [Shropshire Union Canal] River Mersey to the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Autherley Junction in Wolverhampton. Other links are to the Llangollen Canal (at Hurleston Junction) [Staffordshire] Wightwick Manor The Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. Staffordshire portal Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire High Sheriff of Staffordshire List of MPs for [Autherley Junction] is the name of the canal junction where the Shropshire Union Canal terminates and meets the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near to Oxley, north [Kinver] Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal passes through, running close to the course of the meandering [Aldersley Junction] the name of the canal junction where the Birmingham Main Line Canal terminates and meets the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near to Oxley, north [Stourport-on-Severn] Stourport came into being around the canal basins at the Severn terminus of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was completed in 1768. In 1772 [River Stour, Worcestershire] Worcestershire, the West Midlands and Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England. The Stour is a major tributary of the River Severn, and it
 
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