Chard Canal

Chard Canal
The Chard Canal near Lillesdon, Somerset
Specifications
Locks1
(4 inclined planes)
StatusDerelict
History
Original ownerAshton Canal Co
Principal engineerJames Green
Other engineer(s)Sydney Hall
Date of act1834
Date completed1842
Date closed1868
Geography
Start pointChard
End pointBridgwater
Connects toBridgwater and Taunton Canal
Chard Canal
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
Railway aqueduct
River Tone aqueduct
Ruishton aqueduct
Lower Farm bridge, Thornfalcon
Thornfalcon Plane
Lillesdon Tunnel
A378 Wrantage Aqueduct
Wrantage Plane
Crimson Hill Tunnel (1800 yd)
Ilminster Wharf
Ilminster Plane
Ilminster Tunnel (300 yd)
Bere Mills Lock
Chard Plane
Chard Resr feeder
Chard Basin

The Chard Canal was a 13.5 miles (21.7 km) tub boat canal in Somerset, England, that ran from the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal at Creech St. Michael, over four aqueducts, through three tunnels and four inclined planes to Chard. It was completed in 1842, was never commercially viable, and closed in 1868. The major engineering features are still clearly visible in the landscape.