Rother Link

Rother Link
The River Rother just before it joins the River Don at Rotherham
Specifications
Locksunknown
StatusProposed river navigation
Geography
Start pointRother Valley Country Park
End pointRotherham
Connects toChesterfield Canal, River Don Navigation
River Rother Link
River Don Navigation
Junction with River Don
A6021, Central Rotherham
A630 Centenary Way
A631 Bawtry Road
Canklow regulator
A630 Rother Way
M1 motorway
Treeton Lane
Orgreave weir
Sheffield Road
Woodhouse Mill regulator
Sheffield - Lincoln Railway
A57 Handsworth Bypass
Rotherham Road, Beighton
Beighton weir
Rotherham - Chesterfield Railway
Rother Valley Country Park
To Norwood locks
Meadowgate Regulator
New locks
New link to Nethermoor Lake
New locks
Killamarsh section
Chesterfield Canal

The Rother Link is a planned English canal that would connect the Chesterfield Canal at Killamarsh, via the River Rother through to the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, thus creating a new cruising ring and encouraging boats to visit the Chesterfield Canal.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Chesterfield Canal Trust: News 26 June 2003". Archived from the original on 24 November 2003. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Chesterfield Canal Trust: Develop Manager's Reports: Forward to a Rother Valley Link". Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Inland Waterways Association (Under restoration)". Archived from the original on 14 October 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.