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Derby & Sandiacre Canal
Re-opening the canal from Sandiacre to Swarkestone plus a link to Derby.
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Facts & Stats
14 miles
(22.5km)
The length of the Derby & Sandiacre Canal restoration.
9 locks
(on main line Swarkestone-Sandiacre)
1964
Year closed
From Sandiacre to Swarkestone
The Derby & Sandiacre Canal Society aim to eventually reopen the through route from Sandiacre (where they’ve recently begun another lock restoration project) to Swarkestone plus a link to Derby on a new route via a boat lift and the River Derwent. And as an indication of what might one day happen, they plan to run a trip-boat on the river soon.
Waterway notes
HS2: Trent Navigation
The decision to scrap much of the Eastern Leg of HS2 Phase 2b, means that the Trent Navigation’s Cranfleet Cut is no longer under threat from HS2.
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