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Wey and Arun Canal

Index Wey and Arun Canal

The Wey and Arun Canal is a partially restored, 23-mile-long (37 km) canal in the south east of England. [1]

44 relations: Accommodation bridge, Act of Parliament, Arundel, Bill (law), Billingshurst, Bristol Harbour, Canal, Cranleigh line, Crawley, Ford, West Sussex, George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, Guildford, HMNB Portsmouth, Horsham, Inland Waterways Association, Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, Josias Jessop, Littlehampton, Lock (water navigation), London to Portsmouth canal, Long ton, Loxwood, Merstham, Navigability, Navigable aqueduct, Portsmouth and Arundel Canal, Private company limited by guarantee, Pulborough, River Arun, River Wey, Royal assent, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Shalford, Surrey, Surrey Iron Railway, The Waterways Trust, Three Bridges, Water wheel, Waterway Recovery Group, West Coastway line, West Sussex, Wey and Godalming Navigations, William Jessop, Winding hole, Wisborough Green.

Accommodation bridge

An accommodation bridge or occupation bridge in the United Kingdom preserves a pre-existing private road, path or right of access when a major transport route is built across it.

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Act of Parliament

Acts of Parliament, also called primary legislation, are statutes passed by a parliament (legislature).

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Arundel

Arundel is a market town and civil parish in a steep vale of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.

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Bill (law)

A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.

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Billingshurst

Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.

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Bristol Harbour

Bristol Harbour is the harbour in the city of Bristol, England.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Cranleigh line

The Cranleigh line was a linking railway line that connected Guildford on the Portsmouth-London line, the county town of Surrey, with the West Sussex market town of Horsham on another line to the south coast.

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Crawley

Crawley is a town and borough in West Sussex, England.

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Ford, West Sussex

Ford is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England.

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George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont

George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont FRS (18 December 1751 – 11 November 1837) of Petworth House in Sussex and Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, was a British peer, a major landowner and a great art collector.

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Guildford

Guildford is a large town in Surrey, England, United Kingdom located southwest of central London on the A3 trunk road midway between the capital and Portsmouth.

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HMNB Portsmouth

Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport).

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Horsham

Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England.

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Inland Waterways Association

The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) was formed in 1946 as a registered charity in the United Kingdom to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations.

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Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow

Vice Admiral Jeffrey Maurice Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, GCVO, CBE (born Steinberg, in Stepney, London 27 December 1934), is a British businessman and Conservative peer.

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Josias Jessop

Josias Jessop (1781–1826) was a noted canal engineer, and second son of William Jessop, one of the great canal engineers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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Littlehampton

Littlehampton is a seaside resort and pleasure harbour, and the most populous civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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London to Portsmouth canal

The London to Portsmouth canal was a proposal for the construction of a secure inland canal route from the capital London to the headquarters of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth.

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Long ton

Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton,Dictionary.com - "a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu.

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Loxwood

Loxwood is a small village and civil parish with several outlying settlements, including those at Alfold Bars, Gunshot Common, Flitchfold, Roundstreet Common, Drungewick Lane and Manor, and Wephurst Park, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England, within the Low Weald.

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Merstham

Merstham is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England.

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Navigability

A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep, wide and slow enough for a vessel to pass or walk.

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Navigable aqueduct

Navigable aqueducts (sometimes called water bridges) are bridge structures that carry navigable waterway canals over other rivers, valleys, railways or roads.

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Portsmouth and Arundel Canal

The Portsmouth and Arundel Canal was a canal in the south of England that ran between Portsmouth and Arundel, it was built in 1823 but was never a financial success and was abandoned in 1855; the company was wound up in 1888.

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Private company limited by guarantee

In British and Irish company law, a company limited by guarantee (LBG) is an alternative type of corporation used primarily for non-profit organisations that require legal personality.

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Pulborough

Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants.

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River Arun

The River Arun is a river in the English county of West Sussex.

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River Wey

The River Wey is a tributary of the River Thames in south east England and one of two major tributaries in Surrey.

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Royal assent

Royal assent or sanction is the method by which a country's monarch (possibly through a delegated official) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament.

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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a professional body that accredits professionals within the land, property, construction, and infrastructure sectors worldwide.

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Shalford, Surrey

Shalford is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England on the A281 Horsham road immediately south of Guildford.

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Surrey Iron Railway

The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) was a horse-drawn plateway that linked Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham, all then in Surrey but now suburbs of south London, in England.

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The Waterways Trust

The Waterways Trust was an independent registered charity, established in 1999, that worked with partners to see the waterway network in England, Wales and Scotland supported, valued and enjoyed by a wide audience.

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Three Bridges

Three Bridges is a neighbourhood within the town of Crawley, in the county of West Sussex in England.

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Water wheel

A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill.

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Waterway Recovery Group

The Waterway Recovery Group (WRG), founded in 1970, is the national co-ordinating body for voluntary labour on the inland waterways of the United Kingdom.

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West Coastway line

The West Coastway line is a railway line in England following closely the south coast of Sussex and Hampshire, between the cities Brighton and Southampton.

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West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove) to the east, Hampshire to the west and Surrey to the north, and to the south the English Channel.

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Wey and Godalming Navigations

The River Wey Navigation and Godalming Navigation, geographically (but not historically) the Wey Navigation, form a continuous waterway which provides a navigable route from the River Thames between Weybridge and Hamm Court, Addlestone via Guildford to Godalming.

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William Jessop

William Jessop (23 January 1745 – 18 November 1814) was an English civil engineer, best known for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Winding hole

A winding hole is a widened area of a canal (usually in the United Kingdom), used for turning a canal boat such as a narrowboat.

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Wisborough Green

Wisborough Green is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England, west of Billingshurst on the A272 road.

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Wey & Arun Junction Canal, Wey and Arun Junction Canal, Wey and arun.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wey_and_Arun_Canal

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