The Trent & Mersey links the Rivers Trent & Mersey (via the Bridgwater) and also has junctions with many other famous canals including the River Weaver via the Anderton boat lift which then joins the Manchester Ship canal. Other canals include the Derby (now disused), Coventry, Staffordshire & Worcestershire and Macclesfield canals. It also has a junction with the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union canal.
The T&M was opened in 1777 and is 93 miles long from Derwent Mouth to Preston Brook and has 76 locks. Locks 1 to 6 at the eastern end, and 75 & 75 at the northern end, are all double width. All the other locks are single width locks (approx. 7' 6").
The T&M has very distinctive milestones showing the distances to Preston Brook and Shardlow (see Milestones category). They are all cast iron; 59 are originals from Rougeley & Dixon foundry in Stone, marked R&D Stone 1819; 34 are replacements marked T&MCS 1977.
Click on a section below to see the locks in that section of the canal:
Locks 1 - 17 Derwent Mouth to Fradley Junction
Locks 18 - 40 Fradley Junction to Stoke on Trent
Locks 41 - 76 Stoke on Trent to Preston Brook
A photographic record of the locks we have visited during our travels.
Locks: Trent & Mersey Canal
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