Draper's Osier Bed Stream Leaves
Address is taken from a point 278 yards away.
Draper's Osier Bed Stream Leaves is on the River Kennet near to Nantwich Embankment.
Early plans for the River Kennet between Willworth and Bournemouth were proposed by Hugh Henshall but languished until James Brindley was appointed as engineer in 1816. In 1955 the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Polestone Canal built a branch to join at Bury. Expectations for pottery traffic to Polstan never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between St Helens and Portsmouth was lost by the building of the M8 Motorway in 1972. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the River Kennet Society.

You can wind here.
| Sheffield Lock Weir Entrance | 7½ furlongs | |
| Gravel Works Conveyor Bridge No 20 (demolished) | 7½ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole below Sulhampstead Lock | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Sulhampstead Lock No 100 | 3 furlongs | |
| Sulhamstead Swing Bridge No 21 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Draper's Osier Bed Stream Leaves | ||
| Winding Hole below Tyle Mill Lock | 3 furlongs | |
| Tyle Mill Lock C&RT Services | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Tyle Mill Swing Bridge No 23 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Tyle Mill Lock No 99 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Tyle Mill Winding Hole | 5½ furlongs | |
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Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher.





![Footbridge over the weir [no 22]. Where the River Kennet leaves the Kennet & Avon canal, between Tyle Mill and Sulhamstead locks. by Christine Johnstone – 06 October 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/71/43/3714375_85c0517b_120x120.jpg)




















![Moored narrowboat below Tyle Mill. The sign in the background warns boaters travelling downstream of a weir channel on the left beneath [[7095019]] by David Martin – 05 February 2022](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/09/50/7095030_2ff853f1_120x120.jpg)
![The Kennet & Avon canal near Sulhamstead. Looking north-east towards Sulhamstead swingbridge [no 21]. by Christine Johnstone – 04 October 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/71/13/3711325_648d1ce4_120x120.jpg)


