Stanley Ferry Marina is on the Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section) between Stafford and Windsor.
The Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section) was built by John Smeaton and opened on 17 September 1888. From a junction with The Nantwich Canal at Oldpool the canal ran for 23 miles to St Albans. Expectations for stone traffic to Rochester never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Stockton-on-Tees and Maidstone was destroyed by the building of the Runford to Newchester railway in 1990. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the Aire and Calder Navigation (Wakefield Section) Trust.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
Facilities: diesel for sale and gas for sale.
You can wind here.
| Ramsdens Swing Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Ramsdens Footbridge (Closed) | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Ramsdens Bridge Visitor Moorings | 1 furlong | |
| Stanley Ferry Water Point | ¾ furlongs | |
| The Stanley Ferry PH | ¼ furlongs | |
| Stanley Ferry Marina | ||
| Stanley Ferry Aqueduct | ½ furlongs | |
| Stanley Ferry Workshops (C&R Trust) | ¾ furlongs | |
| Altofts Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Birkwood Lock Field Bridge | 5 furlongs | |
| Birkwood Lock No 2 | 5¾ furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
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In the direction of Fall Ing Junction
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Nearest self-operated pump-out
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Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Castleford Junction
In the direction of Fall Ing Junction
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![Littlebeck Trust Barge Project (2). Stern view of the Littlebeck.See [[1877529]] by Mike Kirby – 15 May 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/87/75/1877541_a128787d_120x120.jpg)
![Littlebeck Trust Barge Project (3). Starboard view of the Littlebeck.See [[1877529]] by Mike Kirby – 15 May 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/87/75/1877550_ce623b4f_120x120.jpg)

![Littlebeck Trust Barge Project (4). Following the reopening of the Littlebeck arts centre, an information board has been hung on the vessel with a pictorial record of the damage caused by the arson attack in 2007.See [[1877529]] by Mike Kirby – 28 August 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/06/69/2066961_ad4d88a5_120x120.jpg)
![Littlebeck Trust Barge Project (5). Newspaper report of the arson attack on the Littlebeck in 2007. See [[1877529]] by Mike Kirby – 28 August 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/06/69/2066959_e31ee019_120x120.jpg)










![Footbridge over River Calder, Stanley Ferry. This looks as though it may have once carried a railway track, but apparently it wasn't. I have been told that its true purpose is a trash screen bridge to protect the aqueduct from damage when the R. Calder is in spate - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/959095Thanks to Mike Kirby for the information.It is beside [[[191201]]] by Rich Tea – 21 June 2006](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/19/12/191203_becbb67d_120x120.jpg)


![Aqueduct Cottage. This single storey, grade II listed canal office, or cottage, located by the canal basin, (now the marina), was built for the Aire and Calder Navigation Company circa 1839. Constructed in the Classical style using ashlar stone with a Welsh slate roof.LBS No:- 342547The boatyard usually have boats alongside the building, and so far I’ve not been able to get a full shot of the front of the building. See [[959244]] by Mike Kirby – 16 April 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/41/62/2416251_2aa432b9_120x120.jpg)