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Droitwich Canals

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The Route

The route covers
> Droitwich Barge Canal
> Droitwich Junction Canal
> River Salwarpe (in Droitwich)

Including
> Hanbury & Hawford Junctions
> Barge Lock
> Droitwich Spa

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Description of the Route

The Droitwich Canals cover the through route formed by the Droitwich Junction Canal, the River Salwarpe and the Droitwich Barge Canal.

These are under restoration and not navigable. It is hoped that navigation will be possible from Hanbury Junction to Droitwich by summer 2009 and to Hawford Junction by summer 2010.

Droitwich Junction Canal

The narrow Droitwich Junction Canal leaves the Worcester & Birmingham Canal at Hanbury Junction and immediately descends through three locks.

A new route is being constructed where the original route is lost to modern development and blocked by the M5 motorway.

New staircase or double locks 4/5 and a new lock 6 will lower the canal to the level of the Body Brook and will use the existing culvert of the brook to pass under the motorway before descending through lock 7 to the end of the Junction Canal.

River Salwarpe

The final lock 7 of the Junction Canal leads onto the River Salwarpe which will be widened and deepened to allow passage for canal boats.

A towpath will be added for walkers and boat crews and a pipeline under the towpath will carry most of the water from upstream on the River Salwarpe to minimise mixing of the canal water with the river.

In Droitwich the river flows over a weir which maintains it at an almost constant level for navigation while navigation continues through the restored Barge Lock onto the Barge Canal. This was reopened on 26 September 2008.

Droitwich Barge Canal

The long top pound of the broad Droitwich Barge Canal starts at the Barge Locks and leads out of Droitwich, through Salwarpe to Ladywood where locks 1 to 4 start our descent.

A further four locks complete our descent to the River Severn at Hawford Junction.

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