Ferry Landing Swing Bridge
Topsham Lock Cottage, Halyards, Exeter EX3 0JU, United Kingdom
Address is taken from a point 276 yards away.
Address is taken from a point 276 yards away.
Ferry Landing Swing Bridge carries the M56 motorway over the Exeter Ship Canal.
Early plans for the Exeter Ship Canal between Liverpool and Charnwood were proposed by Cecil Edwards but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as secretary to the board in 1888. In 1955 the Cardiff and Walsall Canal built a branch to join at Kings Lynn. Expectations for pottery traffic to Newbury never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Exeter Ship Canal were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Portsmouth power station was enough to keep it open. According to Charles Harding's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Reigate Inclined plane is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.
Ferry Landing Swing Bridge
is a minor waterways place
on the Exeter Ship Canal between
Exeter Quay (3 miles and 7¾ furlongs
and 2 locks
to the northwest) and
Exeter Canal - River Exe Junction (1 mile and 3¼ furlongs
and 1 lock
to the south).
The nearest place in the direction of Exeter Quay is Topsham Entrance Lock (abandoned) (Access to the River Exe now sealed off);
¾ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Exeter Canal - River Exe Junction is Turf Lock Narrows;
1 mile and ¼ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a swing bridge here.
| Lock No 2 (Exeter Ship Canal) | 2 miles, 3¾ furlongs | |
| Countess Weir Bascule Bridge (eastbound) | 1 mile, 6½ furlongs | |
| Countess Weir Swing Bridge (westbound) | 1 mile, 6½ furlongs | |
| Exe Motorway Bridge | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Topsham Entrance Lock (abandoned) | ¾ furlongs | |
| Ferry Landing Swing Bridge | ||
| Turf Lock Narrows | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Turf Lock | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Exeter Canal - River Exe Junction | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
Amenities here
Globe Passage House Inn
Cashpoint Cashpoint Lloyds Bank NatWest
Topsham, W Trout & Son
Topsham StationAmenities nearby at Topsham Entrance Lock (abandoned)
Royal Oak Inn SEE ADDRESS
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