Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Burton to Fradley)
The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Burton to Fradley) is a narrow canal and is part of the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line).
It runs for 10 miles and 2½ furlongs through 11 locks from Horninglow Basin (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton)) to Fradley Junction (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Fradley to Great Haywood) and the Coventry Canal (Detached Portion)).
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 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 86M - East Midlands (Leicester) 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
- Pearsons Canal Companion: South Midlands and Warwickshire Ring & Ashby and Connecting Canals
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Horninglow Basin Burton upon Trent half a mile southeast |
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| The Navigation PH (Horninglow) 100yds south from Br 32 along the A511 |
a few yards | 0 locks | |
| Bass Museum Visitor Moorings | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dallow Lane Bridge No 32A | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dallow Lane Lock No 7 | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Shobnall Fields Visitor Moorings | 3½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Shobnall Fields Bridge No 32B | 4 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Milepost - Shardlow 16 Miles / Preston Brook 76 Miles | 4 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Shobnall Road Bridge No 33 | 6¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| The Boat and Butty Café | 6½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Shobnall Marina Home of Jannel Cruisers |
6½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Marstons Brewery Bridge No 33B | 6¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Callister Way Bridge No 33C | 1 mile | 1 lock | |
| Milepost - Shardlow 17 Miles / Preston Brook 75 Miles | 1 mile and 2 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Pump House Pipe Bridge No 33D | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Ordish Bridge No 33E | 1 mile and 3¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Branston Lock No 8 | 1 mile and 5½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Nurton Bridge | 1 mile and 7¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Branston Bridge No 34 | 2 miles | 2 locks | |
| The Bridge Inn (Branston) Canalside with Shardlow 18 miles / Preston Brook 74 miles away. |
2 miles | 2 locks | |
| Branston Water Park | 2 miles and 2 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Tatenhill Lock Bridge No 35 | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Tatenhill Lock No 9 | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Tatenhill Lock Narrows | 2 miles and 6 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barton Turnover Bridge No 36 | 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barton Truck Stop | 3 miles and 5½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barton Holts Bridge No 37 | 4 miles and ¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barton Turn Bridge No 37A Shardlow 20 miles / Preston Brook 72 miles |
4 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Station Road Bridge No 37B | 4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barton Turn Visitor Moorings 48 hour moorings |
4 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barton Turn Bridge No 38 | 4 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barton Turn Lock No 10 | 4 miles and 4½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barton Marina (formerly Barton Turns Marina) |
4 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Mill Bridge Pipe Bridge | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Mill Bridge No 39 | 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Catholme Bridge No 40 | 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Catholme Flyover Bridge No 40A | 6 miles | 4 locks | |
| Wychnor Dogshead Bridge No 41 | 6 miles and ¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Wychnor Winding Hole | 6 miles and 2½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Wychnor Hall Bridge No 42 | 6 miles and 3½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Wychnor Bridge No 43 | 6 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Wychnor Lock No 11 | 6 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Wychnor Lock Winding Hole | 6 miles and 4 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Mill House Bridge No 44 | 6 miles and 6 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Wychnor Private Moorings | 6 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Wychnor Moorings Winding Hole | 7 miles | 5 locks | |
| Wychnor Church | 7 miles and ¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Cow Bridge No 45 | 7 miles and 1 furlong | 5 locks | |
| River Trent Leaves Trent and Mersey at Wychnor No access to River Trent |
7 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| River Trent Joins Trent and Mersey at Alrewas No access to River Trent |
7 miles and 5 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Alrewas Lock No 12 48 hour visitor moorings above the lock |
7 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Milepost - Shardlow 23 Miles / Preston Brook 69 Miles 48 hour visitor moorings |
7 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Gaskells Bridge No 46 Alrewas |
7 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Alrewas Visitor Moorings (48 hour) | 7 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Gallows Bridge No 47 | 8 miles and ¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Alrewas Visitor Moorings (14 day) | 8 miles and 1 furlong | 6 locks | |
| Alrewas Road Bridge No 48 48 hour visitor moorings SW of the bridge |
8 miles and 1½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Bagnall Winding Hole | 8 miles and 2 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Bagnall Lock Bridge No 49 | 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Bagnall Lock No 13 Alrewas village |
8 miles and 3 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Alrewas Bypass Bridge No 49A | 8 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Bagnall Pipe Bridge | 8 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Pyford Brook Aqueduct | 8 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Fradley Marina | 9 miles and 2 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Common Lock No 14 | 9 miles and 2½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Hunts Lock Long-Term Moorings Permit holders only |
9 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Hunts Lock No 15 | 9 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Keepers Bridge No 50 | 9 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Keeper's Lock No 16 | 10 miles | 9 locks | |
| Fradley Pool Nature Reserve 48 hour visitor moorings |
10 miles and ½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Fradley Canalside Café | 10 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Fradley Visitor Centre 48 hours maximum stay |
10 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Junction Bridge No 51 | 10 miles and 2 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Junction Lock No 17 | 10 miles and 2 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Fradley Junction Junction of Coventry Canal (Detached Portion) and Trent and Mersey Canal |
10 miles and 2½ furlongs | 11 locks |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
- The Boat & Butty - Café — associated with The Boat and Butty Café
- Café
- Barton Marina — associated with Barton Marina
- Barton Marina website
- The New Oakmoor Cafe | 304 Lichfield Road | Barton Under Needwood | Burton on Trent | Staffs DE13 8ED | Tel: 01283 712712 — associated with Barton Truck Stop
- a38 Cafe, Trasport Cafe & Family Cafe in Burton
- "Tonic required" from Canal World Discussion Forum — associated with Fradley Junction
- More pictures
- Marina | Live the Dream Narrowboats — associated with Fradley Marina
- Website for Fradley Marina
- Navigation Pub - Horninglow — associated with The Navigation PH (Horninglow)
- Public House
- The Bridge Inn - Italian Restaurant — associated with The Bridge Inn (Branston)
- Italian Restaurant
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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