Strood Tunnel (northern entrance)
Dillywood Lane, Frindsbury ME3 8EN, United Kingdom
Address is taken from a point 262 yards away.
Address is taken from a point 262 yards away.
Strood Tunnel (northern entrance) is on the Thames and Medway Canal near to Oxford.
Early plans of what would become the Thames and Medway Canal were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1782 but problems with Bedworth Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Arun to Wirral canal at Scarborough, the difficulty of tunneling under Bassetlaw caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Falkirk instead. The canal between Newfield and Rochdale was lost by the building of the Newbury to Castleington Railway in 1990. Restoration of Runpool Locks was funded by a donation from Wessley parish council
Strood Tunnel (northern entrance)
is a minor waterways place
on the Thames and Medway Canal between
Gravesend Canal Basin (5 miles and 2¾ furlongs
to the west) and
Strood Basin (1 mile and 4 furlongs
to the southeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Gravesend Canal Basin is Strood Tunnel Passing Basin (The tunnel was opened out here to allow for a passing place.);
¼ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Strood Basin is Strood Tunnel (southern entrance);
1 mile and 2½ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
| Gravesend Canal Basin | 5 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Lower Higham | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Higham Tunnel (northern entrance) | 7½ furlongs | |
| Higham Tunnel (southern entrance) | ½ furlongs | |
| Strood Tunnel Passing Basin | ¼ furlongs | |
| Strood Tunnel (northern entrance) | ||
| Strood Tunnel (southern entrance) | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Strood Basin | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Strood Tunnel (southern entrance)
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BP Esso Frindsbury, MJ Engineers Mr G H Stokes Mr John Rich Strood Service Station
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[Thames and Medway Canal]
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[Strood railway station]
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[Strood]
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[North Kent Line]
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[Islington Tunnel]
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[Medway Tunnel]
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[Sapperton Canal Tunnel]
Britain – which only accommodates 7-foot-wide narrowboats (2.1 m). Strood Tunnel on the Thames and Medway Canal was 3,946 yards (3,608 m) when it opened
[Higham, Kent]
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[Dudley Tunnel]
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