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Nottingham Canal

The Nottingham Canal originally extended from a junction with the Cromford Canal just above its junction with the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill to the river Trent at Nottingham.

Map showing the Nottingham Canal

News

New IWA Trent Group under consideration

Boating

Facts & Stats

14.8miles

(23.9km)

The original length of the Nottingham Canal.

20 locks

including Langley Mill Stop Lock

1796

The year the canal was completed

Most of the canal was closed in 1937 due to mining subsidence.

From the Cromford Canal to the river Trent

The Nottingham Canal originally extended from a junction with the Cromford Canal just above its junction with the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill to the Trent at Nottingham, but most of it has been closed and filled in.

There now remains a 2½ mile (4 km) length through central Nottingham from Lenton Chain to the Trent, which is a bypass for a partially unnavigable stretch of the Trent.

The Act of Parliament for the Nottingham Canal was passed in 1792 and the waterway was opened in 1796. The canal provided the city with a direct link to the coalfields around Ripley, Eastwood and Ilkeston.

Waterway Notes

Maximum boat sizes

  • Length: 79′ 9″ (24.3 metres) – Castle Lock
  • Beam: 15′ 2″ (4.62 metres) – Castle Lock
  • Height: 8′ 0″ (2.44 metres) – Chain Lane / London Road Bridge
  • Draught: 4′ 0″ (1.22 metres) – cill of Castle Lock

Navigation authority

Canal & River Trust

Branch

IWA Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Branch

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