Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourton to Aldersley)
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourton to Aldersley) was built by John Longbotham and opened on 17 September 1888. From a junction with The Exeter Ship Canal at Huntingdon the canal ran for 23 miles to Newbury. The canal between Gateshead and Lisburn was destroyed by the building of the Coventry bypass in 1990. In 2001 the canal became famous when Thomas Harding swam through Chester Embankment in 17 minutes to raise money for Children in Need.
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourton to Aldersley) is a narrow canal and is part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
It runs for 12 miles and 6¼ furlongs through 18 locks from Stourton Junction (where it joins the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Stourport to Stourton) and the Stourbridge Canals (Main Line)) to Aldersley Junction (where it joins the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line: Aldersley to Autherley) and the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line)).
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 6 inches. The maximum draught is 3 feet and 7 inches.
Notable features of the waterway include The Bratch
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Travels:
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 35M - Staffs and Worcester Canal Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 88M - Stourport Ring Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Stourton Junction Junction of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Main Line) and the Stourbridge Canal. |
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| Stourton Moorings 5 day moorings |
¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stourton Aqueduct | 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Devil's Den | 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Prestwood Bridge No 34 | 1 mile and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Gothersley Winding Hole | 1 mile and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gothersley Bridge No 35 | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gothersley Lock No 14 | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Rocky Lock No 15 | 2 miles | 1 lock | |
| Wimsey Wharf Private moorings |
2 miles and 1 furlong | 2 locks | |
| Flatheridge Bridge No 36 | 2 miles and 2½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Ashwood Basin | 2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Greensforge Visitor Moorings 48hr Moorings |
2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Greensforge Bridge No 37 | 2 miles and 6 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Navigation Inn (Greensforge) | 2 miles and 6 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Greensforge Lock No 16 | 2 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Greensforge Wharf Services Max. 1/2 hour mooring |
2 miles and 6½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hinksford Bridge No 38 | 3 miles and 4 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hinksford Aqueduct | 3 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Heart of England Narrowboats Hire Base | 3 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Hinksford Lock | 3 miles and 6½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hinksford Lock Bridge No 39 | 3 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hinksford Lock No 17 | 3 miles and 7 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Swindon Visitor Moorings 5 day moorings |
4 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Swindon Bridge No 40 | 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Swindon Lock Bridge | 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Swindon Lock No 18 | 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Swindon | 4 miles and 2½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Marsh Bridge No 41 | 4 miles and 3 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Marsh Lock No 19 | 4 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Pipe Bridge (Water from Hampton Loade to Sedgley Beacon) | 4 miles and 5 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Botterham Bottom Lock Footbridge | 4 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Botterham Bridge No 42 | 4 miles and 6 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Botterham Staircase Locks Nos 20 and 21 Botterham Bridge No 42 crosses the staircase. |
4 miles and 6 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Wombourne Bridge No 43 | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Waggon and Horses PH A Marston's pub |
5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Giggetty Bridge No 44 | 5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Giggetty Pipe Bridge | 5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Wom Brook Aqueduct | 5 miles and 6 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Houndel Footbridge | 6 miles and ¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Houndel Bridge No 45 | 6 miles and ¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Round Oak PH | 6 miles and ¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Bumblehole Bridge No 46 | 6 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Bumblehole Lock No 22 | 6 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| The Bratch Winding Hole | 6 miles and 2½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Bratch Bridge No 47 | 6 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Bratch Aqueduct | 6 miles and 4 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Bratch Bottom Lock No 23 This is the bottom lock of a Flight of 3 |
6 miles and 4 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Bratch Middle Lock No 24 This is the middle lock of a Flight of 3 |
6 miles and 4 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Upper Bratch Bridge No 48 | 6 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Bratch Top Lock No 25 This is the top lock of a Flight of 3 |
6 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Bratch Visitor Moorings 48 hour moorings |
6 miles and 6 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Awbridge Bridge No 49 | 7 miles and 3 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Awbridge Lock No 26 | 7 miles and 3 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Pipe Bridge and Site of Bridge No 50 | 7 miles and 5½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Ebstree Lock No 27 | 7 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Dimingsdale Lock | 8 miles and ¾ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Dimmingsdale Lock No 28 | 8 miles and 1 furlong | 14 locks | |
| Dimmingsdale Lock Moorings | 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Dimmingsdale Wharf | 8 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Dimmingsdale Bridge No 53 With a "horrible" pipe bridge alongside. |
8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Mops Farm Bridge No 54 | 9 miles | 15 locks | |
| Castlecroft Bridge No 55 | 9 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Wightwick Bridge Visitor Moorings | 9 miles and 7½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Mermaid Hire Cruisers | 9 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Wightwick Bridge No 56 | 9 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Wightwick Bridge No 57 | 10 miles and ¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Wightwick Lock No 29 | 10 miles and 1 furlong | 15 locks | |
| Winding Hole above Wightwick Lock | 10 miles and 1 furlong | 16 locks | |
| Wightwick Mill Bridge No 58 | 10 miles and 2½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Wightwick Mill Lock No 30 | 10 miles and 2½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Compton Bridge Visitor Moorings 48 hour moorings |
10 miles and 6½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Fiume Italian Bar & Restaurant | 10 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Compton Bridge No 59 | 10 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Compton Pipe Bridge | 10 miles and 7 furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Compton Visitor Moorings 48 hour moorings |
10 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Compton Bridge No 60 | 10 miles and 7½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Compton Lock No 31 | 10 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Compton Moorings (5 day) | 11 miles and ¼ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Tettenhall Rail Bridge | 11 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Tettenhall Old Bridge No 61 | 11 miles and 6 furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Tettenhall New Bridge No 62 | 11 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Tettenhall Boat Club | 11 miles and 6½ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Double Pennant Arm & Boatyard | 12 miles and ¾ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Hordern Road Bridge No 62A There is a pipe bridge under this bridge. |
12 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Former Courtaulds Sidings Railway Bridge | 12 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Wildside Activity Centre | 12 miles and 1½ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Dunstall Water Bridge No 63 | 12 miles and 3 furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Aldersley Junction Junction of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Main Line with the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line |
12 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 18 locks |
- Heart of England Narrowboats | Canal Boat Holidays — associated with Heart of England Narrowboats Hire Base
- Luxury canal boat holidays in the UK. Based on the beautiful and historic Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal.
- Visit Bratch Locks - Discover its history & architecture — associated with Bratch Middle Lock No 24
- Bratch Locks are a delightful feature of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal situated in the leafy outskirts of Wombourne.
- Visit Bratch Locks - Discover its history & architecture — associated with Bratch Top Lock No 25
- Bratch Locks are a delightful feature of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal situated in the leafy outskirts of Wombourne.
- Visit Bratch Locks - Discover its history & architecture — associated with Bratch Bridge No 47
- Bratch Locks are a delightful feature of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal situated in the leafy outskirts of Wombourne.
- Visit Bratch Locks - Discover its history & architecture — associated with Bratch Bottom Lock No 23
- Bratch Locks are a delightful feature of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal situated in the leafy outskirts of Wombourne.
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