Restoring the Stroudwater Navigation and Thames & Severn Canal


STRUCTURES OF THE COTSWOLD CANALS

Last updated 24 November 2003

FROM RIVER SEVERN TO SUMMIT LEVEL    
  STROUDWATER NAVIGATION  
     
Structure No. Lock / Bridge Name Status / Type
Canal mainly vanished from River Severn to Saul Junction  
B1W Framilode Infilled
B2W Moor Street, Saul Low level fixed, was swing
B3W Stroudwater Lock causeway, Saul Junction New causeway
L2W Stroudwater Owned by BW
Crossing with G & S Canal at Saul Junction    
Start of restored Cotswold Canals    
B4W Junction House, Saul Junction Foot swingbridge
B5W Walk Bridge Low level fixed, was swing
L3W Whitminster Part restored 1997
B6W Whitminster Lock  
Navigate River Frome    
L4W Latham  
B6W Stonepits Bridge Causeway, former swing bridge. Planned to be high level fixed.
B7W Occupation Bridge Restored humpback 1995
B8W A38 Road New culverts
L5W Bristol Road Buried under A38 roundabout
Canal infilled through A38 / M5 crossing    
B9W Hyde's Bridge Vanished during construction of M5.
B10W M5 Motorway New culvert
B11W New farm access High level
B12W Westfield Bridge Restored humpback
L6W Westfield Infilled, part destroyed
Oldbury Brook crossing and Meadow Mill spillweir    
Canal in water    
L7W Dock Rest'd 1994
Site of dry dock and Canal Company yard on offside    
Former SWC Engineers house and old coal yard (now a house and garden)    
B13W Pike Bridge Infilled, proposed high level
L7W Pike Rest'd 1991
Slipway access into canal at Eastington Wharf above lock (former stone wharf)    
L8W Blunder Nav'ble 1992
L9W Newtown Nav'ble 1991
B15W Bond's Mill Bridge Glass re-inforced plastic lift bridge 1994. Currently fixed with steel deck.
B16W Bristol to Gloucester Railway Embankment Infilled, proposed navigable culvert on original line.
B17W Ocean Bridge Fixed swing bridge
B18W Nutshell Bridge Original humpback bridge
B19W Ship Inn Bridge New high level bridge
B20W Upper Mills Bridge Fixed swing.
B21W Skew Bridge Original railway bridge
B22W Hayward's Bridge New high level
B23W Ryeford Bridge Original humpback bridge
Ryeford Wharf    
B24W Ryeford footbridge Restored swing footbridge
L10W Ryeford Double Lower Derelict
    Upper chamber partly restored
Canal infilled past old tip.    
Canal being restored past Ebley Mill.    
B26W Oil Mills Bridge Proposed new bridge
B27W Ebley Mill Bridge Proposed new bridge
B28W Ebley Mill Bridge Proposed new footbridge
B29W Hilly Orchard footbridge High level footbridge (under construction - November 2003)
B30W Dudbridge Bridge New high level
L11W Dudbridge Derelict
Dudbridge Bridge on Ebley Bypass    
L12W Foundry Derelict
B31W Marling Bridge Low level school access bridge
B32W Chestnut Lane Bridge Fixed swing bridge
B33W Lodgemoor Lane Bridge Fixed swing bridge
     
Wallbridge Basin (infilled) at end of Stroudwater Navigation    
Former HQ of Stroudwater Canal Company    
     
     
  THAMES AND SEVERN CANAL  
No. Lock / Bridge Name Status / Type
     
L13W Wallbridge Lower Derelict
Towpath rescued 1993, Canal blocked by A46 road crossing and land slide.    
B34W Bath Road Bridge, Wallbridge Causeway, proposed high level
B35W Wallbridge Bridge Original road bridge
L14W Wallbridge Upper Rest'd 1994
Land slip blocking canal    
Canal infilled at railway viaduct in Stroud    
B36W Dr Newton's Way Bridge New high level culvert
B37W Railway Viaduct Proposed new route thro' 4th arch
B38W Viaduct footbridge Proposed new footbridge
B39W River Frome aqueduct Original aqueduct over river
B40W Bowbridge Bridge Original, part infilled humpback
L15W Bowbridge Rescued 1992
B41W Stantons Bridge Original humpback bridge
L16W Griffin Mill Rescued 1991
B42W Jubilee Bridge Unusual lattice footbridge
B43W Ham Mill Bridge Restored humpback bridge
L17W Ham Mill Rescued 1993
B44W Bagpath Bridge Original humpback bridge
B45W Hope Mill Bridge Vanished
L18W Hope Mill Buried
Canal blocked at Hope Mill trading estate at Thrupp    
B46W Gough's Orchard Bridge Original humpback bridge
L19W Goughs Orchard Rescued 1994
Canal infilled to and through site of Brimscombe Port    
Brimscombe Port to be developed by BW    
B47W Brimscombe Hill Bridge Vanished
B48W Brimscombe Port Bridge Vanished
B49W Bourne Mill Bridge Original humpback bridge
Change of chamber length from 70 to 90ft to reflect the change of vessel from a Severn Trow or Stroudwater Barge (70ft) to a Thames Barge (90ft).    
L20W Bourne Rescued 1995
Borne Lock was 90ft long and 16 ft wide to take both types of vessel    
Canal blocked by railway embankment    
B50W Bourne Railway Bridge Infilled high level bridge
Former Bourne Boatyard under Olympic Varnish site    
B51W Bourne Bridge Causeway
B52W Beales Lock Bridge Original humpback bridge
Change of chamber width from 16 to 12.5ft to reflect the change of vessel from a Severn Trow or Stroudwater Barge (70ft) to a Thames Barge (90ft).    
L21W Beales Rescued 1993
Unusual large spillweir on offside to feed Bourne Boat yard    
B53W St Mary's Lock Bridge Original humpback bridge
L22W St. Marys Rescued 1994
Feeder from River Frome into canal for Bourne Boatyard    
Canal culverted through railway embankment    
B54W St Mary's Rail Bridge Infilled bridge orinally designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
B55W Ille's Mill Bridge Original humpback bridge
L23W Iles Rescued 1993
B56W Ballinger's Lock Bridge Vanished
L24W Ballingers Infilled - buried under grass and garages.
B57W Chalford Chapel Bridge Vanished
Chalford Round House    
L25W Chapel Infilled (opposite Noahs Ark cycle shop)
Canal partly infilled and culverted    
B58W Cowcombe Hill Bridge Buried when dogleg in road straightened.
A419 crossing at Cowcombe Hill, Chalford    
L26W Bell Part infilled, stop planks
Infilled by A419    
B59W Clowes Bridge Original humpback bridge
L27W Red Lion Derelict
Masons name at top of offside bottom quoin    
Locks L27W to L9E shortened to 70ft to save water with double top gate recesses  
B60W Valley Lock Bridge High level bridge
L28W Valley Rescued 1995
Start of Golden Valley    
L29W Bakers Mill Lower Derelict
B61W Baker's Mill Bridge Original humpback bridge
L30W Bakers Mill Upper Derelict
Former canal reservoir, now privately owned    
CCT has ownership of canal from below lock 31 to above 32    
L31W Puck Mill Lower Rescued 1990s
B62W Puck Mill Bridge Original humpback bridge
L32W Puck Mill Upper Rescued 1990s
L33W Whitehall Lower Derelict
Whitehall Bridge    
B63W Whitehall Bridge Original humpback bridge
L34W Whitehall Upper Derelict
B64W Bathurst's Meadow Lock Bridge Footbridge across tail of lock
L35W Bathursts Meadow Derelict
L36W Siccaridge Lower Derelict
L37W Siccaridge Middle Rescued 1994
L38W Siccaridge Upper Rescued 1994
L39W Daneway Basin Derelict
B65W Daneway Bridge  
L40W Daneway Bridge Infilled, pub car park
Start of Summit level 110m (363 ft)    
Daneway Portal restored 1995-7 by Canal Trust    
Sapperton Tunnel (2.25 miles long) derelict    
King's Reach, Coates Portal restored 1975 by Canal Trust    
B46E Tarlton Road Bridge Original high level bridge
Coates Round House rescued 1991 but still derelict    
B45E Railway Skew Bridge High level crossing
Farm causeway blocking canal    
B44E Coatesfield Bridge (Trewsbury bridge) Original humpback bridge
B43E Trewsbury farm bridge Near Thames source
B42E Thames Head Bridge Original / new undersize
Former site of Thames Head pumping station, now private house  
B41E Swing bridge Now causeway, east of Thames Head
B40E Smerrill Aqueduct Partly vanished
A429 road - Cirencester to Kemble cuts through aqueduct    
B39E Swing bridge Infilled, west of B38E
B38E GWR Bridge @ Ewen Wharf High level crossing
B37E Halfway Bridge Original humpback bridge, restored 1997
B36E Park Leaze Bridge Causeway
Canal infilled to Minety Road Bridge    
B35E Level Bridge Vanished
B34E Bluehouse Farm Bridge Vanished
B33E Ewen Road Bridge Vanished
B32E Minety Road Bridge Vanished
Cirencester Arm now mainly vanished    
     
FROM SUMMIT LEVEL TO RIVER THAMES    
     
No. Lock / Bridge Name Status / Type
L15E Siddington Upper Derelict
B31E Siddington Bridge Original humpback bridge
L14E Siddington Second Rescued 1992
L13E Siddington Third Rescued 1995
B30E M&SWJR Bridge Vanished
L12E Siddington Lower Buried under house
B29E Greyhound Bridge Road causeway
B28E Plummers Farm access bridge Access causeway
B27E Cowground Bridge Original humpback bridge
B26E Churn water meadows swing bridge Fixed swing bridge
Canal crosses ancient water meadows of R. Churn    
B25E River Churn Aqueduct Missing
L11E S. Cerney Upper Infilled (in garden)
B24E Cerney Lock Bridge Road causeway
Canal infilled from S. Cerney road to Northmoor Lane    
L10E S. Cerney Middle Infilled (in field)
L9E S. Cerney Lower Infilled (in field)
Locks L27W to L9E shortened to 70ft to save water with double top gate recesses  
B23E Northmoor Lane Bridge Road causeway
B22E Crane Bridge Road causeway
L8E Boxwell Spring Rest'd 1993 - 5
Leaks in bed below Boxwell lock and plug hole    
L7E Wildmoorway upper Derelict
B21E Humpback Bridge Vanished
L6E Wildmoorway lower Restored 1996 - 7
Only lock with side pond    
B20E Wildmoorway Lock Bridge Original humpback bridge
B19E Spine Road Bridge RESTORED 2003!!!!!!!!
Cotswold Water Park and new visitor centre    
Cerney Wick Round House    
L5E Cerney Wick Rest'd 1980s
B18E Cerney Wick Bridge Road causeway
Latton Basin - junction with derelict North Wilts Canal    
B17E Latton Junction Bridge Vanished under track to Junction
B16E Latton Culvert New A419 under bridge (temporarily buried)
L4E Latton Buried under A419
Canal destroyed at A419 Cricklade bypass    
Cricklade Wharfhouse    
B15E Kempsford Lane Bridge Proposed road causeway
B14E Ampney Brook Aqueduct Proposed aqueduct over brook
B13E Eisey Manor Bridge Access causeway
Canal part vanished at Ampney Brook    
L3E Eisey Derelict
Eisey lock cottage    
B12E Rucks Bridge Original humpback bridge
Marston Meysey Round House    
Canal part vanished to, and beyond, Kempsford village    
B11E Marston Meysey Bridge Original humpback bridge
B10E Crooked Bridge Road causeway
B9E Blackgore Bridge Road causeway
B8E Oatlands Bridge Original humpback bridge
B7E Kempsford swing bridge Missing
B6E Kempsford Bridge Road causeway
B5E Green Lane Bridge Access causeway
B4E Hamfield Bridge Vanished
B3E Dudgrove swing bridge Access causeway
B2E Dudgrove Bridge Access causeway
L2E Dudgrove Double Upper Derelict
    Lower Derelict
B1E Inglesham Round House Bridge Original humpback bridge
L1E Inglesham Derelict
Inglesham Round house    
River Thames, River Coln    
T & S Company wharf at Lechlade    

 

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