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Great Haywood Marina to Stourport Marina by narrowboat

It is 48 miles and 39 locks from Great Haywood Marina to Stourport Marina, about 23 hours 20 minutes of cruising, comfortably done in 4 days at 6 hours a day. The route is checked against live closure notices from the Canal & River Trust and the other navigation authorities, and is currently planned around the 11 active stoppages on its waterways (last checked 28 Aug 2026).

48 miles
39 locks
23 h 20 min cruising
4 days at 6 h/day

Recalculated 6 Aug 2026 against live closures.

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Great Haywood Junction, where the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal leaves the Trent & Mersey beside the wide water of Tixall Broad, is one of the network’s best-loved starting points. The cruise to Stourport runs down Brindley’s original contour canal past Penkridge and the red sandstone country around Kinver, arriving at the Georgian canal town of Stourport-on-Severn, built by the canal company where the Staffs & Worcs meets the River Severn. The plan below follows whatever line is open on the day, so the figures can change while a stoppage is in force.

The route in words

Waterways on this route, in order:

  • Dunsley Tunnel (tunnel, 35.23 miles in)
  • Cookley Tunnel (tunnel, 39.39 miles in)
  • Penkridge flight (lock flight, 3 locks)
  • Four Ashes flight (lock flight, 4 locks)
  • Bratch Locks (lock flight, 3 locks)
  • Bratch Locks (lock flight, 5 locks)
  • Stourport Staircase (lower) (staircase locks)

Junctions along the way: Great Haywood Junction, Hatherton Junction, Autherley Junction.

The route works 1 movable (swing or lift) bridge.

Day by day

  1. Day 1
    13.02 mi 10 locks 5 h 51 min arrive ~13:51
    Overnight: Otherton Boat Haven
  2. Day 2
    14.93 mi 6 locks 5 h 46 min arrive ~13:46
  3. Day 3
    8.75 mi 14 locks 6 h 0 min arrive ~14:00
    Overnight: Whittington Lock Visitor Moorings
  4. Day 4
    11.3 mi 9 locks 5 h 44 min arrive ~13:44

Live closures on this route

Most planners list stoppages and leave you to plot around them. Canal Nav checks every live notice and plans this route around anything blocking - automatically, each time it is recalculated.

20 live notices on this route's waterways (last checked 28 Aug 2026, 06:29). The live map routes around anything blocking.

Coming back the other way

The return from Stourport Marina to Great Haywood Marina covers the same water, the same 48 miles and 39 locks, again over about 4 days - only the overnight moorings shift.

Reverse day-by-day plan
  1. Day 1: 11.55 mi, 10 locks - overnight Whittington Lock Visitor Moorings
  2. Day 2: 8.74 mi, 13 locks
  3. Day 3: 14.93 mi, 6 locks - overnight Otherton Boat Haven
  4. Day 4: 12.77 mi, 10 locks
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Start and finish

Great Haywood Marina

Where this cruise sets off.

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Stourport Marina

Journey's end.

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Cruising rings touching this route

  • Four Counties Ring 110 miles, 94 locks - a signposted circuit you can join from this route
  • Stourport Ring 84 miles, 105 locks - a signposted circuit you can join from this route
  • Black Country Ring 75 miles, 71 locks - a signposted circuit you can join from this route

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Distances and times are planning estimates (last computed 6 Aug 2026). Always check live closures on the map before setting off.

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