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IWA Branch
East Yorkshire Branch – Trent Falls to Goole
West Riding Branch – Ouse Gill Beck to Goole
Navigation Authority
British Waterways
Fearns Wharf
Neptune Street
Leeds
LS9 8PB
T: 0113 281 6800
F: 0113 281 6886
enquiries.hq@britishwaterways.co.uk
The river is navigable from the River Ure down to Trent Falls. However, navigation below Goole is difficult and is not recommended for inexperienced boaters. There are connections with Goole Docks and the Aire and Calder Navigation, the river Aire at Asselby Island, the river Derwent at Barmby-on-the-Marsh, the Selby Canal at Selby and river Wharfe at Cawood. There are 2 locks along the 60.75 miles (97.8km).
Trent Falls to Naburn
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
134ft |
24ft 6in |
50ft |
8ft |
|
40.83m |
7.46m |
15.17m |
2.37m |
Naburn Lock to York
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
134ft |
24ft 6in |
19ft 5in |
6ft |
|
40.83m |
7.46m |
5.91m |
1.82m |
York to Linton Lock
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
57ft 6in |
15ft 4in |
16ft 4in |
4ft |
|
17.51m |
4.67m |
4.97m |
1.18m |
Linton Lock to Swale Nab
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
57ft 6in |
14ft 3in |
10ft |
4ft |
|
17.51m |
4.34m |
3.04m |
1.18m |
River Ure
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
57ft |
14ft 3in |
10ft |
4ft |
|
17.37m |
4.34m |
3.04m |
1.18m |
Boaters’ Services
Hire Boat Companies
York Marine Services
Ferry Lane, Bishopthorpe,
YORK, YO2 1SB
Tel: 01904 704442
info@yorkmarine.co.uk
Boatyards
York Marine Services
Repairs, emergency call
out, pump out, diesel, gas, cranage, slipway, chandlery
Ferry Lane, Bishopthorpe,
YORK, YO2 1SB
Tel: 01904 704442
Visitor Attractions
York Minster
York Minster Visitors
Department, St Williams College, 4-5 College Street, YORK,
YO1 7JF
Tel: 01904 557216
Fax: 01907 557201
Jorvik Viking Centre
Coppergate, YORK, YO1 9WT
Tel: 01904 643211
Fax: 01904 627097
www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk
National Railway Museum
Leeman Road, YORK, YO26
4XJ
Tel:01904 621261
Fax: 01904 611112
York Castle Museum
Eye of York, YORK, YO1
9RY
Tel: 01904 650333
Historical Information
The river has been used for commercial navigation since Roman times and the city of York expanded on its strength as a port. Agricultural goods were exported from the area around York and raw materials were imported to the city. In the mid-seventeenth century, the first Acts of Parliament were passed to improve the navigation.
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