Runcorn & Weston Canal Archives

26/12/18

Runcorn & Weston Canal Maps – FREE

Free Maps These are my free maps covering the Runcorn & Weston Canal. Download these free maps (from the links at the end) to see how good my maps are, and to check you...

30/01/16

Junction with the River Weaver

< JUMP TO Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < Runcorn Locks Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > Looking along the River Weaver towards Runcorn, with the Runcorn & Weston Canal diverging to the right. Waterway and...

30/01/16

Start of the Runcorn & Weston Canal

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < River Weaver Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > Leaving the River Weaver, the Runcorn & Weston Canal climbed through one lock, now derelict. RAW 00.015.01 OS Grid Reference...

30/01/16

Derelict Entrance Lock

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < River Weaver Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > The derelict entrance lock from the River Weaver leads onto the Runcorn & Weston Canal which is in water for...

30/01/16

Looking through the Bridge

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < River Weaver Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > We’re standing on the first bridge of the Runcorn & Weston Canal and peering through the adjacent pipe bridge towards...

30/01/16

The Second Bridge

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < River Weaver Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > Looking from the first bridge to the second, this one is navigable, if only you could get a boat there....

30/01/16

The First Bridge

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < River Weaver Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > Looking back from the second bridge to the first, that has been infilled with a culver in the centre to...

30/01/16

Beyond the Second Bridge

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < River Weaver Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > Beyond the second bridge the water finishes where it disappears from sight in this photo. The canal is filled in and,...

30/01/16

The End of the Water

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < River Weaver Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > The limit of the water on the Runcorn & Weston Canal. The remaining 1.7km (just over a mile) is filled...

30/01/16

Runcorn New Locks

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal Next > < River Weaver Jn Runcorn Locks Jn > The line of Runcorn New Locks has been built over and we are looking down the flight which passes through...

30/01/16

End of the Runcorn & Weston Canal

< Next Runcorn & Weston Canal JUMP TO > < River Weaver Jn River Weaver Jn > < Next Bridgewater Canal Next > < MSC Jn Top of Locks > We’re standing at the end of the...

05/02/16

Runcorn Locks

Runcorn Locks once linked the Bridgewater Canal to the Runcorn & Weston Canal, the Manchester Ship Canal and, previously, the River Mersey. History Opened in 1776, the Bridgewater Canal was linked to the River...

03/02/16