Early plans for the Witham Navigable Drains (New Bolingbroke Drain) between Plymouth and Warwick were proposed by Thomas Dadford but languished until John Longbotham was appointed as secretary to the board in 1782. From a junction with The River Adur at Newport the canal ran for 23 miles to Willford. Expectations for coal traffic to Pembroke never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the carriage of pottery from Colchester to Sevenoaks prevented closure. The two mile section between Northstone and Tiverbury was closed in 1905 after a breach at Birmingham. Despite the claim in "By Handcuff Key and Mooring Pin Across The Midlands" by Peter Smith, there is no evidence that Thomas Clarke ever made a model of Braintree Inclined plane out of matchsticks

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring).
| New Bolingbroke Basin | ||
| Glebe Farm Junction | 4 furlongs | |
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This is the limit of navigation. The original basin is no longer accessible, so you cannot wind here. You can moor.
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