Caldon Canal

Caldon Canal
The southern portal of Leek Tunnel
Specifications
Length	18 miles (29 km)
Maximum boat length	72 ft 0 in (21.95 m)
Maximum boat beam	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks	17
Status	Navigable
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner	Trent & Mersey Canal Company
Date of act	1776
Date completed	December 1778
Date restored	1974
Geography
Start point	Froghall
End point	Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Branch(es)	Leek, Uttoxeter Canal
Branch of	Trent & Mersey Canal

v t e Caldon Canal
Legend
Froghall Wharf Uttoxeter Canal Froghall Tunnel (76 yd) 17 Flint Mill Lock 49A Churnet Valley Railway Weir River Churnet 16 Oakmeadowford Lock 15 Woods Lock 13-14 Cheddleton Locks (2) 42  A520  bridge Leek Basin Barnfields Aqueduct Rudyard Resr and feeder Leek Tunnel (130yd) Stoke–Leek line aqueduct 1800 Hazelhurst staircase (3) Hazelhurst Aqueduct 10-12 Hazelhurst Locks (3) 1776 Park Lane Locks (3) Endon Wharf Stanley Resr and feeder 8-9 Stockton Brook Locks 25  A53  road bridge 7 Stockton Brook Locks 24A Stoke–Leek line 5-6 Stockton Brook Locks Knypersley Resr and feeder 4 Engine Lock 19A railway bridge 19  A53  road bridge Foxley Branch 14A Stoke–Leek line 12  A5008  road bridge 8  A50  road bridge 3 Planet Lock 4  A5006  road bridge 1-2 Etruria Staircase Locks (2) Trent and Mersey Canal

Caldon Canal is a branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal which opened in 1779. It runs 18 miles (29 km) from Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, to Froghall, Staffordshire. The canal has 17 locks and the 76-yard (69 m) Froghall Tunnel.^[1]