Droitwich Canal

Droitwich Canals
One of the Hanbury locks
Specifications
Maximum boat length	71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) (originally 64 ft 0 in or 19.51 m)
Maximum boat beam	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (originally 14 ft 6 in or 4.42 m)
Locks	14
Status	Navigable
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner	Sir George Duckett
Principal engineer	James Brindley
Date of act	1768
Date completed	1771, 1854
Date closed	1939
Date restored	2010 (Barge Canal)
Geography
Start point	Hanbury
End point	Claines
Connects to	Worcester and Birmingham Canal, River Severn

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Legend
Worcester and Birmingham Canal Westfields Bridge 1-3 Hanbury Locks (3) Start of new section new bridge to rugby club 4-5 new double lock 4-5 Old locks (2) 6 new lock new footbridge M5 motorway Bromsgrove Road B4065 7 new lock and weir Junction with River Salwarpe canalised River Salwarpe 6 old lock Junction with Barge Canal Barge Lock Netherwich Basin Netherwich Bridge Railway bridge Netherwich Bridge(River) railway Salwarpe Road bridge Siding Lane bridge Chewson Basin Ombersley Way bridge A38 Roman Way bridge Salwarpe bridge Porters Mill bridge II(River) 8 Ladywood Lock Ladywood bridge 4-7 Porters Mill Locks (4) Porters Mill bridge 3 Mildenham Lock Mildenham bridge Hawford Mill House A449 crossing 1-2 Locks (2) River Severn

The Droitwich Canal is a synthesis of two canals in Worcestershire, England; the Droitwich Barge Canal and the Droitwich Junction Canal. The Barge Canal is a broad canal which opened in 1771 linking Droitwich Spa to the River Severn at Hawford Bottom Lock, Claines. The Droitwich Junction Canal is a narrow canal, opened in 1854, which linked Droitwich to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Both were built to carry salt, and were abandoned in 1939. They have been the subject of a restoration plan since 1973, and the Barge Canal was officially reopened in 2010, while the Junction Canal reopened in July 2011. Following the opening of the canal, ownership transferred to the newly created Canal and River Trust