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Canal Boat 2015.Xlsx Segment Cumulative From Last Stop Location Note {Waterways Guide Page} Est. Time Miles Locks Miles Locks Miles Locks (hr:min) Trent and Mersey Canal http://canalplan.eu/waterway/7gcp (Main Line - Etruria to Harding's Wood) Festival Park Marina {155} - - Etruria Road Bridge No 117 0.06250 - 0.06250 - Capital Gas Centre Ltd Cheap gas for sale here! 0.03125 - 0.09375 - Junction with the Trent and Mersey Canal, Etruria Junction 0.18750 - 0.28125 - Caldon Branch Trent and Mersey Canal http://canalplan.eu/waterway/rljr (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) Junction with the Trent and Mersey Canal, Etruria Junction - - 0.28125 - Caldon Branch A BW Handcuff key is needed Stoke Top Lock No 40 0.03125 - 0.31250 - to open this lock Summit Lock Bridge No 117 - 1 0.31250 1 Stoke Lock No 39 0.06250 - 0.37500 1 Stoke Lock No 39 Footbridge - 1 0.37500 2 Etruria Industrial Museum Arm 0.03125 - 0.40625 2 Gas Works Bridge No 116 - - 0.40625 2 Stoke Lock No 38 0.15625 - 0.56250 2 Stoke Lock No 38 Footbridge - 1 0.56250 3 Newcastle Road Bridge No 115 - - 0.56250 3 Stoke Lock No 37 0.25000 - 0.81250 3 Stoke Lock No 37 Footbridge - 1 0.81250 4 Cockshute Railway Bridge No 114B - - 0.81250 4 Cockshute Railway Bridge No 114A 0.06250 - 0.87500 4 Stoke Bottom Lock No 36 0.09375 - 0.96875 4 Stoke Bottom Lock Footbridge 0.03125 1 1.00000 5 Vernon Road Bridge No 114 - - 1.00000 5 Ringroad Southern Bridge No 113B 0.03125 - 1.03125 5 Glebe Street Bridge No 113A Possible winding north of bridge 0.25000 - 1.28125 5 Glebe Street Bridge No 113 Old bridge, now a car park 0.03125 - 1.31250 5 Lytton Street Aqueduct 0.15625 - 1.46875 5 Interchange Northern Bridge 0.03125 - 1.50000 5 Interchange Southern Bridge - - 1.50000 5 Dolphin Boatyard Possible winding hole 0.18750 - 1.68750 5 Stoke-on-Trent Bridge No 112 0.06250 - 1.75000 5 Stoke Basin Bridge No 111 Bridge is over the arm, not the main line 0.06250 - 1.81250 5 Bridge No 109 76yds (69m) long tunnel 0.56250 - 2.37500 5 Michelin Bridge No 108A 0.31250 - 2.68750 5 Sideway Bridge No 108 0.09375 - 2.78125 5 Segment Cumulative From Last Stop Location Note {Waterways Guide Page} Est. Time Miles Locks Miles Locks Miles Locks (hr:min) Railway Sidings Pipe Bridge {155} 0.75000 - 3.53125 5 Trentham Winding Hole {153} 0.31250 - 3.84375 5 Site of demolished railway bridge Carried the Trentham Park branch line 0.15625 - 4.00000 5 Hemheath Bridge No 106 0.18750 - 4.18750 5 Day 1 Night Stop South of Bridge 106, Toby Carvery to West 4.19 5.00 3:20 Burrington Drive Bridge No 105A 0.34375 - 4.53125 5 3:20 Limekiln Bridge No 105 0.28125 - 4.81250 5 Jonathan Road Bridge No 104A 0.03125 - 4.84375 5 Jonathan Road Winding Hole 0.06250 - 4.90625 5 A BW Handcuff key is needed Trentham Lock No 35 0.12500 - 5.03125 5 to open this lock Trentham Lock Footbridge 0.03125 1 5.06250 6 Old Road Bridge No 104 0.31250 - 5.37500 6 Day 2 Noon Stop Access to World of Wedgewood, incl. Lunch 1.19 1.00 0:48 Brook House Winding Hole 0.15625 - 5.53125 6 Plume of Feathers Bridge No 103 Barlaston 0.53125 - 6.06250 6 Meaford Hall Farm Bridge No 102 0.50000 - 6.56250 6 Meaford Power Station Railway Bridge No 101A 0.28125 - 6.84375 6 Meaford Power Station Bridge No 101 Low headroom! 0.06250 - 6.90625 6 Turnover Bridge No 100 0.46875 - 7.37500 6 Siddalls Pipe Bridge 0.25000 - 7.62500 6 Siddals Bridge No 99 0.03125 - 7.65625 6 Day 2 Night Stop Stop before entering Lock 34, Dinner aboard 2.44 - 0:58 Meaford Top Lock No 34 0.15625 - 7.81250 6 1:47 Meaford Lock Bridge No 98 0.03125 1 7.84375 7 Meaford Winding Hole 0.03125 - 7.87500 7 Meaford Road Lock No 33 0.03125 - 7.90625 7 Meaford Road Lock Footbridge 0.03125 1 7.93750 8 Meaford Turnover Bridge No 97 0.12500 - 8.06250 8 Meaford House Lock No 32 0.03125 - 8.09375 8 Meaford House Lock Footbridge - 1 8.09375 9 Meaford Bottom Lock No 31 {153} 0.06250 - 8.15625 9 Whitebridge Lane Winding Hole {151} 0.18750 1 8.34375 10 Whitebridge Lane New Bridge No 96A 0.18750 - 8.53125 10 Whitebridge Lane Bridge No 96 With pipe bridges either side 0.03125 - 8.56250 10 This is a private moorings Roger Fuller's Boatyard 0.21875 - 8.78125 10 so winding is not possible Stone Top Lock No 30 0.06250 - 8.84375 10 Stone Top Lock Footbridge - 1 8.84375 11 Railway Bridge No 95A 0.06250 - 8.90625 11 Segment Cumulative From Last Stop Location Note {Waterways Guide Page} Est. Time Miles Locks Miles Locks Miles Locks (hr:min) Stone Lock No 29 Newcastle Road Lock 0.12500 - 9.03125 11 Newcastle Road Bridge No 95 Stone 0.03125 1 9.06250 12 Stone Wharf 0.21875 - 9.28125 12 Stone Lock No 28 0.03125 - 9.31250 12 Hospital Bridge No 94 0.03125 1 9.34375 13 Star Lock Pipe Bridge 0.09375 - 9.43750 13 Scotch Brook Aqueduct - - 9.43750 13 Stone Bottom Lock No 27 The Star pub is by the side of the lock 0.03125 - 9.46875 13 Stafford Road Bridge No 93 - 1 9.46875 14 Day 3 Noon Stop Stop after exiting Lock 27, many pubs in town 1.66 8.00 3:19 Water point Stone Pipe Bridge 0.09375 - 9.56250 14 Stone Bottom Lock Winding Hole - - 9.56250 14 Stone Visitor Moorings There are 48 hour and 5 day moorings here. 0.06250 - 9.62500 14 Andre Mills Bridge No 92 0.53125 - 10.15625 14 Brassworks Bridge No 91 0.21875 - 10.37500 14 Holyrood Close Aqueduct 0.12500 - 10.50000 14 Aston Private Bridge No 90A 0.21875 - 10.71875 14 Aston Bridge No 90 0.12500 - 10.84375 14 Aston Lock No 26 0.12500 - 10.96875 14 Aston Lock No 26 Footbridge 0.03125 1 11.00000 15 Aston Marina Farm shop and bistro 0.06250 - 11.06250 15 Carr House Bridge No 89 0.37500 - 11.43750 15 Iron Bridge No 88 0.46875 - 11.90625 15 Long Meadow Bridge No 87 0.40625 - 12.31250 15 Upper Burston Bridge Aqueduct 0.25000 - 12.56250 15 Upper Burston Bridge No 86 - - 12.56250 15 Lower Burston Bridge No 85 0.31250 - 12.87500 15 Flute Meadow Bridge No 84 With accompanying pipe bridge 0.59375 - 13.46875 15 Sandon Winding Hole 0.15625 - 13.62500 15 Sandon Lock No 25 0.09375 - 13.71875 15 Sandon Bridge No 83 {151} 0.03125 1 13.75000 16 Salt Bridge No 82 {148} 1.00000 - 14.75000 16 Sandy Lane Winding Hole 0.37500 - 15.12500 16 Stockings Brook Aqueduct 0.28125 - 15.40625 16 Sandy Lane Bridge No 81 0.21875 - 15.62500 16 Gayton Brook Aqueduct 0.21875 - 15.84375 16 Weston upon Trent village is a short walk to Weston Bridge No 80 0.06250 - 15.90625 16 the East from the convenient moorings here. Day 3 Night Stop Pubs on either side of Bridge 6.44 2.00 3:14 Segment Cumulative From Last Stop Location Note {Waterways Guide Page} Est. Time Miles Locks Miles Locks Miles Locks (hr:min) Weston Bridge Aqueduct 0.03125 - 15.93750 16 6:34 Shirleywich Salt Works Arm Filled in in the late 1960s 0.40625 - 16.34375 16 Weston Lock No 24 0.28125 - 16.62500 16 Brinepit Bridge No 79 - 1 16.62500 17 Ingestre Winding Hole 0.43750 - 17.06250 17 Amerton Brook Aqueduct 0.03125 - 17.09375 17 Ingestre Bridge No 78 0.12500 - 17.21875 17 Pasturefields Bridge No 77 0.75000 - 17.96875 17 Hoo Mill Lock No 23 0.50000 - 18.46875 17 Hoo Mill Bridge No 76 0.03125 1 18.50000 18 Great Haywood Marina 0.34375 - 18.84375 18 Middle Bridge No 75 0.12500 - 18.96875 18 Mill Lane Bridge No 74 0.25000 - 19.21875 18 Junction of Trent and Mersey and Great Haywood Junction 0.06250 - 19.28125 18 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canals 90° turn to starboard onto Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal http://canalplan.eu/waterway/rfvb (Main Line- Autherley to Great Haywood) Junction of Trent and Mersey and Great Haywood Junction - - 19.28125 18 Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canals Great Haywood Basin Home of Anglo-Welsh Boats 0.03125 - 19.31250 18 River Trent First Aqueduct 0.03125 - 19.34375 18 River Trent Second Aqueduct 0.03125 - 19.37500 18 Swivel Bridge No 108 Also known as Cavan's Bridge 0.31250 - 19.68750 18 Tixall Wide (Northeast end) {149} 0.28125 - 19.96875 18 Tixall Wide (Southwest end) {129} 0.21875 - 20.18750 18 Old Hill Bridge No 107 0.53125 - 20.71875 18 Tixall Lock No 43 0.03125 1 20.75000 19 Tixall Bridge No 106 0.25000 - 21.00000 19 River Sow Aqueduct 0.25000 - 21.25000 19 Milford Bridge No 105 0.31250 - 21.56250 19 Milford Winding Hole 0.12500 - 21.68750 19 Walton Bridge No 104 0.25000 - 21.93750 19 Stoneford Bridge No 103 0.40625 - 22.34375 19 Lodgefield Bridge No 102 0.34375 - 22.68750 19 St Thomas Bridge No 101 0.37500 - 23.06250 19 Junction of the Staffordshire and Staffordshire and Worcestershire - Worcestershire Canal with the 0.12500 - 23.18750 19 Stafford Branch Junction Stafford Branch.
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