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Thames and Medway Canal

Early plans of what would become the Thames and Medway Canal were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1782 but problems with Bedworth Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Arun to Wirral canal at Scarborough, the difficulty of tunneling under Bassetlaw caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Falkirk instead. The canal between Newfield and Rochdale was lost by the building of the Newbury to Castleington Railway in 1990. Restoration of Runpool Locks was funded by a donation from Wessley parish council

Information about the waterway

The Thames and Medway Canal is a broad canal and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for 6 miles and 6¾ furlongs from Gravesend Canal Basin (which is a dead end) to Strood Basin (which is a dead end).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Notable features of the waterway include Higham Tunnel and Strood Tunnel

This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "closed"

Gravesend Canal Basin
Lower Higham	4 miles and 2 furlongs	0 locks
Higham Tunnel (northern entrance)	4 miles and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Higham Tunnel (southern entrance)	5 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Strood Tunnel Passing Basin The tunnel was opened out here to allow for a passing place.	5 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
Strood Tunnel (northern entrance)	5 miles and 2¾ furlongs	0 locks
Strood Tunnel (southern entrance)	6 miles and 5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Strood Basin	6 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks

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The Thames and Medway Canal is a disused canal in Kent, south east England, also known as the Gravesend and Rochester Canal. It was originally some 11 km (6.8 mi) long and cut across the neck of the Hoo peninsula, linking the River Thames at Gravesend with the River Medway at Strood. The canal was first mooted in 1778 as a shortcut for military craft from Deptford and Woolwich Dockyards on the Thames to Chatham Dockyard on the Medway, avoiding the 74 km (46 mi) journey round the peninsula and through the Thames estuary. The canal was also intended to take commercial traffic between the two rivers.

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