The Four Counties Ring is a canal ring which links the four English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and West Midlands.
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Junctiontrentandmerseymiddlewich.jpg/288px-Junctiontrentandmerseymiddlewich.jpg) Passage from the Trent and Mersey Canal to the Wardle Canal passes under the bridge on the left. |
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Length | 110 miles (180 km) |
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Locks | 94 |
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Status | Canal ring |
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Navigation authority | Canal and River Trust |
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(Trent and Mersey) |
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Middlewich Junction (Turn Left) |
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Wardle Lock |
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Wardle Canal |
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Middlewich |
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A530 aqueduct |
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Stanthorne Lock |
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railway |
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aqueduct |
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Minshall Lock |
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railway |
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Venetian Marina |
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Cholmondeston Lock |
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Barbridge Jnct. (Turn Left) |
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Hurleston Junction |
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Chester Canal |
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A534 Nantwich Basin |
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Nantwich aqueduct |
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Railway bridge |
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A530 Baddington Bridge |
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Moss Hall aqueduct |
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Hack Green Locks (2) |
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Audlem Locks (3) |
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A525 Audlem Bridge |
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Audlem Locks (12) |
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Adderley Locks (5) |
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A53 Lords Bridge Market Drayton |
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Tyrley Locks (5) |
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Shebdon aqueduct |
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A519 High Bridge |
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Shrewsbury Canal Norbury Jn |
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abandoned railway |
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A518 Gnosall bridge |
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Wheaton Aston lock |
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A5(T) Watling St Stretton aqueduct |
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Belvide Reservoir |
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M54 motorway bridge |
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stop lock |
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Autherley Jn (Turn Left) |
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M54 motorway |
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A449(T) Brinsford Bridge |
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Railway bridge |
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Hatherton Branch (feeder) |
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Gailey Top Lock |
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A5(T) Gailey Bridge |
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Filance Lock, Penkridge |
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Penkridge Lock |
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Longford Lock |
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M6 motorway |
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Hazlestrine Branch |
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A34(T) Radford Bridge |
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Railway bridge |
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Stafford wharf |
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River Sow Navigation |
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Baswich Lock and weir |
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River Sow aqueduct |
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Tixall Lock |
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River Trent aqueduct |
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Great Hayward Jn (Turn Left) |
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Hoo Mill Lock No 23 |
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Weston Lock No 24 |
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A518 Weston upon Trent Bridge |
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Sandon Lock No 25 |
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Aston Lock No 26 |
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A51 |
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A520 Stafford Road Bridge |
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Stone Locks 27-30 |
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Meaford Locks 31-34 |
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Trentham Lock No 35 |
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A5035 Hemheath Bridge |
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A50 |
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A5007 |
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A5006 |
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Stoke Locks 36-37 |
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(Caldon Canal) |
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B5045 Newcastle Road Bridge |
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Stoke Locks 38-40 |
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Etruria Junction |
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117A |
A53 Euturia Road Bridge |
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Stoke Marina |
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A527 Longport Road Bridge |
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129B |
A527 Goldendale Bridge |
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Harecastle Tunnel (South end) |
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2,919 yards (2,669 m) |
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Harecastle Tunnel (North end) |
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Kidsgrove Railway Bridge |
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Hardings Wood Railway Bridge |
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Harding's Wood Junction |
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Red Bull Locks 41-42 (paired) |
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Poole Aqueduct Macclesfield Canal |
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Red Bull Lock No 43 |
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A34 Bridge |
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Red Bull Locks 44-47 (paired) |
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Church Lawton Bottom Lock No 48 |
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Halls Lock No 49 |
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Lawton Top Lock No 50 |
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Lawton Lock Nos 51 |
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Lawton Bottom Lock No 52 |
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Snapes Aqueduct |
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A50 Bridge |
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Upper Thurlwood Lock No 53 |
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Lower Thurlwood Lock No 54 |
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Chellshill Aqueduct |
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Pierpoint Lock 55-56 |
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Hassall Green Top Lock No 57 |
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Hasall Green Bottom Lock No 58 |
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147A |
M6 Motorway Bridge |
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WheeLock Locks 59-66 (paired) |
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152A |
A534 Bridge |
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153 |
River WheeLock Aqueduct |
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154 |
WheeLock Wharf Bridge |
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158 |
Rookery Railway Bridge |
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Crows Nest Lock No 67 |
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Booth Lane Middle Lock No 68 |
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Booth Lane Bottom Lock No 69 |
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A533 |
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Rumps Lock No 70 |
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King's Lock No 71 |
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End of Ring |
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