Canal Boating Holidays - Trent and Mersey Canal Guide
Narrowboat Holiday Hire - Canal Barge Holidays
Norfolk Broads Cruiser Boat Hire
Trent and Mersey Canal Location and basic information - For the benefit of
continuity we are including the 2 miles of the Sawley Cut so that we can join
up the T&M Canal guide to the Erewash Canal, River Trent Navigation and the Grand
Union Canal (River Soar) Leicester Section
Nicholson
Guide to the Waterways: Birmingham & the Heart of England No. 3 (Waterways
Guide)
The beginning of the Trent and Mersey Canal is at Derwent Mouth in Derbyshire
- Categories contents are listed from the beginning of the canal, canal branch
or canal arm.
The Trent and Mersey canal was built (opened 1777), as the name implies, to
link the River Trent at Derwent Mouth to the River Mersey, via
the Bridgewater Canal, which it joins at Preston Brook in Cheshire. Mileposts
measure the distances between Preston Brook and Shardlow, around a mile short
of Derwent mouth.
The idea of a canal connection from the Mersey to the Trent, conceived as "The
Grand Trunk", came from canal engineer James Brindley and his planned 'Grand
Cross' of canals connecting the Trent and Severn, and the Mersey and Thames rivers.
Trent Lock - Junction with River Trent Navigation, Erewash Canal, Grand Union
Canal (River Soar) Leicester Section
Derwent Mouth (Terminus) - Junction with the Trent Navigation
to Cavendish Bridge
Swarkestone Junction - Junction with the Derby Canal (Disused)
Fradley Junction - Junction with the Coventry Canal
Great Haywood Junction - Junction with the Staffordshire
and Worcestershire Canal - Between Great Haywood and Middlewich the T&M
is part of the Four Counties Holiday Cruising Ring
Etruria Junction - Junction with the Caldon Canal
Through the heart of the Staffordshire "Potteries" district
 Harecastle Tunnel - A feature on the T&M is the 3000yd
long Harecastle Tunnel, a wonder of the canals - 2900mtrs
Make
sure you're wearing wetproofs and a hat whilst navigating this the Harecastle
Tunnel as there is water dripping through the roof all year round!
Hardings Wood Junction - Junction with the Macclesfield Canal
- Between Hardings Wood Junction and the start of the Bridgewater Canal at Preston
Brook the T&M is part of the Cheshire Ring (Cheshire Holiday Cruising Ring)
The Cheshire Locks - AKA "Heartbreak Hill" - If you are heading
south Wheelock sees the canal climb through the 25 locks of Heartbreak Hill from
Lock 66 to Lock 41 ascending to its summit at Hardingswood Junction, Kidsgrove
or dropping down if heading north.
Wheelock - Village
Wardle (Middlewich) Junction - Junction with the Wardle Canal
/ Shropshire
Union Canal Middlewich Branch again part of the Four
Counties Ring
Anderton Boat Lift - Connection to the River Weaver Navigation
Preston Brook (Terminus) - Bridgewater
Canal
Boaters Facilities on the Trent and Mersey Canal (starting at the Sawley
Cut, by the paired Sawley Locks)
Official Moorings
Above Sawley Locks
Water Points
Above Sawley Locks x2
Shardlow - Below Lock 2 (Shardlow Lock)
Above Lock 4 (Weston Lock)
Above Lock 5 (Swarkestone Lock)
West of Deep Dale Bridge
East of Bridge 23
Wheelock x2
Toilets
Above Sawley Locks
East of Bridge 23
Wheelock
Showers
Above Sawley Locks
Wheelock
Refuse Disposal
Above Sawley Locks
East of Bridge 23
Wheelock
Recycling Centres
Elsan / Sewage Point
Above Sawley Locks
East of Bridge 23
Wheelock
Diesel
Laundry Facilities
Shops
Willington - Convienence Store
Stoke-on-Trent - Etruria - Wedgewood and Royal Doulton Outlet Shop,
Stoke-on-Trent -
Off Bridge 119 - MAP -
Forge Lane, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
ST1 5NN - 01782 284056 - Stocking a range of quality china and collectables
from the great names of Wedgewood and Royal Doulton. As you walk in there is
a selection of tea sets and dinner ware made by Royal Albert, Doulton and Minton.
Some are seconds and made abroad and others are first quality items.
Wheelock - Village shops
Middlewich Convenience Store - ASDA Express - No1, Wheelock Road, Middlewich
Middlewich Supermarket - ASDA Store - Off Wheelock Road, Middlewich
Middlewich Fishing Tackle Shop - Daves of Middlewich Ltd,
Angling Superstore, Lewin Street (A533), Middlewich CW10 9BG - 01606 833853
Main Cities, Towns and Villages along the Trent and Mersey Canal
Sawley
Shardlow
Willington
Burton-upon-Trent
Barton-under-Needwood (Barton Turns)
Alrewas
Fradley Junction
Rugeley
Great Haywood
Weston-upon-Trent - Information
Stone, Staffordshire - Information
Trentham
Stoke-on-Trent
Hassall Green
Wheelock - Restaurant, Pub and village shops
Middlewich
Anderton
Barnton
Preston Brook
Narrowboat Holiday Hire on the Trent and Mersey Canal
Cruiser Holiday Hire on the Trent and Mersey Canal
Suggested Cruising Routes From Stoke-on-Trent
Crest Narrowboats - Second Fleet - Festival Park Marina, Etruria in the middle
of the historic Potteries offers you no less a choice of history and dramatic
scenery situated, as it is, on Brindley’s Trent & Mersey Canal.
Trent and Mersey Canal Day Boat Hire
Charter Boats That Cruise The Trent and Mersey Canal
Hotel Boats That Cruise The Trent and Mersey Canal
Trent and Mersey Canal Trip Boats
"Stenson Bubble" - Bubble Wharf, Stenson Lock - 01283 703113
Trent and Mersey Canal Restaurant Boats
Trent and Mersey Canalside Pubs and Restaurants
Shardlow - The Clock Warehouse, London Road, Shardlow adjacent to the Shardlow
Canal Visitor Centre / Museum - 01332 792844
Shardlow - The Old Marina Bar and Restaurant, London Road, Shardlow - 01332
799797
Shardlow - Bridge 2 - The Malt Shovel, 49 The Wharf, Shardlow - 01332 799763
Shardlow - Bridge 2 - The New Inn, The Wharf, Shardlow - 01332 793330
Shardlow - Idle Bridge (3) - The Navigation Inn, 143 London
Road - 01332 792918
Barrow-on-Trent - West of Deep Dale Bridge (17) The Ragley
Boat Stop, Deepdale
Lane, Off Sinfin Lane, Barrow-on-Trent - 01332 703919
Stenson Lock (6) Canalside, The Bubble Inn, Stenson - 01283 703113
Bridge 23 - The Greyhound, Heath Lane, Findern
Bridge 23 - The Rising Sun, The Green, Willington - 01283 702116
Bridge 23 - The Green Dragon, The Green, Willington - 01283 702327
East of Bridge 29A - The Brewhouse, Union Street - 01283 508100
Wheelock - The Cheshire Cheese
Trent and Mersey Canalside (Riverside) cottages
Marinas on the Trent and Mersey Canal
Sawley Marina, Sawley Cut
Shardlow Marina, London Road, Shardlow - 01332 792832
Stenson Marina, Stenson - 01283 701933
Places to visit and things to do or see on the Trent and Mersey Canal
Sawley Cut
Shardlow Heritage Centre (charge applies- Information),
Below Shardlow Lock, adjacent to The Clock Warehouse. Shardlow Heritage Centre,
London Road, Shardlow DE72 2GA
Swarkestone Lows - MAP -
Barrow Hill, Swarkestone - Ancient burial mound between Bridges 14 and 15 on the
hillside overlooking the canal - Information.
Shrugborough Hall
Wedgwood Pottery Visitor Centre
Stoke-on-Trent - Superb waterside leisure
complex - Cinema - Festival Park, Etruria
Stoke-on-Trent - Etruria - Wedgewood and Royal Doulton Outlet Shop,
Stoke-on-Trent - Off Bridge 119 - MAP -
Forge Lane, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5NN - 01782 284056 - Stocking
a range of quality china and collectables from the great names of Wedgewood and
Royal Doulton. As you walk in there is a selection of tea sets and dinner ware
made by Royal Albert, Doulton and Minton. Some are seconds and made abroad and
others are first quality items.
Lion Salt Works - Information,
Lion Salt Works, Offershaw Lane, Marston CW9 6ES
Anderton Boat Lift - Information
Chandlers on the Trent and Mersey Canal
Sawley Marina, Sawley Cut
Trent and Mersey Canal Boatyards
Sawley Marina, Sawley Cut - BW Office, Long Eaton, Nottingham
- 01159 734278
Dobson's Boatyard, The Wharf, Shardlow DE72 2GH - 01332 792271
Midland Canal Centre, Stenson Marina, Stenson - 01283 701933
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