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River Wey Godalming Navigation

 
 
Information about the waterway

The River Wey Godalming Navigation is a small river and is part of the River Wey. It runs for 4 miles and 3½ furlongs through 4 locks from Millmead Lock No 4 (where it joins the River Wey Wey Navigation) to Godalming Town Bridge (which is a dead end).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 71 feet and 6 inches long and 13 feet and 9 inches wide. The maximum headroom is 6 feet and 4 inches. The maximum draught is 2 feet and 6 inches.

It has a junction with the Wey and Arun Canal (Wey & Arun Junction Canal) at Guns Mouth Junction.

The waterway passes through Godalming

The navigational authority for this waterway is The National Trust (River Wey and Godalming Navigations and Dapdune Wharf)

Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:

Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Millmead Lock No 4
Millmead Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
¾ furlongs 1 lock
Quarry Hill Footbridge 1½ furlongs 1 lock
Old Ferry Footbridge
Site of old ferry
5¾ furlongs 1 lock
St. Catherine's Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
7½ furlongs 1 lock
St. Catherine's Lock Bypass Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
1 mile and ¾ furlongs 1 lock
St. Catherine's Bridge 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs 1 lock
St. Catherine's Lock No 3 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs 1 lock
St. Catherine's Lock Bypass Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
1 mile and 1¼ furlongs 2 locks
Riff Raff Weir 1 mile and 3 furlongs 2 locks
Broadford Railway Bridge 1 mile and 3¼ furlongs 2 locks
Broadford Pipe Bridge 1 mile and 3½ furlongs 2 locks
Broadford Bridge 1 mile and 6 furlongs 2 locks
Guns Mouth Junction
Junction with Wey and Arun Junction Canal
1 mile and 7¼ furlongs 2 locks
Cranleigh Line Railway Bridge (closed) 2 miles and ¼ furlongs 2 locks
Unstead Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
2 miles and ¾ furlongs 2 locks
Unstead Lock No 2 2 miles and 2¾ furlongs 2 locks
Unstead Bridge 2 miles and 5 furlongs 3 locks
Unstead Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
2 miles and 6¼ furlongs 3 locks
Trowers Bridge 3 miles and 2 furlongs 3 locks
Catteshall Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
3 miles and 3 furlongs 3 locks
Catteshall Bridge 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs 3 locks
Catteshall Lock No 1 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs 3 locks
Catteshall Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir
3 miles and 5¾ furlongs 4 locks
Godalming Wharf 3 miles and 7¾ furlongs 4 locks
Godalming Town Bridge
Limit of navigation
4 miles and 3½ furlongs 4 locks
 
 
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External websites
 River Wey and Godalming Navigations and Dapdune Wharf — associated with River Wey
This is the web site for the National Trust who manage the River Wey
 River Wey & Godalming Navigations │ Surrey | National Trust — associated with this page
This is the web site for the National Trust who manage the River Wey
 
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[Wey and Godalming Navigations] The River Wey Navigation and Godalming Navigation together provide a 20-mile (32 km) continuous navigable route from the River Thames near Weybridge via [River Wey] respectively. From Godalming the river is intertwined with the Wey and Godalming Navigations. The 20 miles (32 km) of the navigations' towpath is open to [Godalming] canalisation of the river took place, linking the town to Guildford, and from there to the River Thames and London on the Wey and Godalming Navigations. In 1726 [Barges of the Wey Navigation] G129/5/8. Cox. "Godalming Papers - Complaint Letter". G137/12/32. "Godalming Papers". G137/12/32. Wardle, Alan (1992). Barge Building on the Wey. "Chilworth [List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom] Trust The Wey & Arun Canal Trust, Wey & Arun Junction Canal Wey and Godalming Navigations, National Trust Wilts & Berks Canal Trust River Witham - Witham [Guildford] where the River Wey was forded by the Harrow Way. By AD 978 it was home to an early English Royal Mint. The building of the Wey Navigation and the Basingstoke [Wey and Arun Canal] Newbridge Wharf, and the Wey and Arun Junction Canal, opened in 1816, which connected the Arun at Newbridge to the Godalming Navigation near Shalford, south [Godalming railway station] Way. The staff at Godalming have worked hard to maintain the station. In 2004 they won Best Miscellaneous Building in the Godalming in Bloom 2004 Competition [Godalming Hundred] Hundred of Godalming was formed sometime after 825 when Wessex annexed the "south eastern provinces" of Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Essex. Godalming takes its [Coxes Lock] towards its northern end of the Wey Navigation parallel to the River Wey in Addlestone, Surrey, Most parts of the navigation are canal sections such as this
 
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