Trent Lock - Waterways

Waterways

Trent Lock

Legend

Trent and Mersey Canal to Burton

Shardlow Lock

"Clock" Warehouse (Mill No. 2)

Cavendish Bridge, London Road

Shardlow Wharf

Shardlow Marina

River Trent to Burton

A50/A6

London Road

Marina

River Derwent to Derby (unnavigable)

Derwent Mouth

M1 overpass

Sawley Weir

Sawley Flood Lock No. 1

Sawley Marina complex

Sawley Locks No. 2

Freight line and towpath

Sawley Cut

River Soar Navigation to L'boro

Redhill Marina/Redhill Lock No. 59

Erewash Canal to Long Eaton

Derby Canal (abandoned)

Boatyard

Midland Main Line to Derby/Trent Junction

Dry dock

Trent Lock No. 60

Flood gate

Midland Main Line and Trent Junction

Marina

Cranfleet Lock/Old Sal's Lock

Cranfleet cut

River Trentto Beeston/Nottingham

Trent Lock is the area of canal locks around the point where the River Soar (flowing northwards) meets the River Trent (at this point flowing east). Near this point two canals also meet the Trent - the Erewash Canal, coming south-east from Long Eaton, and the short Cranfleet Cut provides a route for boats heading downstream on the Trent, avoiding a weir.

The Midland Main Line also runs past the area, over the Trent and the Cranfleet Cut.

Some way further to the west on the Trent is the Sawley Cut and Sawley Bridge Marina, and not far west of that is Derwent Mouth, where the River Derwent and the Trent and Mersey Canal join the Trent.

Junctions

Point	Coordinates
Trent and Mersey Canal Junction/ Derwent Mouth	52°52′22.09″N 1°19′9.3″W / 52.8728028°N 1.319250°W / 52.8728028; -1.319250 (Trent and Mersey Canal Junction)
Sawley Cut top junction	52°52′26.44″N 1°18′25.9″W / 52.8740111°N 1.307194°W / 52.8740111; -1.307194 (Sawley Cut top junction)
Sawley Cut bottom junction	52°52′21.07″N 1°17′26.82″W / 52.8725194°N 1.2907833°W / 52.8725194; -1.2907833 (Sawley Cut bottom junction)
Soar Navigation junction	52°52′23.44″N 1°16′4.86″W / 52.8731778°N 1.2680167°W / 52.8731778; -1.2680167 (Soar Navigation junction)
Cranfleet Canal bottom junction	52°52′45.6″N 1°15′14.87″W / 52.879333°N 1.2541306°W / 52.879333; -1.2541306 (Cranfleet Canal bottom junction)
Cranfleet Canal top junction/ Erewash Canal Junction	52°52′30″N 1°16′20″W / 52.87500°N 1.27222°W / 52.87500; -1.27222 (Cranfleet Canal top junction)Coordinates: 52°52′30″N 1°16′20″W / 52.87500°N 1.27222°W / 52.87500; -1.27222 (Cranfleet Canal top junction)

Facilities

Immediately above Trent Lock No. 60 on the Erewash Canal is a dry dock that can be drained into the River Trent below. The current tenants of the dry dock and related buildings are boat builders KingFisher Narrow Boats ltd.

On the east side of the same lock is the Steamboat Inn public house and some tea rooms.