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Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation

 
 
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The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation is a small river and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for 13 miles and 7½ furlongs through 12 locks from End of Navigation (Chelmsford) (which is a dead end) to Heybridge Sea Lock No 13 (where it joins the River Blackwater).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 60 feet long and 16 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

End of Navigation (Chelmsford)
Limit of navigation
Chelmsford Basin ¼ furlongs 0 locks
Springfield Lock No 1 3 furlongs 0 locks
Springfield Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
3¾ furlongs 1 lock
Chelmer Road Bridge 4½ furlongs 1 lock
Barnes Mill Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
1 mile and ½ furlongs 1 lock
Barnes Mill Lock No 2 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs 1 lock
Barnes Mill Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
1 mile and 1¾ furlongs 2 locks
Sandford Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir
2 miles 2 locks
Sandford Mill Road Bridge 2 miles and ½ furlongs 2 locks
Sandford Lock No 3 2 miles and 1¾ furlongs 2 locks
Sandford Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
2 miles and 2¾ furlongs 3 locks
A12 Road Bridge 2 miles and 4¾ furlongs 3 locks
A12 Footbridge 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs 3 locks
Cuton Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir
3 miles and 2¼ furlongs 3 locks
Cuton Lock No 4 3 miles and 2½ furlongs 3 locks
Cuton Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
3 miles and 2¾ furlongs 4 locks
Stoneham's Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
4 miles and 1 furlong 4 locks
Stoneham's Lock No 5 4 miles and 1¼ furlongs 4 locks
Stoneham's Lock Weir Exit 4 miles and 1½ furlongs 5 locks
Little Baddow Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir
4 miles and 5¼ furlongs 5 locks
Little Baddow Lock No 6
Little Baddow Wharf
4 miles and 6¼ furlongs 5 locks
Little Baddow Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
4 miles and 6½ furlongs 6 locks
Church Road Footbridge 4 miles and 7 furlongs 6 locks
Church Road Bridge (Boreham) 5 miles and ¾ furlongs 6 locks
Paper Mill Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir
6 miles and ½ furlongs 6 locks
Paper Mill Lock No 7 6 miles and 1 furlong 6 locks
Paper Mill Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
6 miles and 1¼ furlongs 7 locks
North Hill Bridge 6 miles and 1¾ furlongs 7 locks
Bumfords Lane Footbridge 7 miles and 1¾ furlongs 7 locks
Rushes Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir
7 miles and 4½ furlongs 7 locks
Rushes Lock No 8 7 miles and 4¾ furlongs 7 locks
Rushes Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
7 miles and 5 furlongs 8 locks
Hoe Mill Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
8 miles and 4¼ furlongs 8 locks
Hoe Mill Lock No 9 8 miles and 6¼ furlongs 8 locks
The Causeway Bridge 8 miles and 6¼ furlongs 9 locks
The Causeway Bridge Winding Hole 8 miles and 6½ furlongs 9 locks
Ulting Road Pipe Bridge 9 miles and 1¾ furlongs 9 locks
Rickett's Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
9 miles and 7¾ furlongs 9 locks
Rickett's Lock No 10 10 miles and 1½ furlongs 9 locks
Rickett's Lock Weir Exit
Channel leading to the Weir
10 miles and 1¾ furlongs 10 locks
Langford Pipe Bridge 10 miles and 6 furlongs 10 locks
Beeleigh Lock Weir Entrance
Channel leading to the Weir - No Access
10 miles and 7½ furlongs 10 locks
Beeleigh Lock No 11 11 miles and ½ furlongs 10 locks
River Blackwater Junction 11 miles and 1 furlong 11 locks
Beeleigh Flood Lock No 12 11 miles and 1¼ furlongs 11 locks
Golf Course Footbridge 11 miles and 4¾ furlongs 12 locks
Narrows Footbridge 11 miles and 6 furlongs 12 locks
A414 West Bridge 11 miles and 6 furlongs 12 locks
Playground Footbridge 11 miles and 7 furlongs 12 locks
A414 East Bridge 12 miles and ¼ furlongs 12 locks
Holloway Road Bridge 12 miles and 3 furlongs 12 locks
Colchester Road Pipe Bridge 12 miles and 5¼ furlongs 12 locks
Colchester Road Bridge 12 miles and 5½ furlongs 12 locks
Rennie Walk Footbridge 13 miles 12 locks
Heybridge Sea Lock No 13
End of Navigation and exit to Blackwater estuary
13 miles and 7½ furlongs 12 locks
 
 
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The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation is the canalisation of the Rivers Chelmer and Blackwater in Essex, in the east of England. The navigation runs for 13.75 miles (22.13 km) from Springfield Basin in Chelmsford to the sea lock at Heybridge Basin near Maldon. It was opened in 1797, and remained under the control of the original company until 2003. It is now run by Essex Waterways Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Inland Waterways Association.

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[River Blackwater, Essex] lower reaches of the Chelmer, from Chelmsford, were canalised in the 1790s, and the navigation diverts water north of the Blackwater through Maldon before [Maldon, Essex] and civil parish on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation [Heybridge, Maldon] River Chelmer by diversion work done during construction of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. Some people believe that the River Blackwater at Heybridge [River Chelmer] the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Limited". Retrieved 15 May 2009. Fitch, Edward Arthur: Maldon and the River Blackwater. Gowers, 1895 Chapman and Andre: [River Ter] creatures. The river rises in Stebbing Green and flowing via Terling it joins the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at TL794089 near Rushes Lock. A small part [River Can] the city. From the confluence, the Can becomes part of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. The River Wid also meets the Can in the same area. In about [Chelmsford] city to form the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation which heads out towards Maldon before flowing into tidal waters at the Blackwater Estuary. In the other [Chelmer Village] the river also forms part of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, while the development is bordered in the west and north by the A138. A number of historic [Heybridge Basin] is where the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Canal merges into the tidal Blackwater Estuary, fed by the rivers Blackwater and Chelmer. The two rivers
 
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