Pocklington Canal

Map of the Pocklington Canal
Pocklington Canal
The Pocklington Canal
Specifications
Maximum boat length57 ft 0 in (17.37 m)
Maximum boat beam14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
Locks9
StatusPart Navigable
Navigation authorityCanal and River Trust
History
Original ownerPocklington Canal Company
Principal engineerGeorge Leather
Date of act1815
Date completed1818
Date closed1934
Date restored1971
Geography
Start pointPocklington
End pointEast Cottingwith
Connects toRiver Derwent
Pocklington Canal
Canal Head, Pocklington
Top Lock
Silburn Lock
Giles Lock
Sandhill Lock
Coates Lock
Coates Bridge
Start of navigable section
Bielby Arm
(nature reserve)
8
Swing bridge
Walbut Lock
Walbut Bridge
Thornton Lock
Church Bridge
Melbourne Arm
7
Swing bridge
6
Swing bridge
5
Baldwins Bridge
4
Swing bridge
3
Swing bridge
(over Gardham Lock)
Gardham Lock
B1228 Hagg Bridge
2
Swing bridge
1
Swing bridge
Cottingwith Lock
River Derwent


The Pocklington Canal is a broad canal which runs for 9.5 miles (15.3 km) through nine locks from the Canal Head near Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, to the River Derwent which it joins near East Cottingwith. Most of it lies within a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest.