The trent and mersey canal caldon branch froghall tunnel is a narrow canal and is part of the trent and mersey canal caldon branch. There is a tunnel profile indicator at flintmill lock 17 and the entrance to the tunnel for boaters to test whether the boat will go through.
Im heading for the calden canal and should join her from the t m tomorrow my thoughts are can i go through the tunnel at froghall the guide says 5ft which i have at the rails just but not at the mushrooms in the roof centre line i read that the markers are much lower than the actual tunnel so any dimensions that made it would be interesting i hear the basin needs a few boat there to clear.
Froghall tunnel. I wouldn t say that the froghall tunnel is a piece of cake or indeed a tunnel to be tackled by the faint hearted but it is certainly passable by many more boats that the gauges would suggest. It runs for 1 furlongs from froghall wharf which is a dead end to froghall tunnel southwestern entrance where it joins the trent and mersey canal caldon branch main line to froghall. Froghall tunnel southwestern entrance froghall tunnel is a tunnel on the trent and mersey canal caldon branch froghall tunnel between froghall tunnel southwestern entrance and froghall tunnel northeastern entrance it is 75 yards long.
Once a hive of industrial activity this old canal side wharf is a lovely tranquil picnic spot alongside the terminus of the caldon canal and uttoxeter canal basin. Froghall tunnel is low and most boats are unable to pass through you can safely sample a pint here because there is no navigational challenge to get you back to the start point. The maximum headroom is 5ft.
Froghall basin just beyond the tunnel has a picnic area and shop and limekilns. We promise not to create another cliffhanger. There are way marked walks that lead from the site onto the rights of way network and canal towpath.
The canal has 17 locks and the 69 metre 226 ft froghall tunnel. We made it through with clearance of about one centimeter but wow it felt tight. The caldon canal or more properly the caldon branch of the trent mersey canal opened in 1779 runs 18 miles 29 km from etruria in stoke on trent where it leaves the trent and mersey canal at the summit level to froghall staffordshire.
The headroom through the froghall tunnel is restricted. Just follow the canal towpath but take care there is water on one side. Froghall winding hole is a major waterways placeminor waterways placeplace on the waterwaysmajor waterways placevillagetowncityon the trent and mersey canal caldon branch main line to froghall between froghall tunnel southwestern entrance 1 furlongsto the east and cheddleton flint mill 5 miles and 3 furlongsand 5 locks.
Can we get through froghall tunnel.
