Wey and Godalming Navigations

River Wey and Godalming Navigations
Catteshall Lock, the southernmost lock on the Navigations at Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey.
Specifications
Length	19.5 miles (31.4 km)
Maximum boat length	73 ft 6 in (22.40 m)
Maximum boat beam	13 ft 10.5 in (4.23 m)
Locks	16
Status	open
Navigation authority	National Trust
History
Principal engineer	Sir Richard Weston
Other engineer(s)	John Smeaton
Construction began	1651
Date of first use	1653
Date extended	1764
Geography
Start point	River Thames
End point	Godalming (originally Guildford)
Connects to	Basingstoke Canal Wey and Arun Junction Canal

v t e Wey and Godalming Navigations
Legend
River Thames downstream Shepperton Lock Junction with the Thames Stop lock & Whittet's sub-aits and ait 1 Thames Lock Ham Haw Mill Ham Court weir  A317  Weybridge Road Addlestone Road & Wey Bridge 2 Weybridge Town Lock Black Boys Bridge Liberty Mill Chertsey link line 3 Coxes Lock New Haw Wharf  A318  Byfleet Road 4 New Haw Lock  M25  Basingstoke Canal Rive Ditch South West Main Line  A245  Parvis Road Pyrford Basin, Byfleet Mill Wisley Lane 5 Pyrford Lock,  M25  6 Walsham Gates Hoe Stream Newark Priory (walls) Abbey Stream 7 Newark Lock & mill  B367  Newark Lane 8 Papercourt Lock Footpath 50  A247  Send Road Cartbridge Wharf Gresham Mill, Broad Mead Cut weir Footpath 49A 9 Worsfold Gates 10 Triggs Lock Broad Oak Bridge 11 Bowers Lock and mill Clay Lane Bowers Lane Slyfield sewage works 12 Stoke Lock and mill  A320  Woking Road  A3  Guildford by-pass  A25  Woodbridge Road New Guildford line Dapdune Bridge Dapdune Wharf Walnut Bridge  A322  Bridge Street Onslow Street Guildford Wharf Town Bridge Artington Mill St Nicholas and St Mary's churches Town Mill, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 13 Millmead Lock & water works Tumbling Bay weir and fish ladder Millbrook footbridge Guildford Rowing Club Former ferry crossing North Downs Way National Trail St Catherine's hill & chapel walls River Tillingbourne 14 St Catherines Lock North Downs Line  A248  Broadford Road Stonebridge Wharf Wey and Arun Canal/Cranleigh Waters Cranleigh line Unstead Woods Downslink Bridge 15 Unstead Lock Tilthams Corner Road Trowers Bridge Hell Ditch Catteshall Road 16 Catteshall Lock Godalming Wharf Barkhouse Cut End of navigable section  A3100  Bridge Road

The River Wey Navigation and Godalming Navigation together provide a 20-mile (32 km) continuous navigable route from the River Thames near Weybridge via Guildford to Godalming (commonly called the Wey Navigation). Both waterways are in Surrey and are owned by the National Trust. The River Wey Navigation connects to the Basingstoke Canal at West Byfleet, and the Godalming Navigation to the Wey and Arun Canal near Shalford. The navigations consist of both man-made canal cuts and adapted (dredged and straightened) parts of the River Wey.

The Wey was one of the first rivers in England to be made navigable; the River Wey Navigation opened in 1653, with 12 locks between Weybridge and Guildford, and the Godalming Navigation, with a further four locks, was completed in 1764. Commercial traffic ceased as late as 1983 and the Wey Navigation and the Godalming Navigation were donated to the National Trust in 1964 and 1968 respectively.