River Severn (main river - Stourport to Worcester)
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 89 feet long and 18 feet and 11 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Narrow Route) at Severn - Stourport Narrow Locks Entrance; with the Droitwich Canals (Droitwich Barge Canal) at Hawford Junction and with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Route) at Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance.
The waterway passes through Worcester
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 88M - Stourport Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 43M - River Severn and Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 91M - Mid Worcestershire (Droitwich) Ring Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Diglis Junction Junction of Worcester and Birmingham Canal with River Severn |
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| Worcester Riverside moorings |
4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Worcester Road Bridge | 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Worcester Trip Boat Moorings | 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Worcester Railway Bridge | 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sabrina Footbridge Footbridge to the racecourse |
1 mile | 0 locks | |
| Worcester Racecourse Moorings Good moorings upstream of the rowing clubs |
1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Worcester Waterworks | 1 mile and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bevere Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
3 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bevere Lock Also known as Camp Lock |
3 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bevere Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
4 miles and 1 furlong | 1 lock | |
| Hawford Junction Junction of Droitwich Canal with River Severn |
4 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Severn - Salwarpe Junction Junction of the River Severn and the River Salwarpe |
4 miles and 4 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Grimley | 4 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Holt Castle | 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| The Wharf Inn and Campsite (Holt Heath) | 7 miles | 1 lock | |
| Holt Fleet Bridge | 7 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Holt Lock Landing Pontoon | 7 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Holt Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
7 miles and 2 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Holt Lock (Holt Fleet) | 7 miles and 3 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Holt Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
7 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Lenchford Ferry | 8 miles and 1½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| The Hampstall Inn also known as Hampstall Ferry |
10 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Lincomb Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
11 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Lincomb Lock | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Lincomb Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
11 miles and 6 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Stourport Marina Tingedene Marina Stourport |
12 miles | 3 locks | |
| Stourport Broad Locks Landing and Visitor Moorings Pontoon (River Severn) | 12 miles and 6½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance The Broad Locks are for Wide Beam Boats only. Narrowboats are to use the Narrow Locks. |
12 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Stourport Narrow Locks Landing and Visitor Moorings Pontoon (River Severn) | 12 miles and 7 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Severn - Stourport Narrow Locks Entrance The Narrow Locks consist of two separate staircases each with two lock chambers. There is a passing point between the staircases. |
12 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Stourport Crown Basin Entrance | 12 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Stourport Bridge Effective head of navigation in normal conditions |
13 miles | 3 locks | |
| Limit of Navigation Gladder Brook |
13 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
- Visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs - Discover their history — associated with Lincomb Lock Weir Exit
- Find out the best way to visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs, how long it takes to see them, how to get there, and info on their history.
- Visit the Holt Fleet Bridge and discover its history - Industrial Tour — associated with Holt Fleet Bridge
- Find out the best way to visit the Holt Fleet Bridge, how long it takes to see, how to get there, and info on its history and architecture.
- Visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs - Discover their history — associated with Lincomb Lock
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- Visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs - Discover their history — associated with Lincomb Lock Weir Entrance
- Find out the best way to visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs, how long it takes to see them, how to get there, and info on their history.
- Visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs - Discover their history — associated with Bevere Lock Weir Entrance
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- Visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs - Discover their history — associated with Bevere Lock Weir Exit
- Find out the best way to visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs, how long it takes to see them, how to get there, and info on their history.
- Visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs - Discover their history — associated with Holt Lock (Holt Fleet)
- Find out the best way to visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs, how long it takes to see them, how to get there, and info on their history.
- Visit the River Severn Locks & Weirs - Discover their history — associated with Bevere Lock
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Wikipedia has a page about River Severn
The River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren), at 220 miles (354 km) long, is the longest river in Great Britain. It is also the river with the most voluminous flow of water by far in all of England and Wales, discharging an average of 107 m3/s (3,800 cu ft/s) into the Bristol Channel at Apperley, Gloucestershire. It rises in the Cambrian Mountains in mid Wales, at an altitude of 2,001 feet (610 m), on the Plynlimon massif, which lies close to the Ceredigion/Powys border near Llanidloes. The river then flows through Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The county towns of Shrewsbury, Gloucester and the City of Worcester lie on its course.
The Severn's major tributaries are the Vyrnwy, the Tern, the Teme, the Warwickshire Avon, and the Worcestershire Stour.
By convention, the River Severn is usually considered to end, and the Severn Estuary to begin, after the Second Severn Crossing, between Severn Beach in South Gloucestershire and Sudbrook, Monmouthshire. The total area of the Estuary’s drainage basin is 4,409 square miles (11,419 km2). That figure excludes the area of the River Wye and the Bristol Avon, both of which flow into the Severn Estuary. The Estuary discharges into the Bristol Channel, which opens into the Celtic Sea and from there into the Atlantic Ocean.