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Wissington New Road Bridge

 
College Road, King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE33 9US, United Kingdom (B1160)
 
Information about the place
Wissington New Road Bridge is a minor waterways place on the River Great Ouse (River Wissey) between River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction (Junction of the River Great Ouse with the River Wissey ) (5 miles and 1¾ furlongs to the west) and River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction (Junction of the River Wissey and the Cut-Off Channel) (3 miles and 1½ furlongs to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction is Wissington Sugar Beet Factory Bridge; ½ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction is Methwold Common Lode (No Access); 1 mile and 2 furlongs away.

There is no access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.

 
 
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 Great Ouse Navigation | boating, moorings, navigation notices — associated with River Great Ouse
Information regarding the Great Ouse navigation and tributaries.
  Information for boaters on the River Great Ouse - GOV.UK  — associated with River Great Ouse
River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
 Facebook Account — associated with River Great Ouse
Anglian Waterways Manager Facebook Account
 Facebook Anglian Waterways Page — associated with River Great Ouse
Facebook Page for Environment Agency Anglian Waterways
 
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Nearest water point

In the direction of River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction

Denver Sluice6 miles, 3 furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Sluice
Windmill EA Mooring7 miles, ¼ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Windmill EA Mooring
Downham Market Road Bridge7 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Downham Market Road Bridge
West Head Road Bridge10 miles, 2 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to West Head Road Bridge
Stowbridge Heron EA Moorings10 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Stowbridge Heron EA Moorings
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen12 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen
Upwell Church Bridge Public Staithe (visitor mooring)12 miles, 5 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Upwell Church Bridge Public Staithe (visitor mooring)
Prickwillow Visitor Moorings (EA)18 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (River Lark) to Prickwillow Visitor Moorings (EA)
Willow Walk Visitor Moorings19 miles, 7½ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Willow Walk Visitor Moorings

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction

Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction
Denver Relief Channel Lock Weir Entrance6 miles, 2¾ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Denver Relief Channel Lock Weir Entrance
Denver Junction6 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction
Salter's Lode Junction6 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction
Welmore Sluice8 miles, 1 furlong and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Welmore Sluice
Brandon Creek Junction10 miles, 7¼ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Brandon Creek Junction
Holmes River Junction14 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Holmes River Junction
Old West River - River Lark Junction16 miles, 2½ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction
Little Ouse - Lakenheath Lode Junction16 miles, 3¾ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Brandon Creek Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Little Ouse or Brandon Creek) to Little Ouse - Lakenheath Lode Junction
Great Ouse - Middle Level Main Drain Junction16 miles, 2½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Middle Level Main Drain Junction
Great Ouse - Mill Basin Junction16 miles, 3½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Mill Basin Junction
Great Ouse - Smeeth Lode Junction16 miles, 4 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Smeeth Lode Junction
Prickwillow Winding Hole18 miles, 3½ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (River Lark) to Prickwillow Winding Hole
Great Ouse - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction18 miles, 4 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction
Willow Walk Winding Hole19 miles, 7¼ furlongs away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Willow Walk Winding Hole
Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction18 miles, 7½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction

In the direction of Oxborough Wharf

River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction3 miles, 1½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Oxborough Wharf
Stringside Drain4 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Oxborough Wharf

Nearest boatyard pump-out

Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[River Wissey] river. Wissington bridge is relatively new, as there was no road access to the sugar-beet factory below it when it was built in 1925. The road to the [River Great Ouse] and a fleet of over 100 barges, and three tugs and 24 barges from the Wissington sugar beet factory on the River Wissey also operated on the river. Local [List of rolling stock preserved on the North Norfolk Railway] Hunslet Works No 1982 Ring Haw 0-6-0ST Hudswell Clarke Works No 1700 Wissington 0-6-0ST 53809 (S&DJR 89, LMS 9679, LMS 13809 & BR 53809) The T.W. Worsdell [East of England] which is mostly private label (supermarket) products. British Sugar's Wissington is the world's largest sugar beet factory in Methwold, on the B1160 near [Abbey and West Dereham railway station] England. It was located south of the village on what is still called Station Road: Opened as Abbey by the Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway on 1 August 1882 [Great Eastern Railway] Hampstead Road, the Metropolitan Railway (modern Circle line) and Tottenham Court Road, to Charing Cross, were rejected by Parliament in 1864. A new London [List of poor law unions in England] Lawshall, Little Cornard, Little Waldingfield, Long Melford, Nayland with Wissington, Newton, Suffolk, Shimpling, Somerton, St Bartholomew Sudbury + 4 detached [1959 Birthday Honours] Royal Ulster Constabulary. (Armagh.) Herbert Stocking, Stoker-in-Charge, Wissington Sugar Factory, British Sugar Corporation. (Norfolk.) Daniel Patrick Sullivan
 
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