Market Weighton Canal

Market Weighton Canal
Weighton Lock at the entrance to the canal
Specifications
Locks	4
Status	Part navigable
Navigation authority	Environment Agency
History
Date of act	1772
Date completed	1782
Date closed	1971
Geography
Start point	below Market Weighton
End point	Broomfleet
Connects to	Humber Estuary

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Legend
Market Weighton Canal head Holme Canal Holme Ings Lock Sand Lane bridge Mill Lock Sod House Lock (head of navigation) River Foulness Seavy Carr Pumping Station Yapley Marr Pumping Station Sandholme Landing bridge M62 motorway bridge Canalside East Pumping Station B1230 bridge, Newport Clegg Dyke Pumping Station Oxmardyke Pumping Station Selby - Hull Railway bridge Broomfleet Faxfleet Pumping Station Weighton Lock (bi-directional) Humber Estuary

The Market Weighton Canal ran 9.5 miles (15.3 km) from the Humber Estuary to its terminus near Market Weighton. It gained its Act of Parliament in 1772 and opened in 1782. The 3.5 miles (5.6 km) closest to Market Weighton was abandoned in 1900 and the right of navigation through Weighton lock was lost in 1971. However, as of 2002 the lock was passable and the canal usable up to the junction with the River Foulness where silt has made it impassable.^[1] Also there is no right of navigation under the M62 motorway bridge to the north of Newport.