Four Counties Ring

Four Counties Ring
Four Counties Ring
	Passage from the Trent and Mersey Canal to the Wardle Canal passes under the bridge on the left.
Specifications
Length	110 miles (180 km)
Locks	94
Status	Canal ring
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust

The Four Counties Ring is a canal ring which links the four English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and West Midlands.

Four Counties Ring

					(Trent and Mersey)
					Middlewich Junction (Turn Left)


					Wardle Lock
					Wardle Canal
					Middlewich
					A530 aqueduct
					Stanthorne Lock
					railway
					aqueduct
					Minshall Lock
					railway
					Venetian Marina
					Cholmondeston Lock
					Barbridge Jnct. (Turn Left)

					Hurleston Junction
					Chester Canal
					A534 Nantwich Basin
					Nantwich aqueduct
				89a	Railway bridge
				88	A530 Baddington Bridge
					Moss Hall aqueduct River Weaver
					Hack Green Locks (2)

					Audlem Locks (3)
				78	A525 Audlem Bridge
					Audlem Locks (12)

					Adderley Locks (5)
				64	A53 Lords Bridge Market Drayton
					Tyrley Locks (5)
					Shebdon aqueduct
				39	A519 High Bridge
					Shrewsbury Canal Norbury Jn
					abandoned railway
				35	A518 Gnosall bridge
					Wheaton Aston lock
					A5(T) Watling St Stretton aqueduct
					Belvide Reservoir
				5a	M54 motorway bridge
					stop lock
					Autherley Jn (Turn Left)

					M54 motorway
				70	A449(T) Brinsford Bridge
					Railway bridge
					Hatherton Branch (feeder)
				32	Gailey Top Lock
				79	A5(T) Gailey Bridge
				33-36	locks (4)
				37	Filance Lock, Penkridge
				38	Penkridge Lock
				39	Longford Lock
					M6 motorway
				40-42	locks (3)
					Hazlestrine Branch
				98	A34(T) Radford Bridge
					Railway bridge
					Stafford wharf
					River Sow Navigation
					Baswich Lock and weir
					River Sow aqueduct
				43	Tixall Lock
					River Trent aqueduct

					Great Hayward Jn (Turn Left)

					Hoo Mill Lock No 23
					Weston Lock No 24
				80	A518 Weston upon Trent Bridge
					Sandon Lock No 25
					Aston Lock No 26
				91	A51
				93	A520 Stafford Road Bridge
					Stone Locks 27-30
					Meaford Locks 31-34
					Trentham Lock No 35
				106	A5035 Hemheath Bridge
					A50
					A5007
					A5006
					Stoke Locks 36-37
					(Caldon Canal)
					B5045 Newcastle Road Bridge
					Stoke Locks 38-40
					Etruria Junction
				117A	A53 Euturia Road Bridge
					Stoke Marina
				126	A527 Longport Road Bridge
				129B	A527 Goldendale Bridge
					Harecastle Tunnel (South end)
					2,919 yards (2,669 m)
					Harecastle Tunnel (North end)
					Kidsgrove Railway Bridge
					Hardings Wood Railway Bridge
					Harding's Wood Junction
					Red Bull Locks 41-42 (paired)
					Poole Aqueduct Macclesfield Canal
					Red Bull Lock No 43
				134	A34 Bridge
					Red Bull Locks 44-47 (paired)
					Church Lawton Bottom Lock No 48
					Halls Lock No 49
					Lawton Top Lock No 50
					Lawton Lock Nos 51
					Lawton Bottom Lock No 52
					Snapes Aqueduct
				138A	A50 Bridge
					Upper Thurlwood Lock No 53
					Lower Thurlwood Lock No 54
				143	Chellshill Aqueduct
					Pierpoint Lock 55-56
					Hassall Green Top Lock No 57
					Hasall Green Bottom Lock No 58
				147A	M6 Motorway Bridge
					WheeLock Locks 59-66 (paired)
				152A	A534 Bridge
				153	River WheeLock Aqueduct
				154	WheeLock Wharf Bridge
				158	Rookery Railway Bridge
					Crows Nest Lock No 67
					Booth Lane Middle Lock No 68
					Booth Lane Bottom Lock No 69
				165	A533
					Rumps Lock No 70
					King's Lock No 71
					End of Ring

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