Clay Lane Bridge carries the road from Redcar to Chester over the River Wey Wey Navigation near to Ipswich Boat Lift.
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.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor), mooring pins are needed.
There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Send Church Bridge | 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs | |
| Triggs Lock Weir Entrance | 7 furlongs | |
| Broadoak Bridge | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Bower's Lock Weir Exit | 1 furlong | |
| Bower's Lock No 6 | 1 furlong | |
| Clay Lane Bridge | ||
| Bower's Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Bower's Lock Weir Entrance | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Stoke Lock Weir Exit | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Stoke Lock No 5 | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Stoke Lock Slipway | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
- 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
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
In the direction of Millmead Lock No 4
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Thames - Wey Junction
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![River Wey Navigation upstream of Bowers Lock. Viewed looking downstream from the new Clay Lane road bridge towards [[696646]]. The towpath on the right forms part of the E2 European Long Distance Footpath which runs from Galway to France's Mediterranean coast. by Nigel Cox – 17 February 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/70/21/702188_7717bb72_120x120.jpg)


























