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Trent & Mersey Canal — photographed by Sue Adair / Geograph
Photo: Sue Adair / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Trent & Mersey Canal

93 miles linking the Trent at Derwent Mouth to the Mersey at Preston Brook — Burton-on-Trent's brewery canal, with the Harecastle Tunnel.

151.1 km

Length

96

Locks

2

Storm overflows

0

Active right now

0

Spill events · 24 h

0

Open discrepancies

0

Monitors offline

152

Canal segments

Spill record· since 6 May 2026 · across the canal

16

spill events

37h

cumulative discharge

10.1 h

longest single event

2026-06-11

first event on record

Locks· 96

+ 16 more locks on this canal