Wisbech Canal

Wisbech Canal
The remains of paddle gear and some stonework from Outwell flood lock
Specifications
Locks2
StatusInfilled
History
Original ownerWisbech Canal Company
Date of act1794
Date closed1926
Geography
Start pointWisbech
End pointOutwell
Connects toRiver Nene, Middle Level Navigations
Wisbech Canal
River Nene
Wisbech flood lock
Wisbech
Walsoken Bridge
Elm Road Railway Bridge
A1101 road over bed
New Common Bridge
Elm Bridge
Collets Bridge
Boyces Bridge
Outwell Basin
Scotts Bridge
Outwell flood lock
Old River Nene
Well Creek

The Wisbech Canal was a broad canal from Wisbech, Isle of Ely in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire, England. It ran from the River Nene at Wisbech to the Well Creek at Outwell now in Norfolk, which gave access to the River Great Ouse. It was abandoned in 1926 and filled in during the 1970s.