Fiddlers Ferry Lock Entrance
Warrington WA5 2UH, United Kingdom
Fiddlers Ferry Lock Entrance
is a minor waterways place
on the Sankey Canal (Main Line) between
Mersey - Sankey Junction (Junction of the River Mersey and the Sankey Canal ) (3 miles and 6½ furlongs
and 1 lock
to the west) and
Sankey - Penny Bridge - Gerard's Bridge Junction (Junction of the Sankey Canal Main Line with the Penny Bridge and Gerard's Bridge Branches) (9 miles and 3¼ furlongs
and 9 locks
to the northwest).
The nearest place in the direction of Mersey - Sankey Junction is Sankey Bridge No 4;
¾ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Sankey - Penny Bridge - Gerard's Bridge Junction is Sankey Sliding Footbridge No 5;
½ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
| Widnes Lock | 3 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Sankey Footbridge No 1 | 3 miles, ¾ furlongs | |
| Sankey Footbridge No 2 | 2 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Sankey Bridge No 3 | 1 mile | |
| Sankey Bridge No 4 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Fiddlers Ferry Lock Entrance | ||
| Sankey Sliding Footbridge No 5 | ½ furlongs | |
| Station Road Bridge No 6 (Sankey Canal) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Hall Nook Footbridge No 7 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Sankey Footbridge No 8 | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
| Liverpool Road Railway bridge | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
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In the direction of Mersey - Sankey Junction
Waterloo Bridge Winding Hole — 19 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to Mersey - Sankey Junction, then on the River Mersey (Tidal Section) to Irwell Navigation Junction, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (Walton Lock Branch) to Walton Junction, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line) to Bridgewater Canal Junction (closed), then on the Bridgewater Canal (Runcorn Locks Branch) to Waterloo Bridge (Runcorn), then on the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) to Waterloo Bridge Winding HoleNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
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[River Mersey]
far upstream as Fiddlers Ferry – about 3.1 mi (5.0 km) downstream of Warrington – where there is a small marina accessed via a river lock. Although river
[Runcorn to Latchford Canal]
The canal was built to bypass the shallow stretches of the Mersey at Fiddlers Ferry. It extended for 7 miles (11 km), ending to the east of Runcorn Gap
[North Shields]
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[Warrington]
apartments The row of late Victorian terracotta-clad shops on Bridge Street Fiddlers Ferry Power Station The industrial modernist Unilever Soapworks IKEA store
[Transport in Warrington]
freight interchange, and connect the main line to the freight line to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, crossing the main line under Bank Quay station, where
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Fidlers (or Fiddlers) Ferry to Spike Island - Virtual Journey along the ...Fidlers Ferry, Sankey Canal Fidlers Ferry Marina. This section of canal is accessible to boats through Fidlers Ferry Lock and is used as a safe haven from the tidal Mersey. There is a commercial boatyard and a yacht club here. Fidlers Ferry, Sankey Canal The entrance to Fidlers Ferry Lock is off to the left. Fidlers Ferry ...
The Sankey Canal, also known as the Sankey Brook Navigation or St Helens Canal was historically in Lancashire and is now in Cheshire and Merseyside in North West England. It connects St Helens to the River Mersey at Spike Island. When opened in 1757, it followed the valley of the Sankey Brook from where the brook ...
Background. Located at Fidlers Ferry Marina. This section of the Sankey canal is accessible to boats through Fidlers Ferry Lock and is used as a safe haven from the river Mersey for up to 150 vessels. The recommended maximum length of any vessel wishing to navigate this stretch of the river and enter the canal is 45' with ...
Feb 23, 2017 ... The image shown above was recently donated to the museum. It shows two boys sitting on the bridge at Fiddlers Ferry Locks, with the local keeper's house in the background. The photograph has been produced on a postcard back, allowing it to be sent through the post. As you can see from the image, the ...
Apr 18, 2015 ... The Society is currently concentrating on their 'Linking the Locks' project which seeks to open up navigation again to the lower sections of the canal between Fiddler's Ferry and its river entrance at Spike Island, Widnes. Sankey Viaduct 1 Approaching Sankey Viaduct. Soon we were approaching the ...
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The main line of the canal began at Blackbrook, close to St Helens, and it proceeded by Earlestown, Winwick, Sankey Bridges and Fiddler's Ferry, where there was an entrance to the river Mersey. Later, it was extended alongside the northern bank of the river Mersey to Widnes, where it terminated at a second entrance to ...
Aug 20, 2013 ... View of Runcorn Bridges (from above), Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, Fidler's Ferry lock entrance. Pass Fidler's Ferry lock entrance at 11.32 (Liv HW+15 minutes) with current strongly up river. Carrying on up river, there are buoys laid by Fidler's Ferry SC for dinghy sailing (numbered 1 to 10). See their Map.
Originally the canal ended at Sankey Bridges with boats locking out into the Sankey Brook and then ... authorised in 1762 up to Fiddlers Ferry to alleviate these problems, although Sankey Lock continued in use ... North of Sankey Bridges - Bridge on the left is across the entrance to the dry dock. The bascule bridge can be ...
May 18, 2017 ... The Runcorn Gap was a narrow point on the river at which a ferry connected West Bank in Lancashire to Runcorn in Cheshire . ... The Widnes Dock built using sandstone blocks was connected to the tidal River Mersey by a single lock. ... The entrance to the Sankey Canal at Widnes seen in 1959. Widnes ...