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 Passage from the Trent and Mersey Canal to the Wardle Canal passes under the bridge on the left. |
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| Length | 110 miles (180 km) |
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| Locks | 94 |
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| Status | Canal ring |
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| Navigation authority | Canal and River Trust |
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Middlewich Junction (Turn Left)
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Wardle Lock
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Wardle Canal
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Middlewich
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A530 aqueduct
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Stanthorne Lock
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railway
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aqueduct
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Minshall Lock
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railway
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Venetian Marina
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Cholmondeston Lock
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Barbridge Jnct. (Turn Left)
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Hurleston Junction
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Chester Canal
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A534 Nantwich Basin
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Nantwich aqueduct
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Railway bridge
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A530 Baddington Bridge
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Moss Hall aqueduct
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Hack Green Locks (2)
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Audlem Locks (3)
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A525 Audlem Bridge
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Audlem Locks (12)
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Adderley Locks (5)
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A53 Lords Bridge Market Drayton
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Tyrley Locks (5)
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Shebdon aqueduct
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A519 High Bridge
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Shrewsbury Canal Norbury Jn
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abandoned railway
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A518 Gnosall bridge
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Wheaton Aston lock
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A5(T) Watling St Stretton aqueduct
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Belvide Reservoir
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M54 motorway bridge
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stop lock
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Autherley Jn (Turn Left)
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M54 motorway
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A449(T) Brinsford Bridge
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Railway bridge
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Hatherton Branch (feeder)
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Gailey Top Lock
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A5(T) Gailey Bridge
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Filance Lock, Penkridge
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Penkridge Lock
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Longford Lock
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M6 motorway
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Hazlestrine Branch
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A34(T) Radford Bridge
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Railway bridge
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Stafford wharf
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River Sow Navigation
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Baswich Lock and weir
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River Sow aqueduct
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Tixall Lock
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River Trent aqueduct
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Great Hayward Jn (Turn Left)
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Hoo Mill Lock No 23
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Weston Lock No 24
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A518 Weston upon Trent Bridge
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Sandon Lock No 25
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Aston Lock No 26
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A51
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A520 Stafford Road Bridge
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Stone Locks 27-30
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Meaford Locks 31-34
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Trentham Lock No 35
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A5035 Hemheath Bridge
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A50
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A5007
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A5006
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Stoke Locks 36-37
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B5045 Newcastle Road Bridge
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Stoke Locks 38-40
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Etruria Junction
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A53 Euturia Road Bridge
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Stoke Marina
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A527 Longport Road Bridge
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A527 Goldendale Bridge
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Harecastle Tunnel (South end)
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2,919 yards (2,669 m)
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Harecastle Tunnel (North end)
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Kidsgrove Railway Bridge
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Hardings Wood Railway Bridge
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Harding's Wood Junction
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Red Bull Locks 41-42 (paired)
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Poole Aqueduct Macclesfield Canal
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Red Bull Lock No 43
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A34 Bridge
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Red Bull Locks 44-47 (paired)
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Church Lawton Bottom Lock No 48
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Halls Lock No 49
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Lawton Top Lock No 50
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Lawton Lock Nos 51
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Lawton Bottom Lock No 52
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Snapes Aqueduct
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A50 Bridge
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Upper Thurlwood Lock No 53
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Lower Thurlwood Lock No 54
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Chellshill Aqueduct
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Pierpoint Lock 55-56
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Hassall Green Top Lock No 57
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Hasall Green Bottom Lock No 58
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147A
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M6 Motorway Bridge
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WheeLock Locks 59-66 (paired)
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152A
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A534 Bridge
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River WheeLock Aqueduct
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WheeLock Wharf Bridge
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Rookery Railway Bridge
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Crows Nest Lock No 67
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Booth Lane Middle Lock No 68
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Booth Lane Bottom Lock No 69
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A533
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Rumps Lock No 70
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King's Lock No 71
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End of Ring
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The Four Counties Ring is a canal ring which links the four English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and West Midlands.
