Old Bedford Sluice
Accessible only at low tide
The Lane, Salters Lode PE38 0BD, United Kingdom
Old Bedford Sluice is one of many locks on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River); it has a rise of only a few inches.
Early plans for the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) between Wycombe and Bernigo were proposed by James Brindley but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as managing director in 1782. In 1905 the Perth and Ipswich Canal built a branch to join at Liverpool. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1990 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) campaign.
Old Bedford Sluice
is a minor waterways place
on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) between
Delph Bridge (Welney village) (6 miles and 1½ furlongs
to the southwest) and
Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction (Junction of the River Great Ouse and the Old Bedford River) (½ furlongs
to the east).
The nearest place in the direction of Delph Bridge is Old Bedford Sluice Field Bridge;
½ furlongs
away.
There may be access to the towpath here.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes a track over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Purls Bridge | 11 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Ely to March Railway Bridge | 9 miles, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Delph Bridge | 6 miles, 1½ furlongs | |
| Welney Sluice | 6 miles, ½ furlongs | |
| Old Bedford Sluice Field Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Old Bedford Sluice | ||
| Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction | ½ furlongs | |
- Great Ouse Navigation | boating, moorings, navigation notices — associated with River Great Ouse
- Information regarding the Great Ouse navigation and tributaries.
- Information for boaters on the River Great Ouse - GOV.UK — associated with River Great Ouse
- River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
- Facebook Account — associated with River Great Ouse
- Anglian Waterways Manager Facebook Account
- Facebook Anglian Waterways Page — associated with River Great Ouse
- Facebook Page for Environment Agency Anglian Waterways
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction
Denver Sluice — 3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Sluice
Downham Market Road Bridge — 2 miles, ¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Downham Market Road Bridge
Windmill EA Mooring — 3 miles, 3 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Windmill EA Mooring
West Head Road Bridge — 4 miles, 4 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to West Head Road Bridge
Stowbridge Heron EA Moorings — 4 miles, 4½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Stowbridge Heron EA Moorings
Upwell Church Bridge Public Staithe (visitor mooring) — 5 miles, 7½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Upwell Church Bridge Public Staithe (visitor mooring)
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen — 7 miles, ¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen
Kings Lynn Visitor Pontoon — 13 miles, 5 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Kings Lynn Visitor Pontoon
March Boater Services — 13 miles, 3 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to March Boater Services
Prickwillow Visitor Moorings (EA) — 14 miles, 6 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (River Lark) to Prickwillow Visitor Moorings (EA)
March Marina — 14 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to March Marina
Willow Walk Visitor Moorings — 16 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Willow Walk Visitor MooringsNearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction
Upwell Church Bridge Public Staithe (visitor mooring) — 5 miles, 7½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Upwell Church Bridge Public Staithe (visitor mooring)
March Boater Services — 13 miles, 3 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to March Boater Services
Willow Walk Visitor Moorings — 16 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Willow Walk Visitor MooringsNearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction
Denver Sluice — 3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Sluice
March Boater Services — 13 miles, 3 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to March Boater Services
March Marina — 14 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to March Marina
Willow Walk Visitor Moorings — 16 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Willow Walk Visitor MooringsNearest place to turn
In the direction of Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction
Salter's Lode Junction — 1 furlong and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction
Denver Junction — 3 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction
Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction — 4 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction
Denver Relief Channel Lock Weir Entrance — 5 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Denver Relief Channel Lock Weir Entrance
Welmore Sluice — 2 miles, ½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Welmore Sluice
Brandon Creek Junction — 7 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Brandon Creek Junction
Great Ouse - Middle Level Main Drain Junction — 9 miles, 5 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Middle Level Main Drain Junction
Great Ouse - Mill Basin Junction — 9 miles, 6 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Mill Basin Junction
Great Ouse - Smeeth Lode Junction — 9 miles, 6½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Smeeth Lode Junction
River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction — 9 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (River Wissey) to River Wissey - Cut-Off Channel Junction
Holmes River Junction — 10 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Holmes River Junction
Great Ouse - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction — 11 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction
Stringside Drain — 11 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to River Great Ouse - River Wissey Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (River Wissey) to Stringside Drain
Great Ouse - River Nar Junction — 13 miles, 3 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Large Tidal Section) to Great Ouse - River Nar Junction
Old West River - River Lark Junction — 12 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction
Little Ouse - Lakenheath Lode Junction — 12 miles, 6½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Brandon Creek Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Little Ouse or Brandon Creek) to Little Ouse - Lakenheath Lode Junction
Mullicourt Aqueduct Winding Hole — 13 miles, 3½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Old River Nene - Popham's Eau Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Popham's Eau) to Three Holes, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Middle Level Main Drain) to Mullicourt Aqueduct Winding Hole
Prickwillow Winding Hole — 14 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - River Lark Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (River Lark) to Prickwillow Winding Hole
In the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction — 12 miles, 1½ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Mepal Pumping Station — 15 miles, 1½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Counter Wash Drain) to Mepal Pumping StationNearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction
Denver Sluice — 3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Sluice
Willow Walk Visitor Moorings — 16 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Willow Walk Visitor MooringsNearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction
Denver Sluice — 3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Sluice
March Marina — 14 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Well Creek) to Outwell - Lance Hunter Rowe Boat Basin, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to March MarinaDirection of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
There is no page on Wikipedia called “Old Bedford Sluice”
Wikipedia pages that might relate to Old Bedford Sluice
[Old Bedford River]
the Old Bedford River and known as the River Delph. It drains into the New Bedford River 2 to 3 kilometres (1.2 to 1.9 miles) south of Denver Sluice. The
[River Great Ouse]
1618, with the construction of sluices and locks. Bedford could be reached by river from 1689. A major feature was the sluice at Denver, which failed in 1713
[New Bedford River]
completed in 1652. The Bedford River became known as the Old Bedford River, and the new channel became the New Bedford River. Sluices were built at Earith
[Middle Level Navigations]
Drain on Mullicourt Aqueduct. The alternative route via Horseway sluice and the Old Bedford River is unusable, as the lock at Welches Dam was declared unsafe
[The Fens]
Parliament that led to the formation of the Black Sluice Commissioners. Many original records of the Bedford Level Corporation, including maps of the Levels
[Cut-off Channel]
plan envisaged diverting the River Welland; building a navigable sluice on the Old River Nene, below Stanground; building floodbanks along 12 miles (19 km)
[Forty Foot Drain]
joins the old River Nene, to Welches Dam Sluice, where it joins the Counter Wash Drain, which then changes identity, becoming the Old Bedford River. These
[Earith]
of the River Great Ouse, the Old Bedford River and the New Bedford River, leave the river on a course to Denver Sluice near Downham Market, where they
[Fens Waterways Link]
lock from the Haven in Boston to the South Forty-Foot Drain at the Black Sluice, opened to traffic on 20 March 2009. Funding for phase two of the project
[Cornelius Vermuyden]
dredged the New Bedford River (with a large area of wash between it and the Bedford River) and the Forty Foot Drain. He established Denver Sluice to stop tides
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New Bedford River - WikipediaOld Bedford Sluice. Old and New Bedford Rivers. Welmore Lake Sluice. Footbridge to WWT Welney. Welney flood control gate. A1101 Delph Bridge, Welney.
File:Old Bedford Sluice - geograph.org.uk - 685694.jpg ... English: Old Bedford Sluice This sluice gate maintains water levels in the Old Bedford River.
Old Bedford Sluice. Old and New Bedford Rivers. Welmore Lake Sluice. Footbridge to WWT Welney. Welney flood control gate. A1101 Delph Bridge, Welney.
The levels shown here do not, therefore, necessarily represent the actual depth of the water. The usual range of the Old Bedford Sluice Salters Lode Monitoring ...
Between Salters Lode and Old Bedford Sluice. Information on the closures/ restrictions affecting the navigation. Published 6 April 2017. From: Environment ...
Aug 29, 2018 ... The commissioners are empowered to demand rates at Salter's Load Sluice, Standground Sluice and Old Bedford Sluice, for the purpose of ...
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The original sluice here, known as the Bedford Sluice, was opened in 1632 when Vermuyden cut the Bedford River from Earith to re-join the River Great Ouse here  ...
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