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Boating the Trent & Mersey

Find boating information for the Trent & Mersey Canal.

Trent & Mersey Canal

Length	93 miles
Locks	76

Maximum boat dimensions

Length	21.95m	72ft
Width	2.13m	7ft
Draught	1m	3ft 3"
Headroom	1.75m	5ft 9"

Workers in high vis and hard hats lower a new lock gate into a lock with scaffolding and ropes.

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Overcast day, narrowboat entering Harecastle Tunnel on famous copper waters in Kidsgrove

Visiting Harecastle Tunnel?

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Anderton Boat Lift is powerful enough to carry two narrowboats or a single barge

Visiting Anderton Boat lift

Book your passage up, or down the magnificent lift

Big Lock Middlewich

Cheshire cruising ring

Taking in the Peak Forest, Macclesfield and Ashton Canals, as well as the Trent & Mersey

Last Edited: 02 July 2024

photo of a location on the canals

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