Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood)
The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) is a narrow canal and is part of the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line).
It runs for 5 miles and 4¾ furlongs from Etruria Junction (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) and the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall)) to Hardings Wood Junction (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) and the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet and 3 inches wide. The maximum headroom is 6 feet and 6 inches. The maximum draught is 4 feet and 4 inches.
It has a junction with the Trent and Mersey Canal (Burslem Branch Canal) at Junction with Burslem Branch Canal (disused).
Notable features of the waterway include Harecastle Tunnel
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Travels:
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 28M - Trent and Mersey Canal Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 84M - Four Counties Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Shropshire Union Canal, including the Middlewich Branch
Relevant publications — Waterway DVDs:
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Etruria Junction Junction with the Trent and Mersey Canal, Caldon Branch, Uttoxeter 30 miles |
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| Etruria Visitor Moorings | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Capital Gas Centre Ltd Cheap gas for sale here! |
1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Etruria Road Bridge No 117 | 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Festival Park Visitor Moorings | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Festival Park Marina Black Prince hire boats base |
2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Toby Carvery Festival Park Canalside |
2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lord Street Bridge No 118 | 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pebble Mill Arm and Shelton Side Bridge No 118C |
3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Shelton Blast Furnaces Basin Infilled |
4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Turnover Bridge No 119 | 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Steel Works Railway Bridge (low level) | 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Forge Lane Bridge No 119A | 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Steel Works Old Railway Bridge No 119B (disused) high level line |
5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Grange Pipe Bridge | 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Grange Footbridge | 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Grange Railway Bridge No 119C (disused) | 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Burslem Branch Winding Hole | 1 mile and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Junction with Burslem Branch Canal (disused) | 1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Newport Lane Bridge No 123 | 1 mile and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Mill Bridge No 125 | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Middleport/Burleigh Pottery Factory Shop | 1 mile and 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Middleport Footbridge | 2 miles | 0 locks | |
| Middleport Winding Hole | 2 miles and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Longport Wharf Home of Stokeboats |
2 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Longport Road Bridge No 126 | 2 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Longport Visitor Moorings 24 hour moorings |
2 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Trubshawe Cross Bridge No 127 | 2 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Longport Aqueduct | 2 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Railway Bridge No 127A (disused) Railway bridge has been converted into a road bridge to Westport Lake Park. |
2 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Westport Lake Services Closed |
2 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Westport Lake Visitor Moorings | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Brownhills Bridge No 128 | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Westport Sewage Works Pipe Bridge | 2 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Tunstall Bridge No 128A | 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Ravensdale Bridge No 129 | 2 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Tunstall Pipe Bridge | 3 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Chatterley Arm Bridge No 129A | 3 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Turnover Bridge No 130 | 3 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Harecastle Tunnel (southern entrance) | 3 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Harecastle Tunnel (northern entrance) Kidsgrove |
5 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Harecastle Bridge No 131 | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Kidsgrove Railway Bridge | 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Turnover Bridge No 132 Road leads to the station |
5 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Kinnersley Wharf (Kidsgrove) David Smithson |
5 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hardings Wood Railway Bridge | 5 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hardings Wood Junction Junction of Trent and Mersey Canal and Hall Green Branch |
5 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
- NarrowBoat Through Harecastle Tunnel — associated with Harecastle Tunnel
- A narrowboat goes through the Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent & Mersey canal at Kidsgrove in Staffordshire. This is the Telford side, running for 2,926 yards (1.66 miles). The video is 1min 35sec long, though the actual journey shown was just under 40minutes.
- Stokeboats | Matching Quality With Style — associated with Longport Wharf
- Stokeboats are builders and repairers of Narrowboats, Wide Beams and Dutch Barges, based in Staffordshire UK. We offer you the confidence and security of a company that in the last 35 years of successful trading has constructed over 300 boats.
- Llangollen Canals Favourite Hire Company - Crest Narrowboats — associated with Festival Park Marina
- Crest Narrowboats - Enjoy your Holiday with the Canals Favourite Hire Company - See us on TV - Offers On NOW - Boats from 2 berth to 10 - Ideally Situated
- Festival Park Marina Website - For Canal Moorings and Marina Services — associated with Festival Park Marina
- Specialising in canal boat repairs and maintenance, with a team of highly knowledgeable engineers on site.
- Toby Carvery Festival Park Stoke on Trent — associated with Toby Carvery Festival Park
- Public House
Wikipedia has a page about Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93 1⁄2-mile (150 km) canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.
The narrow locks and bridges are big enough for a single narrowboat 7 feet (2.1 m) wide by 72 feet (22 m) long, while the wide locks can accommodate boats 14 feet (4.3 m) wide, or two narrowboats next to each other.
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