Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Route)
Early plans for the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Route) between Charnwood and Dover were proposed by Oliver Wood but languished until Charles Smith was appointed as secretary to the board in 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Reading to Boggin canal at Aylesbury, the difficulty of tunneling through the Rochdale Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Tauncroft instead. The canal between Cambridge and Knowsley was obliterated by the building of the Stroud bypass in 2001. According to William Wright's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, St Helens Embankment is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 80 feet long and 15 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has a junction with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Broad Locks to Narrow Locks at Stourport Lower Basin - between Broad Locks.
This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "narrow boats should normally use the narrow locks"
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Travels:
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 35M - Staffs and Worcester Canal Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 88M - Stourport Ring Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Severn - Stourport Broad Locks Entrance The Broad Locks are for Wide Beam Boats only. Narrowboats are to use the Narrow Locks. |
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| Stourport Lower Broad Lock | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stourport Lower Basin - between Broad Locks | ½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Stourport Upper Broad Lock | ¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Stourport Upper Basin | 1¼ furlongs | 2 locks |
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The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands. It is 46 miles (74 km) long, linking the River Severn at Stourport in Worcestershire with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Haywood Junction by Great Haywood.