Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Kidderminster Lock on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Specifications
Length	46 miles (74 km)
Maximum boat length	70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
Maximum boat beam	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks	43
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust
History
Principal engineer	James Brindley
Date of act	14 May 1766
Date of first use	1772
Date completed	1771
Geography
Start point	River Severn
End point	Trent and Mersey Canal

v t e Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Legend
Great Haywood Jn Trent and Mersey Canal River Trent aqueduct 43 Tixall Lock River Sow aqueduct Baswich Lock and weir River Sow Navigation Stafford wharf Railway bridge 98  A34  Radford Bridge Hazlestrine Branch 40-42 locks (3)  M6  39 Longford Lock 38 Penkridge Lock 37 Filance Lock, Penkridge 33-36 locks (4) 79  A5  Gailey Bridge 32 Gailey Top Lock Hatherton Branch (feeder) Railway bridge Coven Village 70  A449  Brinsford Bridge  M54  Autherley Jn Shropshire Union Canal Railway bridge Aldersley Jn BCN Main Line Dunstall Water Bridge 62  A41  Tettenhall New Bridge Summit pound (10 miles) 31 Compton Lock 59  A454  Compton Bridge 29-30 Wightwick locks (2) The Pool resr. and feeder 27-28 Dimmingdale + Ebstree locks (2) 26 Awbridge Lock 23-25 Bratch locks (3) 22 Bumblehole Lock, Wombourne 20-21 Botterham staircase locks (2) 17-19 Marsh/Swindon/Hinksford locks (3) 16 Greenforge Lock Ashwood marina + former Earl of Dudley's Railway 15 Rocky Lock 14 Gothersley Lock Stourton Jn Stourbridge Canal 13 Stewponey Lock 31A  A458  Stewponey New Bridge Dunsley Tunnel (25 yd) 12 Hyde Lock 11 Kinver Lock, Dunsley 10 Whittington Lock Cookley Tunnel (65 yd) 9 Debdale Lock 8 Wolverley Lock 7 Wolverley Court Lock River Stour aqueduct 6 Kidderminster Lock 16  A456  St Marys Ringway 13  A442  Round Hill bridge 5 Caldwall Lock Severn Valley Railway 4 Falling Sands Lock lock to River Stour Wilden Ironworks Railway Basin railway bridge 6  A451  Gilgal bridge 5  A451  Lower Mitton bridge 3 York Street Lock, Stourport Stourport basins 2 Narrow staircase + broad lock Stourport basins 1 Narrow staircase + broad lock River Severn

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands. It is 46 miles (74 km) long, linking the River Severn at Stourport in Worcestershire with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Haywood Junction by Great Haywood.