Canal Boating Holidays - Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal Guide
Narrowboat Holiday Hire - Canal Barge Holidays
Norfolk Broads Cruiser Boat Hire
Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal Location and basic information
Opened in 1772, The Staffs and Worcs canal is an example of an early contour
canal, part of James Brindley’s planned 'Grand Cross' of canals connecting
the Trent and Severn, and the Mersey and Thames rivers.
46 miles / 43 locks
The beginning of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
is at Stourport-on-Severn at Stourport Basin - Categories contents are listed
from the beginning of the canal, canal branch or canal arm.
Stourport-on-Severn Basin (Terminus) - River Severn Navigation
Stourton Junction - Junction with the Stourbridge Canal
Aldersley Junction - Junction with the BCN Main Line
Atherley Junction - Junction with the Shropshire
Union Canal - Main Line
Hatherton Junction - Hatherton Branch (Disused)
Great Haywood Junction (Terminus) - Trent and Mersey Canal
Boaters Facilities on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
Official Moorings
Stourport - Above York Street Lock
Cookley Tunnel
Swindon - Between Swindon Lock and Marsh Lock
Gailey - Above and below Gailey Top Lock 5day and 48hr
Between Bridges 83A and 84 - 48hr
Opposite Tom's Moorings - 48hr
Water Points
Stourport-on-Severn
Kinver Lock Sanitary Station
Stewponey Wharf Above Stewponey Lock
Greensforge Sanitary Station - Above Greensforge Lock
Gailey x2 - Above Gailey Top Lock
Penkridge x2 - Sanitary Station, Above Penkridge Lock and opposite
Toilets
Kinver Lock Sanitary Station
Greensforge Sanitary Station - Above Greensforge Lock
Gailey - Above Gailey Top Lock
Penkridge Sanitary Station, Above Penkridge Lock
Showers
Gailey - Above Gailey Top Lock
Refuse Disposal
Kinver Lock Sanitary Station
Greensforge Sanitary Station - Above Greensforge Lock
Bratch Lock Flight
Gailey - Above Gailey Top Lock
Penkridge Sanitary Station, Above Penkridge Lock
Recycling Centres
Elsan / Sewage Point
Kinver Lock Sanitary Station
Greensforge Sanitary Station - Above Greensforge Lock
Gailey - Above Gailey Top Lock (No pump out)
Diesel
Laundry Facilities
Shops
Stourport-on-Severn
Kidderminster
Kinver
Compton
Gailey Round House, Gailey Top Lock - Gift Shop and Mini Convenience Store
Behind Penkridge Sanitary Station, east of Penkridge Lock / Penkridge Bridge 20mtrs to Convenience Store
Bridge 109 - Towpath side canal supplies - Mini Chandlery
Main Cities, Towns and Villages along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
Stourport-on-Severn
Kidderminster
Cookley - Fish and Chips, Cookley Fisheries, 1 Bridge Road, Cookley - 01562 850554
Compton - Shops
Penkridge
Stafford - Bus ride from bridge 98 - Town Centre
Narrowboat Holiday Hire on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
Gailey - Viking Afloat - The Wharf, Watling Street, Standeford - 01905 610660
Staffs & Worcs Canal Holiday Hire - Gailey Wharf - UK
Boat Hire - The Wharf, Watling Street, Standeford
UK Boat Hire's Gailey base is located on the idyllic Staffordshire & Worcestershire
canal offers plenty to explore. The rural parts of
Staffordshire are dotted with the industrial history of the area, often focused
on the canal network. Staffordshire canal barge holidays - You have a choice
of different styles of narrowboats to suit couples, families and larger parties. Look
at UK Boat Hire at Gailey Now
Penkridge - Teddesley Boat Co. - Park Gate Lock, Teddesley Road, Penkridge
- 01785 714692
Great Haywood Junction - Anglo Welsh, The Canal Wharf, Mill Lane, Great Hayward
- 01889 881711
Cruiser Holiday Hire on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal Day Boat Hire
Anglo Welsh, The Canal Wharf, Mill Lane, Great Hayward - 01889 881711
Oxley Marine Day Boat Hire, Wolverhampton - Hours of lock
free day boat hire on the Staffs and Worcester / Shropshire Union Canals - Oxley
Marine, The Wharf, Oxley Moor Road, Wolverhampton - 01902 789522
Charter Boats That Cruise The Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
 The
City of Wolverhampton Passenger Boat Service operate the narrowboat "Stafford" charter
cruises, of 2, 3 or 4 hour cruises with licensed bar on board. Private Day Charter
- Weddings, Birthdays and other celebrations - Lunch and Supper boat trips -
Corporate Event Boat - Educational Boat Trips - 70ft licensed for up to 42 passengers
Wolverhampton Charter Boat. Oxley Marine Wharf, Oxley Moor Road, Wolverhampton MAP -
Tel 01902 789522
Hotel Boats That Cruise The Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal Trip Boats
The City of Wolverhampton Passenger Boat Service operate
the narrowboat "Stafford" Walk-on
cruises, of 2 hours duration. First Sunday of the month, from Easter to September
and bank holidays. Wolverhampton Canal Trip Boat. Oxley Marine Wharf, Oxley Moor
Road, Wolverhampton MAP -
Tel 01902 789522 Also Santa Cruises (No unaccompanied adults!)
Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal Restaurant Boats
Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canalside Pubs and Restaurants
Stourport - York Street Lock - The Lock Shop and Tea
Rooms, 18 York Street, Stourport - 01299 829442
Bridges 5A / 6 - The Rising Sun, 50 Lombard Street, Stourport - 01299 822530
Canalside south of the railway bridge - The Bird in Hand, 5 Holly Road, Stourport - 01299 822385
Bridge 13 - The Watermill, Kidderminster - 01562 66713
Bridge 15 - The Castle Inn, Park Lane, Kidderminster - 01562 69406
Cookley Tunnel - The Bulls Head, Bridge Road, Cookley - 01562 850242
Kinver Lock - The Vine, 1 Dunsley Road, Kinver - 01384 877291
Greensforge Lock - The Navigation Inn, Canalside, Near Kingswinford
- 01384 273721
Bridge 38 - The Old Bush Inn, Swindon Road, Hinksford - 01384 294572
Bridge 40 - The Green Man, High Street, Swindon - 01384 400532
Bridge 43 - The Wagon and Horses, Bridgnorth Road, Wombourne
- 01902 892828
Bridge 45 - The Round Oak, 100 Ounsdale Road, Wombourne - 01902 892083
Bridge 59 - Bridge 59 Restaurant, Bridgnorth Road, Compton - 01902 759049
Bridge 59 - The Oddfellows Hall, Bridgnorth Road, Compton - 01902 754805
After Bridge 71 - Fox and Anchor Inn, Brewood Road, Cross Green - 01902 790786
At Hatherton Junction Footbridge - Misty's Bar and Restaurant,
Calf Heath Marina, King's Road Marina, Calf Heath - 01902 790570
Bridge 84 - Cross Keys, Filance Lane, Penkridge - 01785 712826
Penkridge Lock / Bridge 86 - The Boat, Cannock Road, Penkridge - 01785 714178
Bridge 98 - The Radford Bank Inn, Stafford (was The Trumpet) -
Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canalside Hotels
Bridge 82 - The Moat House Hotel and
Restaurant, Acton Trussel, Staffordshire
Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canalside (Riverside) cottages
Marinas on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
Ashwood Marina, Kingswinford - 01384 295535
Calf Heath Marina, King's Road, Calf Heath - 01902 790570
Hatherton Marina
Otherton Boat Haven, Otherton Hall Farm, Otherton Lane, Penkridge - 01785 712515
Tom's Moorings, Cannock Road, Penkridge - 01543 414808
Stafford Boat Club - Bridge 96
Places to visit and things to do or see on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
Stourport-on-Severn Basin - During the late 19th century, Stourport became
a popular summer destination for the industrial workers of the West Midlands
conurbation, who came for its riverside pleasure parks, boat trips, and caravan
parks. Since the end of the Second World War, and the nationalisation of the
canal system Stourport has been in steady decline. However the growth in leisure
boating and canal barge ownership and holidays has seen the revitalisation of
the Stourport-on-Severn canal basins.
Botterham Staircase Locks - The two locks at Botterham are a staircase, locks
placed close together which share gates.
Bratch Lock Flight - The Bratch locks are not a staircase
but there is only a few feet separating them. There are side ponds which control
the water which empties from the lock above. There is also an original octagonal
toll house where the present day lock keeper is still based.
Smestow Valley Nature Reserve - Smestow
Valley and the Black Country Urban Park follows a south-westerly route from Oxley
to Wightwick along the disused Wolverhampton - Kingswinford - Stourbridge railway
line. It's a haven for wildlife with its meadows and over 150 acres of woodland.
The reserve is also close to the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and Smestow
Brook. Pathways are flat and in most places well surfaced making them easy for
walkers and cyclists. Smestow Valley Nature Reserve can be accessed from Tettenhall
Road, Castlecroft Road or Compton Road Bridge / Compton Lock Bridge (60) and
Compton Lock. Link
to PDF - 01902 552351
Dunstall Park Race course, Wolverhampton
Fordhouses Cutting - Bridge 67 to the new Country Park there
is a narrow cutting just over half a mile long cut through solid rock. 'The Wolverhampton
Narrows' is not wide enough for boats to pass but there are two well placed
but tight passing places
Penkridge - Market
 Tixall
Wides - Tree lined broad waters where the canal
opens out to become more like a lake with views of the original Tixall Hall Gatehouse.
Great for watching water birds at any time of year and the occasional Barn Owl
at dusk over adjacent fields.
Chandlers on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal
Midland Chandlers - Park Gate Lock, Teddesley Road, Penkridge - 01785 712437
Staffordshire & Worcestershire (Staffs & Worcs) Canal Boatyards
Wombourne Canal Services, Giggety Wharf, Giggety, Wombourne - 01902 892242
Oxley Marine, The Wharf, Oxley Moor Road, Wolverhampton - 01902 789522
Gailey Wharf - JD Boat Services, The Wharf, Watling Street, Standeford - 01902 791811
Teddesley Boat Co. - Park Gate Lock, Teddesley Road, Penkridge - 01785 714692
Anglo Welsh, The Canal Wharf, Mill Lane, Great Hayward - 01889 881711
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