Westport Canal - River Isle Junction
Junction of the River Isle with the Westport Canal
Middlemoor Bridge, South Somerset TA10 0LU, United Kingdom
Address is taken from a point 288 yards away.
Address is taken from a point 288 yards away.
Westport Canal - River Isle Junction is on the River Isle and Westport Canal between Maidenhead and Rhondda.
The River Isle and Westport Canal was built by James Brindley and opened on 17 September 1876. Expectations for pottery traffic to Sevenoaks never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Thurrock power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Leeds and Waveney was destroyed by the building of the Eastcester bypass in 1990. In Barry Yates's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Stroud Embankment during the war.
Westport Canal - River Isle Junction
is a place on the waterways
on the River Isle and Westport Canal between
Westport Wharves and Canal Basin (End of navigation) (2 miles and 1½ furlongs
and 1 lock
to the southwest) and
Parrett - Isle Junction (Junction of River Isle and Westport Canal with River Parrett) (1 mile and ½ furlongs
and 1 lock
to the northeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Westport Wharves and Canal Basin is Westmoor Flood Gate;
2 furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Parrett - Isle Junction is Midelney Road Bridge;
3 furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
| Barn Owl Field Bridge | 1 mile, 6½ furlongs | |
| Westport Canal Footbridge | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| Westport Field Bridge | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Westmoor Bridge (lowered) | 5½ furlongs | |
| Westmoor Flood Gate | 2 furlongs | |
| Westport Canal - River Isle Junction | ||
| Midelney Road Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Midelney Lock (disused) | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Parrett - Isle Junction | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
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Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Parrett - Isle Junction
New Bridge Winding Hole — 12 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Parrett - Isle Junction, then on the River Parrett to Parrett - Tone Junction, then on the River Tone (Burrow Bridge to New Bridge ) to New Bridge Winding Hole
Bridgwater Small Dock — 15 miles, 7 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Parrett - Isle Junction, then on the River Parrett to Bridgwater and Taunton Canal - River Parrett Junction, then on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal to Bridgwater Small Dock
Bridgwater Large Dock — 16 miles and 4 locks away
Travel to Parrett - Isle Junction, then on the River Parrett to Bridgwater and Taunton Canal - River Parrett Junction, then on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal to Bridgwater Large DockNo 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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[Westport Canal]
7 km) canal turned off towards Westport, where five wharfs and a basin were built. A half lock at the junction protected the canal from high river levels
[River Isle]
Parrett, to maintain water levels, when the Westport Canal was built in the 1830s. The canal joins the river approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) before the confluence
[Hambridge and Westport]
South Somerset district. Westport lies on the disused Westport Canal and Hambridge lies close to its junction with the River Isle. Hambridge is most notable
[List of canals of the United Kingdom]
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[River Parrett]
as Thorney. The River Isle, which joined the Parrett at Muchelney, was to be improved for its first mile, and then the Westport Canal was to be constructed
[Ivelchester and Langport Navigation]
construction of a canal to Westport, and the rebuilding of the Great Bow Bridge, to allow larger boats to travel beyond Langport. Normal canal tolls were charged
[Transport in Somerset]
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal (1827), Glastonbury Canal (1834), Grand Western Canal (1839), Westport Canal (1840) and Chard Canal (1842). Steam ships were
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