Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stafford Riverway Link)
The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
This Navigation was a branch of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. It left the main canal at Baswich, near St.Thomas’ Bridge (Bridge 101), opposite the site of the former Baswich Salt Works (now the Baswich Industrial Estate) and there was an elegant Roving Bridge at the junction. There was then a small pound (about 100 feet long and 20 feet wide) with sandstone walls, and a lock house on the left. The channel led to a trough aqueduct over a drainage channel, before entering a lock, which was known as Baswich Lock or St.Thomas’ Lock. The lock was built to the same dimensions as locks on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and had a nominal fall of 6 feet 6 inches but the actual amount depended on the river level. Boats would leave the lock and turn left to enter the River Sow directly. After about a mile upstream, boats would enter a short channel that led to a wharf just before Green Bridge in the centre of Stafford. More info at www.stafford-riverway-link.co.uk The route shown here is the original route of the canal before closure. The new navigation will follow a different route down to the River Sow due to realignment of both the Sow and Penk over the years
This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "under restoration"
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 35M3 - Stafford Riverway Link Map (Free Download)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Staffordshire and Worcestershire - Stafford Branch Junction Junction of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal with the Stafford Branch. |
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| Penk Aqueduct | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of St. Thomas Lock | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sow - Stafford Branch Junction Junction of the River Sow with the Stafford Branch. |
¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Fairway Bridge | 5½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Riverway Bridge | 7¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Queensway Bridge | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Sow Footbridge No 1 | 1 mile and 2 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Sow Footbridge No 2 | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Green Bridge (Stafford) | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Victoria Park (Stafford) | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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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.