Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Main section)
The Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Main section) is a broad canal and is part of the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal).
It runs for 25 miles and 6½ furlongs through 36 locks from Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction (where it joins the River Thames (above Lechlade) and the River Thames (above Oxford)) to Bourne Bridge (where it joins the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide/long lock section)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 90 feet long and 12 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has a junction with the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Whelford Canal Feeder) at Whelford Canal Feeder Arm.
Notable features of the waterway include Sapperton Tunnel
This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "under restoration"
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 55M - Cotswold Canals Map (Free Download)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction Junctions of the River Thames, Thames and Severn Canal and the River Coln (Inglesham) |
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| Inglesham Warehouse Originally built as a warehouse, the warehouse operations were soon moved into Lechlade. Now a private cottage. |
a few yards | 0 locks | |
| Inglesham Roundhouse This roundhouse has an inverted (funnel shaped) roof for collecting rain as drinking water. |
¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Inglesham Lock Bridge Access bridge for Inglesham Roundhouse & cottage (private) |
¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Inglesham Lock No 44 Restoration in progress by WRG |
¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Inglesham Basin Basin for loading/unloading goods from/to the warehouse here. |
¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Dudgrove Double Lock Nos 42 and 43 Upper and lower chambers derelict |
5¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Dudgrove Farm Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hamfield Bridge | 1 mile and 7½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Green Lane Bridge (Kempsford) | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Kempsford Bridge It is by no means certain yet that the restored canal will follow the original line and cross the road here. |
3 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Whelford Canal Feeder Arm Navigable feeder providing water from the R. Coln via Whelford. |
3 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Kempsford Swing Bridge | 3 miles and 4½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Oatlands Bridge Approx 1 mile west of Kempsford |
4 miles and ¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Blackgore Bridge | 4 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Crooked Bridge | 4 miles and 6 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Marston Meysey Roundhouse Another attractive and well preserved roundhouse, formerly a lengthsman's accommodation. |
5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Marston Meysey Bridge | 5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Ruck's Bridge Restored by CCT |
6 miles | 3 locks | |
| Eysey Lock No 41 Restored in 2012. |
6 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Eysey Lock Cottage | 6 miles and 1½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Eysey Bridge | 6 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Cricklade Wharf The Wharf House is instantly recognisable as Thames & Severn Co. architecture. |
7 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Cricklade Bridge | 7 miles and 6 furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Site of Latton Lock No 40 Now irretrievably buried underneath the A419. |
8 miles and ½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Latton Bridge Site of the bridge that carried the Ermin Way (Roman road) over the canal. |
8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Weymoor Bridge Provided access to Latton Basin from Latton. |
8 miles and 5½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Latton Junction Junction of the Thames & Severn and North Wilts Canals. |
8 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Cerney Wick Bridge The nearby public house, The Crown, is a popular eating & drinking place. |
9 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Cerney Wick Lock No 39 Restored in the 1980s. |
9 miles and 3½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Cerney Wick Roundhouse One of five roundhouses along the T&S providing accommodation for the lengthsmen. |
9 miles and 3½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Cotswold Water Park Visitor Centre Coot's Cafe, Cotswold Outdoor store & The Old Boathouse PH. |
10 miles and 1½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Spine Road Bridge (east) Rebuilt 2003 |
10 miles and 2 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Wildmoorway Lock Bridge Restored in the late 1990s. |
10 miles and 2½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Wildmoorway Lower Lock Cottage Recently restored. |
10 miles and 2½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Wildmoorway Lower Lock No 38 Restored in 1994/5. |
10 miles and 2½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Humpback Bridge Location is approximate as the bridge has long since vanished. |
10 miles and 3½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Wildmoorway Upper Lock No 37 Derelict. |
10 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Boxwell Spring Lock No 36 Restored 1993-5. |
11 miles and 2 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Crane Bridge | 11 miles and 2½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Northmoor Lane Bridge | 11 miles and 6 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| South Cerney Lower Lock No 35 Infilled |
11 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| South Cerney Middle Lock No 34 Infilled |
11 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Cerney Lock Bridge | 12 miles and ¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| South Cerney Upper Lock No 33 Infilled |
12 miles and ½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Cerney Wharf | 12 miles and ½ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| River Churn Aqueduct Blown up as an exercise during WW2. |
12 miles and 5 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Churn Water Meadows Swing Bridge | 12 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Cowground Bridge An original humpback bridge |
12 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Plummer's Farm Access Bridge | 13 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Greyhound Bridge | 13 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Siddington Lower Lock No 32 Buried under house. The only T&S lock that's been built over. |
13 miles and 2 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Midland and South Western Junction Railway Bridge | 13 miles and 2½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Siddington Third Lock No 31 Derelict |
13 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Siddington Second Lock No 30 Derelict |
13 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Siddington Bridge Original humpback bridge. |
13 miles and 3½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Siddington Upper Lock No 29 Derelict. Start/end of the summit pound. |
13 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Cirencester Arm Junction The Cirencester Arm is largely built over and unlikely to be restored. |
13 miles and 4 furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Minety Road Bridge | 13 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Ewen Road Bridge | 14 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Bluehouse Farm Bridge | 14 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Park Leaze Bridge Only a causeway remains now. |
15 miles and 4½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Halfway Bridge Nominally the centre point of the Thames and Severn Canal, restored in 1997 by CCT. |
16 miles | 16 locks | |
| Ewen Wharf Bridge The GWR Kemble to Cirencester Branch Line crossed over the canal here. |
16 miles and ¼ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Smerrill Aqueduct Site of the demolished aqueduct |
16 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Smerrill Dairy Farm Bridge Site for a new bridge when the canal is restored? |
16 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Thames Head Bridge Canal blocked here by the re-aligned road. |
17 miles and 2½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Trewsbury Farm Bridge | 17 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Coatesfield Bridge | 18 miles and 1 furlong | 16 locks | |
| Railway Skew Bridge (Coates) | 18 miles and 5 furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Coates Roundhouse Derelict. Another lengthsman's cottage. |
18 miles and 5½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Coates Roundhouse Narrows | 18 miles and 5½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Tarlton Road Bridge | 18 miles and 7 furlongs | 16 locks | |
| The King's Reach | 19 miles | 16 locks | |
| The Tunnel House Inn The Tunnel House was built to house the workers who dug the tunnel, and is now a popular pub. |
19 miles and ¾ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Sapperton Tunnel (eastern entrance) Coates Portal restored 1975 by Canal Trust |
19 miles and ¾ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Sapperton Tunnel (western entrance) Gothic style portico |
21 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Daneway Bridge Lock No 28 Infilled for pub car park |
21 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| The Daneway Inn | 21 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Daneway Bridge No 65W | 21 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Daneway Basin Holding basin for boats waiting to use the tunnel. |
21 miles and 5 furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Daneway Basin Lock No 27 Derelict |
21 miles and 5 furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Siccaridge Upper Lock No 26 | 21 miles and 5½ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Siccaridge Middle Lock No 25 | 21 miles and 6 furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Siccaridge Wood Lock No 24 | 21 miles and 6½ furlongs | 20 locks | |
| Bathurst's Meadow Lock No 23 | 21 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Bathurst's Meadow Lock Bridge Bridge across the tail of the lock. |
21 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Whitehall Upper Lock No 22 | 22 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Whitehall Bridge | 22 miles and 2 furlongs | 23 locks | |
| Whitehall Lower Lock No 21 | 22 miles and 5½ furlongs | 23 locks | |
| Puck Mill Upper Lock No 20 | 22 miles and 6½ furlongs | 24 locks | |
| Puck Mill Bridge | 22 miles and 6½ furlongs | 25 locks | |
| Puck Mill Lower Lock No 19 | 22 miles and 7 furlongs | 25 locks | |
| Baker's Mill Upper Lock No 18 | 23 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Baker's Mill Bridge | 23 miles and 1½ furlongs | 27 locks | |
| Baker's Mill Lower Lock No 17 | 23 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 27 locks | |
| Valley Lock No 16 Partly restored 2002 |
23 miles and 7½ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Valley Lock Bridge | 23 miles and 7½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Red Lion Lock No 15 Derelict |
24 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Clowes Bridge | 24 miles and 2 furlongs | 30 locks | |
| Red Lion Spill Weir Restored 2010 |
24 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 30 locks | |
| New Red Lion PH | 24 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 30 locks | |
| Bell Lock No 14 Infilled and partly under the A419. |
24 miles and 3½ furlongs | 30 locks | |
| Cowcombe Hill Bridge | 24 miles and 3½ furlongs | 31 locks | |
| Chapel Lock No 13 Infilled |
24 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 31 locks | |
| Chalford Chapel Bridge Demolished |
24 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 32 locks | |
| Chalford Roundhouse Possibly the prettiest of the Thames & Severn roundhouses, set in a very well kept garden and visible from many angles. |
24 miles and 6 furlongs | 32 locks | |
| Chalford Wharf | 24 miles and 6 furlongs | 32 locks | |
| Ballinger's Lock No 12 Infilled and garages built on top |
24 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 32 locks | |
| Ballinger's Lock Bridge Demolished |
24 miles and 7 furlongs | 33 locks | |
| Ile's Lock No 11 Derelict |
24 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 33 locks | |
| Ile's Mill Bridge | 24 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 34 locks | |
| Spill Way near Ile's Mill Bridge | 25 miles and ¼ furlongs | 34 locks | |
| St. Mary's Rail Bridge Infilled high level bridge originally designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
25 miles and ¾ furlongs | 34 locks | |
| St. Mary's Lock No 10 Derelict |
25 miles and 1 furlong | 34 locks | |
| St. Mary's Bridge | 25 miles and 1 furlong | 35 locks | |
| Beales Lock No 9 Derelict |
25 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 35 locks | |
| Beales Bridge | 25 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 36 locks | |
| Bourne Bridge Site of the bridge, currently a causeway. |
25 miles and 6½ furlongs | 36 locks |
- Sapperton Tunnel — associated with Sapperton Tunnel
- Cotswold Canals Trust - Sapperton Tunnel — associated with Sapperton Tunnel
- The Daneway Inn — associated with The Daneway Inn
- The Tunnel House Inn — associated with The Tunnel House Inn
- The New Red Lion, Chalford — associated with New Red Lion PH
Wikipedia has a page about Cotswold Canals
Cotswold Canals may refer to:
- Stroudwater Navigation
- Thames and Severn Canal
- Cotswold Canals Trust
Other Wikipedia pages that might relate to Cotswold Canals
[Cotswold Canals Trust]
The Cotswold Canals Trust (previously the Stroudwater and Thames and Severn Canal Trust) is an English registered charity that aims to protect and restore
[Thames and Severn Canal]
canal's traffic by the end of the 19th century, and most of the canal was abandoned in 1927, the remainder in 1941. Since 1972, the Cotswold Canals Trust
[Sapperton Canal Tunnel]
legging until 1911. The canal was abandoned by 1933 and subsequent roof falls mean that it is no longer navigable. Cotswold Canals Trust have proposed restoration
[Stonehouse, Gloucestershire]
swing bridge where canal boats would turn. There used to be a repair yard there. The Cotswold Canals Trust are actively restoring the canal. Work is currently
[Stroud]
century. Restoration of these canals as a leisure facility by a partnership of Stroud District Council and the Cotswold Canals Trust is well under way with
[Stroudwater Navigation]
interest in retaining the canal for its amenity value. The Stroudwater Canal Society, which later became the Cotswold Canals Trust, was formed in 1972
[CCT]
Transitway, a proposed transit line in Montgomery County, Maryland Cotswold Canals Trust, a canal restoration trust in southern England Covered Carriage Truck
[Round House, Inglesham]
Cotswold Canals Trust. In 2010 work started on the restoration of the flight of locks by the Waterway Recovery Group and Kent and East Sussex Canal Restoration
[Brimscombe and Thrupp]
The former port is to be regenerated as part of the canal restoration project by the Cotswold Canals Partnership. This will require considerable engineering