South Dock Bridge carries a footpath over the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) five kilometres from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Early plans of what would become the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) were drawn up by Thomas Telford in 1782 but problems with Chelmsford Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1888. Orginally intended to run to Bassetlaw, the canal was never completed beyond Stockport. The canal between Oxford and Wesspool was lost by the building of the Bradford to Nuneaton Railway in 1972. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Edward Wright describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Erewash Inclined plane.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
There is a swing bridge here.
| Ouse - Aire and Calder Junction | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Ocean Lock No 13 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| North Docks | 1½ furlongs | |
| South Dock Bridge | ||
| South Dock Basins | 1 furlong | |
| Goole Marina | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Viking Marina | 4 furlongs | |
| Dutch Riverside | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Dutch Riverside Aqueduct | 6½ furlongs | |
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![Ship Dock, Goole. The transit sheds on the left back on to South Street [[2477970]] by Jonathan Thacker – 25 June 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/47/79/2477987_fefb9f99_120x120.jpg)








![Hudson Ward's silo comes down, Goole. The grain silos at Goole Docks are being demolished [February 2019] to make way for a warehouse. Seen from Dutch River Side, across the dry dock. The green structure is a hoist for loading coal from barges into ships. by Christine Johnstone – 26 February 2019](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/07/16/6071659_83cfd1a2_120x120.jpg)






