Waterway Map ADDRESSES British Waterways WATERWAYS BRITISH Willow Grange Church Road Watford WD17 4QA T +44 1923 201120 Head Office Customer Service Centre F +44 1923 201400 Willow Grange, Church Road, Willow Grange, Church Road, E [email protected] Watford WD17 4QA Watford WD17 4QA www.britishwaterways.co.uk T: 01923 226422 T 01923 201120 Discover the best of the UK’s waterside ANNUAL REPORT & F 01923 201304 with Waterscape.com [email protected] ISBN 0 903218 48 8 This document is printed on Greencoat Velvet Plus and Cyclus Offset. Greencoat is 80% recycled, 20% pulp from sustainable sources and Design by 55 Design Ltd has been awarded the NAPM and Eugropa recycled marks. 2004 05 Printed by Greenshires Group Cyclus Offset is 100% de-inked post consumer recycled waste / and has been awarded the NAPM. The document has been printed July 2005 using soya based inks. ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS BW Scotland Northern Waterways Southern Waterways 2004/05 ACCOUNTS Canal House, Middle Warehouse, Castle Quay, Canal Lane, Hatton, Applecross Street, Manchester M15 4NJ Warwick CV35 7JL Glasgow G4 9SP T 0161 838 5580 T 01926 626100 T 0141 332 6936 F 0161 838 5590 F 01926 626101 F 0141 331 1688 enquiries.scotland@ North West Waterways Central Shires Waterways britishwaterways.co.uk Trafalgar House, Temple Court, Peel’s Wharf, Lichfield Street, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 6GD Fazeley, Tamworth B78 3QZ BW London T 01925 847700 T 01827 252000 1 Sheldon Square, F 01925 847710 F 01827 288071 Paddington Central, enquiries.northwest@ enquiries.centralshires@ London W2 6TT britishwaterways.co.uk britishwaterways.co.uk T 020 7985 7200 F 020 7985 7201 Yorkshire Waterways South West Waterways enquiries.london@ Fearns Wharf, Neptune Street, Harbour House, West Quay, britishwaterways.co.uk Leeds LS9 8PB The Docks, Gloucester GL21 2LG T 0113 281 6800 T 01452 318000 F 0113 281 6886 F 01452 318076 enquiries.yorkshire@ enquiries.southwest@ britishwaterways.co.uk britishwaterways.co.uk East Midlands Waterways South East Waterways The Kiln, Mather Road, Ground Floor, 500-600 Witan Gate, Newark NG24 1FB Milton Keynes MK9 1BW T 01636 704481 T 01908 302500 F 01636 705584 F 01908 302510 enquiries.eastmidlands@ enquiries.southeast@ britishwaterways.co.uk britishwaterways.co.uk Wales & Border Counties Waterways West Midlands Waterways Navigation Road, Albert House, Quay Place, Northwich CW8 1BH 92-93 Edward Street, T 01606 723800 Birmingham B1 2RA F 01606 871471 T 0121 200 7400 [email protected] F 0121 200 7401 enquiries.westmidlands@ britishwaterways.co.uk Back Cover: A family enjoy the rural Oxford Canal at Thrupp. restoration for theCotswoldCanals committed Funding Lottery £11.3 millionHeritage above theUK norm satisfaction toalevel increaseinjob 15% HIGHLIGHTSBRITISH 2004/05 WATERWAYS investment property income earnedfromour Record £26.4millionrental to buildtheLiverpoolLink millioncommitted £7.5 income directly earned Nearly 50% oftotal and greatercommercialfreedoms a greenlightgivenforcontractfunding Our visionendorsedbygovernment,and holder groups strategic issueswithstake- formed,todiscuss Forum Advisory British Waterways per annum days fall from9daysto7.3 Staff absenteeismlevels KEY 1 Scotland Northern Waterways 2 North West 3 Yorkshire 4 Wales & Border Counties 5 East Midlands Southern Waterways 6 West Midlands LOCHLOCH NESSNESS 7 Central Shires CALEDONIANCALEDONIAN CANALCANAL 8 South West SCALE AberdeenAberdeen LOCHLOCH OICHOICH 9 South East 0 50 kilometres LOCHLOCH LOCHYLOCHY 10 London 0 10 20 30 miles FortFort WilliamWilliam WATFORD British Waterways’ Offices Managed by British Waterways 1 Waterways 2025 Priority One projects DundeeDundee Other AINA Waterways PerthPerth Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. British Waterways, AL51127A. LOCHLOCH LOMONDLOMOND This map includes waterways managed by members of the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities (AINA) as well as BW’s current planned CRINANCRINAN StirlingStirling restoration and new build projects. There are other inland waterways that have not been included, but can be found on more detailed maps CANALCANAL DunfermlineDunfermline (contact BW Customer Service Centre on 01923 201120 for more information). © British Waterways 2005 FORTHFORTH RIVERRIVER CCARRONARRON & CLYDECLYDE GrangemouthGrangemouth CANALCANAL ClydebankClydebank UNIONUNION CANALCANAL EDINBURGHEDINBURGH GLASGOW MONKLANDMONKLAND CANALCANAL AyrAyr NewcastleNewcastle UponUpon TyneTyne CarlisleCarlisle SunderlandSunderland DurhamDurham BASSENTHWAITE WorkingtonWorkingtoWorkington ULLSWATER WhitehavenWhitehaven MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough DarlingtonDarlington TEESTEES NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION LAKE DISTRICT ANDAND BARRAGEBARRAGE WINDERMERE KendalKendal 3 ScarboroughScarborough NORTHERNNORTHERN REACHESREACHES DouglasDouglas LANCASTERLANCASTER CANALCANAL RIVERRIVER RIPONRIPON UREURE CANALCANAL DRIFFIELD LancasterLancaster LEEDSLEEDS & NAVIGATION 2 LIVERPOOLLIVERPOOL CANALCANAL HarrogateHarrogate RIVERRIVER OUSEOUSE LANCASTERLANCASTER CANALCANAL YorkYork POCKLINGTONPOCKLINGTON CANALCANAL RIVER RIVER BurnleyBurnley LEEDS AIREAIRE & HULL BlackpoolBlackpool PrestonPreston DERWENT MARKET CALDERCALDER WEIGHTON KingstonKingston UponUpon RIBBLERIBBLE BradfordBradford NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION CANAL HullHull LINKLINK WakefieldWakefield ROCHDALE SELBYSELBY CANALCANAL CANAL NEWNEW CALDERCALDER & RIVER HEBBLEHEBBLE JUNCTIONJUNCTION LEEDSLEEDS & HUDDERSFIELDHUDDERSFIELD CANALCANAL ANCHOLME MANCHESTER BOLTON BROADBROAD CANALCANAL NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION STAINFORTHSTAINFORTH & LIVERPOOLLIVERPOOL & BURY CANAL ScunthorpeScunthorpe CANALCANAL ASHTONASHTON HUDDERSFIELDHUDDERSFIELD SOUTHSOUTH YORKSHIREYORKSHIRE NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION KEADBYKEADBY CANALCANAL RIVER STST HELENSHELENS CANALCANAL NARROWNARROW CANALCANAL TRENT (SANKEY)(SANKEY) MANCHESTER DoncasterDoncaster LOUTH CANALCANAL SHIP CANAL MANCHESTER NAVIGATION SHEFFIELDSHEFFIELD & LIVERPOOLLIVERPOOL WARRINGTON BRIDGEWATER CANAL TINSLEYTINSLEY CANALCANAL LINKLINK 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STRATFORD-UPSTRATFORD-UP Stratford-upon-AvonStratford-upon-Avon LEICESTERLEICESTER LINELINE ON-AVONON-ON-AVONAVON CANALCANAL HATTON ELYELY OUSEOUSE DROITWICDROITWICH CANALSCANALS 4 RIVERRIVER CAMCAM BuBBuryuryry St.St. EdmundEEdmundsdmunds WORCESTERWORCESTER & GRANDGRAND WWorcesteWorcesterorcester UNIONUNION 9 BIRMINGHAMBIRMINGHAM NorthamptonNorthampton RIVERRIVER GREATGREAT OUSEOUSE CambridgeCambridge CANALCANAL CANALCANAL HEREFORDSHIREHEREFORDSHIRE & BBedfordedford UPPERUPPER AVONAVON IIpswichpswich GLOUCESTERSHIREGLOUCESTERSHIRE CANALCANAL NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION GRANDGRAND UNIONUNION HerefordHereford BanbuBBanburyanbury CANALCANAL RIVERRIVER STOURSTOUR RIVERRIVER LOWERLOWER AVONAVON MILTON KEYNES SEVERNSEVERN NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION MONMOUTHSHIREMONMOUTHSHIRE OXFORDOXFORD & BRECONBRECON CANALCANAL BishopBBishop’sishop’s ColchesterColchester CANALCANAL SStortfordtortford 8 CHELMERCHELMER & SWANSEASWANSEA GLOUCESTER AYLESBURYAYLESBURY ARMARM BLACKWATERBLACKWATER CANALCANAL RIVERRIVER 10 RIVRIVERER STOSTORT NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION WYEWYE LydneyLydney GLOUCESTERGLOUCESTER & SHARPNESSSHARPNESS CANALCANAL HarbourHarbour HertfordHertford NAVIGAAVIGATIONION OxfordOxford WENDOVERWENDOVER ARMARM RIVERRIVER THAMESTHAMES RIVRIVERER LLEEEE NAVIGVIGATIOATION NEATHNEATH & SSTROUDWATERTROUDWATER WATFORD ChelmsfordChelmsford SwanseaSwansea SHARPNESSSHARPNESS NAVIGATIONNAVIGATION