Caldon Canal

Caldon Canal
The southern portal of Leek Tunnel
Specifications
Length18 miles (29 km)
Maximum boat length72 ft 0 in (21.95 m)
Maximum boat beam7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks17
StatusNavigable
Navigation authorityCanal and River Trust
History
Original ownerTrent & Mersey Canal Company
Date of act1776
Date completedDecember 1778
Date restored1974
Geography
Start pointFroghall
End pointEtruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Branch(es)Leek, Uttoxeter Canal
Branch ofTrent & Mersey Canal
Caldon Canal
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]

  1. ^ Cumberlidge 2009, pp. 91–92.