Runcorn to Latchford Canal

Runcorn to Latchford Canal
A small section between Walton Railway Bridges and the A5060 road still holds water.
Specifications
Maximum boat length	70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
Maximum boat beam	14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Status	Closed
History
Original owner	Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company
Date of act	1720
Date of first use	1804 (1804)
Date closed	1890s

v t e Runcorn to Latchford Canal
Legend
Mersey and Irwell Navigation Feeder to Runcorn to Latchford Canal Paddington Lock Wooden Bridge (aqueduct) over R Mersey Latchford Lock or Manor Lock Howley Lock A5061 Black Bear Bridge Warrington to Stockport Railway Bridge Twenty Steps Bridge Twenty Steps Lock Manchester Ship Canal (MSC) Latchford Locks Tom Paine's Bridge Warrington Dock entrance Walton Lock MSC Walton Turn Bridge Walton Railway Bridge Baxters Turn Bridge Bellhouse Turn Bridge Moore Turn Bridge Bobs Turn Bridge MSC Old Randles Turn Bridge Stone Delph Turn Bridge Haystack Turn Bridge MSC Astmoor Turn Bridge Point Turn Bridge MSC Old Quay Bridge Lock Lock and Tidal Basin single gate Runcorn Lower Dock single gate River Mersey

The Runcorn to Latchford Canal (or Old Quay Canal or Old Quay Cut or Black Bear Canal) was a man-made canal that ran from Runcorn,^[1] to the Latchford^[2] area of Warrington. It connected the Mersey and Irwell Navigation to the River Mersey at Runcorn.