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IWA Branch
Chester &
District - Preston Brook to Lymm and to Runcorn (including former Runcorn Locks)
Manchester Branch
- Hulme Lock Branch and Pomona Lock Link; Leigh Arm
of Leeds & Liverpool to Waters Meeting (Stretford); Rochdale Canal to
Waters Meeting (Stretford); Waters Meeting (Stretford) to the M6 Road
Bridge at Lymm.
Navigation Authority
Manchester Ship Canal Co, Peel Dome, The Trafford Centre, MANCHESTER, M17
8PL
Tel: 0161 6298200
The canal, which is part of the Cheshire Ring, runs from Castlefield Junction with the Rochdale Canal to Runcorn. Waterways of the north and northwest can be reached from the Leigh Branch, which crosses over the Manchester Ship Canal at Barton Swing Aqueduct, one of the wonders of the waterways world.
The Main Line has no locks and runs for 28 miles or 45 km.
The Stretford and Leigh Branch has no locks and runs for 10.75miles or 17.3 km.
The Preston Brook Branch HAS no locks and runs for 0.75miles or 1.2 km.
Only the Pomona Lock to the Manchester Ship Canal and the nearby Welland Lock from the Ship Canal into Salford Quays have one lock each.
Maximum boat dimensions
Main Line
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
72ft |
14ft 9in |
11ft |
4ft |
|
21.94m |
4.48m |
3.29m |
1.18m |
Stretford and Leigh Branch
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
72ft |
14ft 9in |
11ft |
4ft |
|
21.94m |
4.48m |
3.29m |
1.18m |
Preston Brook Branch
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
72ft |
14ft 9in |
11ft |
4ft |
|
21.94m |
4.48m |
3.29m |
1.18m |
Pomona Lock Branch
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
72ft |
15ft 6in |
11ft |
5ft |
|
21.94m |
4.66m |
3.29m |
1.51m |
Welland Lock (Salford Quays)
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
89ft |
26ft |
|
12ft 6in |
|
27.06m |
7.91m |
|
3.8m |
Boaters’ Services
Hire Boat Companies
Claymoore
Navigation
The Wharf, Preston
Brook, WARRINGTON, WA4 4BA
Tel: 01928 717273
Fax: 01928 718888
Thorn Marine
164A London Road,
Stockton Heath, WARRINGTON, WA4 6LE
Tel: 01925 265129
margaret@thornmarine.ukfreedom.com
Boatyards
Bridgewater Marina
Repairs, emergency
call out, pump out, diesel, gas, chandlery
Boothstown Basin,
14 Quayside Close, Worsley, MANCHESTER, M28 1YB
Tel: 0161 7028622
Claymoore Navigation
Repairs, pump out,
diesel, gas
The Wharf, Preston
Brook, WARRINGTON, WA4 4BA
Tel: 01928 717273
Fax: 01928 718888
Hesford Marine
Repairs, emergency
call out, diesel, gas, carnage, slipway, chandlery
Warrington Lane,
Agden, Lymm, WA13 0SW
Tel: 01925 754639
Preston Brook Marina
Gas, slipway
Marina Lane,
RUNCORN, WA7 3AF
Tel: 01928 719081
http://www.prestonbrookmarina.freeservers.com
Thorn Marine
Repairs, emergency
call out, gas, diesel, pump out, chandlery
164A London Road,
Stockton Heath, WARRINGTON, WA4 6LE
Tel: 01925 265129
margaret@thornmarine.ukfreedom.com
Refreshment Facilities
The Barn Owl Inn,
Agden Wharf, Warrington Lane, LYMM, WA13 0SW
Tel: 01925 752020
www.thebarnowlinn.co.uk/info.htm
Historical Information
The canal is famous
for being the first built for the Duke of Bridgewater to take coal from
his mines at Worsley where there were more than 40 miles of underground
canals on more than one level.
The University
of Salford have the archive of the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. The bulk
of the collection is concerned with the building of the Bridgewater Canal,
but there is material relating to its later history.
Click here to view the web site.
Websites
Pennine Waterways - Bridgewater
Walks In Yorkshire - Bridgewater Canal
Local government links
