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The Chesterfield Canal - a virtual Tour,
part 2: Staveley - Norwood

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Current Chesterfield Canal Trust Volunteer's worksite at Mill Green Bridge, Staveley. The canal is now navigable from Chesterfield for five miles down to here.
Staveley Puddle Bank is a large embankment which carried the canal across the valley of the River Doe Lea. The top of the bank has been levelled and is overgrown. The bank has been breached at the river crossing and the steel bridge carries the public footpath.

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From Mastin Moor to Renishaw, the canal has been filled in across the fields, but the towpath still exists as a public footpath.
At Renishaw, a short length of canal was partially restored by Renishaw Environmental Action Group and Groundwork Creswell. A new bridge has been built to replace one with a weight restriction. The second bridge on the left was formerly a railway line and is now the TransPennine Trail, a public bridleway.


Tapton Lock
Visitor Centre

Photo competition '06

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Alongside Renishaw Ironworks, the canal had been used as a dumping ground for foundry sand and was buried to a depth of several metres. Now the site is being redeveloped and as part of this, the canal alignment has been graded down to towpath level. Between Spinkhill and Killamarsh, one and a half miles of canal was straightened circa 1890 to aid construction of the Great Central railway. The railway (right) is now the TransPennine Trail and the canal a dry ditch

 

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This is part of the canal abandoned circa 1890 when the railway was built. It is a very pretty section. On private property, hopefully it will soon be opened up as a concessionary footpath. This is part of the canal abandoned circa 1890 when the railway was built. It is a very pretty section. On private property, hopefully it will soon be opened up as a concessionary footpath

 

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South of Killamarsh, local farmer Ken Swain has restored almost half a mile of canal as a coarse fishery. In Killamarsh, the canal has mostly been filled in. 22 houses have been built along a 450yard section of the canal.

 

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Belk Lane Lock is now a flower bed in a garden! At Norwood, some of the canal is in water. In 1988, the Canal Society had a "Canal Day" here with free boat trips.

 

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The 13 locks at Norwood are unique, consisting of three three-rise staircases and one four-rise. The area is in private ownership and the old Canal Company Timber Mill is now a desirable residence. The towpath is a public footpath. The sad, bricked-up west portal of Norwood Tunnel. At 2880yards, this was the longest tunnel in the country when built.

 

Part 1: Chesterfield - Staveley

Part 2: Staveley - Norwood

Part 3: Norwood - Shireoaks (new and updated December 13, 2002)

Part 4: Shireoaks - Worksop

Part 5: Worksop - Retford

Part 6: Retford - West Stockwith

Part 7: IWA National Trailboat Festival Comes to Chesterfield


 

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