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IWA Branch
South Yorkshire and the Dukeries Branch
Navigation Authority
British Waterways
Fearns Wharf
Neptune Street
LEEDS
LS9 8PB
T: 0113 281 6800
F: 0113 281 6886
enquiries.yorkshire@britishwaterways.co.uk
www.britishwaterways.co.uk
This series of waterways run between Sheffield and Keadby with connections to the New Junction Canal, the Dearne and Dove Canal (which is the subject of an active restoration campaign) and the Trent. There are 28 locks along the total length of 48.5 miles (78.1km).
Keadby to Bramwith
Length | Beam | Height | Draught |
61ft 8in | 17ft | 10ft 6in | 7ft 3in |
18.79m | 5.17m | 3.2m | 2.2m |
Bramwith to Rotherham, including New Junction Canal
Length | Beam | Height | Draught |
229ft 8in | 20ft | 10ft 6in | 8ft 2in |
69.99m | 6.08m | 3.2m | 2.48m |
Rotherham to Sheffield
Length | Beam | Height | Draught |
61ft 6in | 15ft 3in | 10ft | 4ft 6in |
18.74m | 4.64m | 3.04m | 1.37m |
Boaters’ Services
Hire Boat Companies
Yorkshire Rose Marina
Unit 9, Leach Lane, MEXBOROUGH, S64 0EN
Tel: 01709 571555
Fax: 01709 571555
Visitor Attractions
Conisbrough Castle
Castle Hill, Conisbrough, DONCASTER, DN12 3BU
Tel: 01709 863329
Fax: 01709 866773
info@conisbroughcastle.org.uk
Kelham Island Museum
Alma Street, SHEFFIELD, S3 8RY
Tel: 0114 2722106
Fax: 0114 2757847
Magna Science Adventure Centre
Sheffield Road, Templeborough, ROTHERHAM, S60 1DX
Tel: 01709 720002
Fax: 01709 820092
Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
Chequer Road, DONCASTER, DN1 2AE
Tel: 01302 734293
Fax: 01302 735409
Museum of South Yorkshire Life
Cusworth Hall & Country Park, Cusworth Lane, Cusworth, DONCASTER, DN5 7TU
Tel: 01302 782342
Fax: 01302 782342
Brodsworth Hall & Gardens
Brodsworth, nr DONCASTER, DR5 7XJ
Tel: 01302 722598
Historical Information
The river Dun, now the Don, was always navigable up to Doncaster and an Act in 1726 allowed for extension to Tinsley above Rotherham. An Act was passed for the extension of the Dun from Tinsley to Sheffield in 1815 and in 1819 the Sheffield Canal was opened. In 1793, the Act for the Stainforth and Keadby Canal was passed. In 1895, these formed the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. In 1905, the New Junction Canal opened. During the twentieth century and as late as the 1980s, improvements were undertaken but delays in implementation meant that most of the traffic had transferred to the roads by the time the improvements were completed.
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