Dapdune Wharf 
Dapdune Wharf, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford GU1 4SW, United Kingdom
The River Wey Wey Navigation was built by Henry Wright and opened on 17 September 1782. Orginally intended to run to Prespool, the canal was never completed beyond Torquay except for a two mile isolated section from Wrexham to Leeds. The four mile section between Thanet and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1955 after a breach at Chelmsford. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Oliver Smith describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Sunderland Inclined plane.
Dapdune Wharf
is a major waterways place
on the River Wey Wey Navigation between
Byfleet (11 miles and 2 furlongs
and 8 locks
to the northeast) and
Millmead Lock Weir Entrance (Channel leading to the Weir - No Access) (1 mile
and 1 lock
to the southeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Byfleet is Dapdune Footbridge;
½ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Millmead Lock Weir Entrance is Walnut Tree Close Footbridge;
4¼ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is excellent (this is a really good mooring).
Facilities: rubbish disposal, toilets and water point.
You can wind here.
| A3 Road Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Wood Bridge No 1 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Wood Bridge No 2 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Dapdune Railway Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Dapdune Footbridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Dapdune Wharf | ||
| Walnut Tree Close Footbridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge Street Bridge (Guildford) | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Onslow Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| Guildford Town Bridge | 6 furlongs | |
| Millmead Basin | 6¾ furlongs | |
Amenities here
Drummond SEE ADDRESS Stoke
Dominos Pizza
Jewson Pedal Pushers - GuilfordAmenities nearby at Dapdune Footbridge
SEE ADDRESS
Cashpoint NatWestAmenities nearby at Walnut Tree Close Footbridge
Subway Sandwich Shop Cashpoint Cashpoint
Guildford StationThis is a historic canal centre with static displays about the canal history of the Wey navigation, two restored barges, a boat doing pleasure trips, a tea room and gift shop. There is free parking for visitors, canal side walks and children's facilities.
- 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
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Nearest water point
The nearest water point is here. Others are at:
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Guildford Waterside Centre — 7¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Stoke Lock No 5 — 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Cartbridge Wharf — 5 miles, 6½ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Pyrford Lock No 12 — 9 miles, 4½ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Thames Lock No 16 — 14 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 11 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Chertsey Lock — 16 miles, 4½ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to Thames - Wey Junction, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to Chertsey Lock
Arthur's Bridge — 16 miles, 1½ furlongs and 14 locks away
Travel to Woodham Junction, then on the Basingstoke Canal to Arthur's Bridge
Molesey Lock — 19 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to Thames - Wey Junction, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to West End of Desborough Cut, then on the River Thames (Desborough Cut) to Thames Meadow, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to Molesey Lock
In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Godalming Wharf — 4 miles, 7 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Godalming WharfNearest rubbish disposal
The nearest rubbish disposal is here. Others are at:
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Guildford Waterside Centre — 7¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Pyrford Lock No 12 — 9 miles, 4½ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Shepperton Lock — 14 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to Thames - Wey Junction, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to Shepperton Lock
Arthur's Bridge — 16 miles, 1½ furlongs and 14 locks away
Travel to Woodham Junction, then on the Basingstoke Canal to Arthur's Bridge
Penton Hook Lock — 18 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 14 locks away
Travel to Thames - Wey Junction, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to Penton Hook Lock
Molesey Lock — 19 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to Thames - Wey Junction, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to West End of Desborough Cut, then on the River Thames (Desborough Cut) to Thames Meadow, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to Molesey Lock
In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Godalming Wharf — 4 miles, 7 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Godalming WharfNearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Guildford Waterside Centre — 7¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Pyrford Lock No 12 — 9 miles, 4½ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Shepperton Lock — 14 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to Thames - Wey Junction, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to Shepperton Lock
Arthur's Bridge — 16 miles, 1½ furlongs and 14 locks away
Travel to Woodham Junction, then on the Basingstoke Canal to Arthur's Bridge
Molesey Lock — 19 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to Thames - Wey Junction, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to West End of Desborough Cut, then on the River Thames (Desborough Cut) to Thames Meadow, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to Molesey Lock
In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Godalming Wharf — 4 miles, 7 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Godalming WharfNearest place to turn
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Guildford Waterside Centre — 7¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Stoke Lock Weir Entrance — 1 mile, ¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Triggs Lock Weir Exit — 5 miles and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Worsfold Winding Hole — 5 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Worsfold Flood Gates Weir Entrance — 5 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Papercourt Lock Weir Exit — 7 miles, 3 furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Newark Lock Weir Entrance — 7 miles, 6 furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Newark Lock Weir Exit No 1 — 8 miles, ¼ furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Newark Lock Weir Exit No 2 — 8 miles, ¾ furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Woodham Junction — 11 miles, 4 furlongs and 8 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Coxes Railway Bridge Winding Hole — 12 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 10 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Five Ways Junction — 14 miles, 3 furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Millmead Basin — 6¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Millmead Lock Weir Exit — 6¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
St. Catherine's Lock Weir Exit — 1 mile, 6¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to St. Catherine's Lock Weir Exit
Guns Mouth Junction — 2 miles, 6½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Guns Mouth Junction
Unstead Lock Weir Exit — 3 miles and 2 locks away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Unstead Lock Weir Exit
Catteshall Lock Weir Exit — 4 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Catteshall Lock Weir Exit
Catteshall Lock Weir Entrance — 4 miles, 5 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Catteshall Lock Weir Entrance
Godalming Wharf — 4 miles, 7 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Millmead Lock No 4, then on the River Wey Godalming Navigation to Godalming WharfNearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
Molesey Lock — 19 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to Thames - Wey Junction, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to West End of Desborough Cut, then on the River Thames (Desborough Cut) to Thames Meadow, then on the River Thames (below Oxford) to Molesey LockNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
Wikipedia has a page about Dapdune Wharf
Dapdune Wharf is a former industrial wharf and boat yard on the Wey and Godalming Navigations in Guildford, England, UK, close to the Surrey County Cricket Club ground. It is now maintained by the National Trust.
Originally a goods transshipment point, before the construction of the Godalming Navigation the principal cargos were timber from the Surrey forests and gunpowder from the works at Chilworth as the Guildford authorities refused to let it pass through the town centre for loading at the town wharf. For a period of time at the beginning of the 20th Century, Dapdune Wharf was the centre of barge building on the Wey Navigation.
Dapdune is now the starting point for boat trips, including boat hire. The Visitor Centre has interactive displays, a smithy, a stable, and two of the three remaining Wey barges in the world - the Reliance, permanently damaged and kept in a graving (dry) dock, and Perseverance IV, still floating but in need of repair and the subject of a 2010 National Trust restoration appeal.
Dapdune Wharf is now the head office of the Navigation. As part of the continued preservation of British history the National Trust has a group of volunteers, the Wey Navigation Research Group, researching and publishing information about the Godalming and Wey Navigation.
Other Wikipedia pages that might relate to Dapdune Wharf
[Wey and Godalming Navigations]
Bridge. Between Stoke Lock and Millmead Lock are Stoke Mill, Dapdune Wharf and Guildford Town Wharf with its listed treadmill crane. Finally between Millmead
[Guildford]
Navigations and Dapdune Wharf". National Trust. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012. "Dapdune Wharf – Heritage / Visitor
[Perseverance IV]
Perseverance IV is a preserved Wey barge, moored at Dapdune Wharf on the River Wey. She was the final barge to leave that surviving main boatyard on the
[Surrey]
Wey and Arun Canal with future full reopening expected after 2015. Dapdune Wharf in Guildford commemorates the work of the canal system and is home to
[Barges of the Wey Navigation]
Honeystreet to Dapdune Wharf setting up a barge building business. The Surrey Advertiser published an article in 1909 on the launch of the barge Dapdune built
[List of National Trust properties in England]
Clandon House (Largely destroyed by fire) Claremont Landscape Garden Dapdune Wharf Hatchlands Park Hindhead Common The Homewood Hydon's Ball Leith Hill
[River Wey]
Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. The River Wey Trust River Wey and Godalming Navigations and Dapdune Wharf River Wey Catchment Flood Warnings
[List of museums in Surrey]
Centre Cranleigh Waverley Art website, arts centre with exhibit gallery Dapdune Wharf Guildford Guildford Maritime Operated by the National Trust, visitor
[Town Mill, Guildford]
2006. The 1930 turbine has since been preserved, and is on display at Dapdune Wharf. The Mill is now used by the adjacent Yvonne Arnaud Theatre as a scenery
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