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Haywood Junction

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193:, which joins the Trent below the junction, and soon reaches Tixall Wide, a broad expanse of water, which, although it looks like a lake, is deep enough to allow boats to reach its edges. Shugborough Park and Hall, now owned by the National Trust, is located to the south, and Tixall Gatehouse is to the north. The canal ascends through Tixall Lock, after which is crossed the Sow on another aqueduct. Tixall Lock is 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from the junction. 234: 220: 31: 207:
at the junction. Just to the south of Haywood Lock, a bridge carries a footpath from Great Haywood to Shugborough Hall. The path crosses the Trent at Essex Bridge, a grade I listed structure with fourteen arches, which is only 4 feet (1.2 m) wide. It was probably built in the 1500s, and is
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runs to the west of the canal, much too small at this point to support navigation. Derwent Mouth, where the canal joins the river, is 39 miles (63 km) from the junction, while Etruria Lock, where the summit level begins, is 18.9 miles (30.4 km) away.
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The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal heads west from the junction. The Trent and Mersey towpath is carried over it by a bridge, and almost immediately, it crosses the River Trent on an aqueduct. It follows the valley of the
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Brindley also built the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was begun at much the same time as the Trent and Mersey, and was completed in 1772. It joined the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood, and was part of his
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was begun in 1695, was extended in the 1760s, and some remodelling was carried out at the end of the eighteenth century by Samuel Wyatt. Internally, the plasterwork is magnificent, and the building is
203:. Many of the structures within the grounds are also listed. Tixall Lodge is a small octagonal-shaped building with a stone dome, which bears the date 1807. It is grade II listed, as is the 607: 597: 602: 97: 84: 548: 294: 275: 587: 252: 527: 496: 465: 434: 325: 522: 491: 460: 429: 592: 80: 247: 101: 145: 225: 129: 180:. Haywood Lock is just to the south, while Hoo Mill Lock is a little further to the north. The 321: 290: 271: 133: 518: 487: 456: 425: 304: 239: 196: 93: 35:
Haywood Junction, with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal through the roving bridge
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At Great Haywood, the Trent and Mersey Canal heads north, as it continues its ascent from
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acting as engineer, its 93 miles (150 km) were completed eleven years later in 1777.
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The Trent and Mersey Canal was conceived as a way to provide a link between
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grid reference
SJ994229
canal junction
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Trent and Mersey Canal
Great Haywood
Staffordshire
England
Liverpool
Hull
Act of Parliament
James Brindley
Grand Cross
Humber
Thames
Severn
Mersey
Derwent Mouth
Stoke on Trent
River Trent
River Sow
Shugborough Hall
grade I listed
roving bridge
United Kingdom portal
icon
Transport portal
Canals of the United Kingdom
History of the British canal system

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