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IWA Branch
South Yorkshire and the Dukeries Branch
Navigation Authority
Environment Agency
Midlands Region,
Corringham Road, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 1QH
Tel: 01427 612205
Fax: 01427 810072
The river runs from Bawtry Bridge to Stockwith, where it connects with the river Trent. There are no locks along the 11 mile (17.5km) stretch. Access to the river at West Stockwith is via a tidal sluice gate; the Environment Agency requires 48 hours advance notice of intended passage and a substantial fee is payable.
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
No length limitation by locks |
14ft |
8ft 11in |
2ft 6in |
|
|
4.2m |
2.71m |
0.75m |
Visitor Attractions
Mattersey Priory
Mattersey,
Nottinghamshire
Historical Information
The river was navigable from Bawtry to the river Trent in the sixteenth century but it was only in 1720 that an Act was passed allowing improvement to East Retford. Work was not carried out and the river lost traffic to the improved Don and later the Chesterfield Canal.
