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River Ure

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The River Ure is a small river and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for 8 miles through 2 locks from Ripon Canal - Ure Junction (where it joins the Ripon Canal) to Swale Nab (where it joins the River Ouse : Yorkshire (non-tidal section) and the River Swale).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 57 feet long and 14 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Although the maximum boat length is nominally 57ft, in May 2015 Milby Lock was leaking very badly and throwing up a fountain inside the top gates that was liable to flood any 57ft boat using the lock. I have a 57ft boat and was forced to turn back to York for fear of shipping huge amounts of water.

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Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 6 - Nottingham, York and the North East

Ripon Canal - Ure Junction Junction of Ripon Canal and the River Ure
Newby Hall Landing	1 mile and 1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Westwick Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir	1 mile and 3½ furlongs	0 locks
Westwick Lock No 2	1 mile and 6 furlongs	0 locks
Westwick Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir	1 mile and 6¼ furlongs	1 lock
Brampton Hall	2 miles and 6¼ furlongs	1 lock
Green's Landing	3 miles and 7½ furlongs	1 lock
A1 Road Bridge (Boroughbridge)	4 miles and 4 furlongs	1 lock
Arrow Bridge	4 miles and 4¼ furlongs	1 lock
Boroughbridge Marina	4 miles and 7 furlongs	1 lock
Boroughbridge Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir	4 miles and 7½ furlongs	1 lock
Boroughbridge (western bridge)	5 miles and ½ furlongs	1 lock
Boroughbridge (east bridge)	5 miles and ¾ furlongs	1 lock
Canal Garage	5 miles and 1 furlong	1 lock
Boroughbridge Boaters Facilities	5 miles and 1 furlong	1 lock
Boroughbridge Visitor Mooring	5 miles and 1 furlong	1 lock
Milby Lock No 1	5 miles and 4¼ furlongs	1 lock
Milby Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir	5 miles and 4¾ furlongs	2 locks
Swale Nab Junction of Rivers Ure, Swale and Ouse (Yorkshire)	8 miles	2 locks

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The River Ure in North Yorkshire, England is approximately 74 miles (119 km) long from its source to the point where it becomes the River Ouse. It is the principal river of Wensleydale, which is the only major dale now named after a village rather than its river. The old name for the valley was Yoredale after the river that runs through it.

The Ure is one of many rivers and waterways that drain the Dales into the River Ouse. Tributaries of the Ure include the River Swale and the River Skell.

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[River Ouse, Yorkshire] The River Ouse (/ˈuːz/ OOZ) is a river in North Yorkshire, England. Hydrologically, the river is a continuation of the River Ure, and the combined length [Ure] Ure or URE may refer to: Alan Ure, English football manager Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde (1853–1928), Scottish politician and judge Andrew Ure [Longest rivers of the United Kingdom] constitutes a river. Thus the River Ure and River Ouse can be counted as one river system or as two rivers. If it is counted as one, the River Aire/ River Ouse/Humber [Wensleydale] Wensleydale is the dale or upper valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines, one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. Wensleydale [Newby Hall] Newby Hall is a country house beside the River Ure in the parish of Skelton-on-Ure in North Yorkshire, England. It is 3 miles south-east of Ripon and [List of rivers of Yorkshire] Derwent River Wharfe at Tadcaster Richmond Castle and the River Swale River Ure at Boroughbridge River Nidd and railway viaduct at Knaresborough The use of [Ripon] England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire [Isurium Brigantum] Its name is believed to be derived from the Latin name of the river Iseur now the River Ure. It is likely there was a Brigantian settlement at Isurium before [Church grim] Kilgrim Bridge and was later renamed Kilgram Bridge which today crosses the River Ure in North Yorkshire. The Scandinavian church grim is also known as the

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