Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch)
The Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) is a narrow canal and is part of the Trent and Mersey Canal. It runs for 1 mile and 4 furlongs through 1 lock from Hall Green Stop Lock (where it joins the Macclesfield Canal) to Harding's Wood Junction (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Harding's Wood) and the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 10 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 28M - Trent and Mersey Canal Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 84M - Four Counties Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 83M - Cheshire Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 27M - Macclesfield Canal Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 5 - North West & the Pennines
- Pearson's Canal Companion: Cheshire Ring & South Pennine Ring
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Hall Green Stop Lock Junction of Macclesfield Canal and Hall Green Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal |
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| Moss Lane Bridge No 94 | 1 furlong | 1 lock | |
| Knowsley Lane Bridge No 95 | 2½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Red Bull Aqueduct | 4 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Red Bull Visitor Moorings (Hall Green Branch) | 5 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Pool Lock Aqueduct | 5½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Pipers Bridge No 96 | 5¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Pipers Bridge Arm | 6 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Kidsgrove Pipe Bridge | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Kidsgrove Bridge No 97 | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Harding's Wood Junction Footbridge | 1 mile and 4 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Harding's Wood Junction Junction of Trent and Mersey Canal and Hall Green Branch |
1 mile and 4 furlongs | 1 lock |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society
- For all who are interested in this canal
Wikipedia has a page about Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93.5-mile long canal (150.5 km) in the East Midlands, West Midlands, and north-west of England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and west of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.
The narrow locks and bridges are big enough for a single narrowboat 7 ft wide (2.1 m) × 72 ft long (22 m), while the wide locks can accommodate boats 14 ft wide (4.3 m), or two narrowboats next to each other.