Hobhole Drain Railway Bridge
Ivy Farm Cottage, Hobhole Bank, Boston PE22 9RT, United Kingdom
Hobhole Drain Railway Bridge carries a footpath over the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) near to Sumerlease Embankment.
The Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) was built by John Smeaton and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Peak Forest Canal at Wolverhampton the canal ran for 37 miles to Liverhampton. Expectations for stone traffic to Tiverworth were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the use of the canal for cooling Gloucester power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Stoke-on-Trent and Bedford was lost by the building of the Oldington to Lisburn Railway in 1990. In George Harding's "By Piling Hook and Barge Pole Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Bradford Inclined plane during the General Strike.
Hobhole Drain Railway Bridge
is a minor waterways place
on the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) between
Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction (Junction of Hobhole Drain and Cowbridge Drain) (4 miles and 4½ furlongs
to the south) and
Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction (Junction of Hobhole Drain, Bell Water Drain and Barlode Drain) (3 miles and 5 furlongs
to the north).
The nearest place in the direction of Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction is Midville Field Bridge;
3¾ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction is Railway Footbridge (Hobhole Bank);
¼ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Bakers Lane Bridge | 4 miles, 3¾ furlongs | |
| Boston Long Hedges Bridge | 3 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Bennington Road Bridge | 1 mile, 3½ furlongs | |
| Midville Farm Bridge | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Midville Field Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Hobhole Drain Railway Bridge | ||
| Railway Footbridge (Hobhole Bank) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Old Leake Bridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Lade Bank Pumping Station | 1 mile, 2 furlongs | |
| Lade Bank Footbridge | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Lade Bank Bridge | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Hobhole New Pumping Station
Langrick Bridge General Store and Marina — 10 miles, 3½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Langrick Bridge General Store and Marina
Boston Lock Visitor Moorings — 10 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Lock Visitor MooringsNearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Hobhole New Pumping Station
Boston Lock Visitor Moorings — 10 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Lock Visitor Moorings
Boston Grand Sluice Lock No 3 — 10 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Grand Sluice Lock No 3Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Hobhole New Pumping Station
Boston Grand Sluice Lock No 3 — 10 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Grand Sluice Lock No 3Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Hobhole New Pumping Station
Anton's Gowt Junction — 8 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction
Langrick Bridge General Store and Marina — 10 miles, 3½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Langrick Bridge General Store and Marina
Boston Lock Visitor Moorings — 10 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Lock Visitor Moorings
Boston Motor Yatch Club — 10 miles, 5 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Motor Yatch Club
Boston Gateway Marina — 10 miles, 5½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Gateway Marina
Bettinson's Bridge Winding Hole — 14 miles, 2 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Newham Drain - Frith Bank Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Newham Drain) to Newham Drain - Howbridge Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Howbridge Drain) to Bettinson's Bridge Winding Hole
Chapel Hill Junction — 15 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Chapel Hill Junction
Orchard Caravan and Camping Park Moorings — 16 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Orchard Caravan and Camping Park Moorings
Dogdyke Visitor Moorings — 16 miles, 6½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Dogdyke Visitor Moorings
Belle Isle Marina — 16 miles, 7 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Belle Isle Marina
Tattershall Bridge Visitor Moorings — 17 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Tattershall Bridge Visitor Moorings
Horncastle Canal Junction — 18 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Horncastle Canal Junction
Winding Hole below Clay Bank Road Bridge — 18 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Chapel Hill Junction, then on the River Witham (Sleaford Navigation(Kyme Eau)-navigable section) to Winding Hole below Clay Bank Road BridgeNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:self-operated pump-out
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[Witham Navigable Drains]
Northern Railway Lincolnshire loop line crossed the northern end of the lock. Nunn's Bridge is the first bridge to cross the Hobhole Drain to the north
[River Witham]
South Forty-Foot Drain Maud Foster Drain (part of Witham Navigable Drains) Hobhole Drain (part of Witham Navigable Drains) Kirkstead Bridge Rivers of the
[List of bridges and viaducts in Lincolnshire]
now used by foot and cycle traffic, and not under 'Railway' as it used to be. However, if the bridge or viaduct has not been re-purposed yet it listed
[A52 road]
then passes the Ball House Inn at Willoughby Hills. It crosses the Hobhole Drain at Haltoft End where it passes the Freiston Centre for Environmental
[The Haven, Boston]
below the old centre of the town. The fishing fleet moors below the railway bridge and trading vessels lie either in tidal berths beside the dock where
[2019–20 United Kingdom floods]
Boston, collapsed into the adjacent drain. The drain takes excess rainfall to pumping stations at Lade Bank and Hobhole where it is discharged into The Wash
[Old Leake railway station]
Old Leake was a railway station on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the village of Old Leake in Lincolnshire between 1848 and 1964. It originally
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Witham Navigable Drains - WikipediaAccess by boat to Cowbridge Drain and Hobhole Drain which drain the East Fen is no longer possible, because East Fen Lock, which connected Cowbridge Drain to the rest of the system has been filled in, while the lock chamber at Lade Bank Pumping Station has been reused to house extra pumps. Many of the structures ...
Nov 25, 2014 ... This carried the Kirkstead and Little Steeping railway, traditionally known as the New Line. It was built by the Great Northern Railway, opening in 1913, principally to provide direct access to Skegness for holiday traffic from the Yorkshire and Lancashire industrial areas, but also to improve the transport of ...
This is a list of all the bridges and viaducts in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. Bridges are listed under their current use or traffic. For example, Torksey Viaduct is listed under 'Highway' as it is now used by foot and cycle traffic, and not under 'Railway' as it used to be. However, if the bridge or viaduct has not ...
May 21, 2017 ... A second 369 yard siding was provided to the west of the station on the far side of the bridge over Hobhole Drain. ... The East Lincolnshire Railway (ELR) was proposed as one of a group of allied railway bills during 1845 and 1846 as part of plans by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) to provide a link ...
The Fossdyke Navigation runs from Torksey Lock, which joins the tidal river Trent to Lincoln High Bridge, where the Fossdyke Navigation joins the Witham Navigation, which then runs to Grand Sluice Lock at Boston, which is tidal, and thereafter the river runs into the Wash at the outlet of Hobhole Drain. The Witham  ...
About ½ way along this section, the Boston to Skegness railway crosses over and then Simmon House is past on the west bank. At the end of the stretch is a lock ( something quite rare on these navigable drains). This is Lade Bank Lock which is immediately followed by Lade Bank Bridge ...
'Lives of the Engineers: Smeaton and Rennie (Harbours-Lighthouses-Bridges)' by Samuel Smiles (1812-1904), published by John Murray, London, 1904. ... This east main cut, called the Hobhole Drain, is about eighteen miles long and forty feet wide, diminishing in breadth according to its distance from the outfall; the ...
Apr 2, 2014 ... Lade Bank lock was built on the Hobhole Drain in 1805 by John Rennie and 1867 the Lade Bank pumping station was built of red and yellow brick. ... the Blacksmith at Lade Bank in 1871 and that by April 1871 George Woods had left the area and was working in Grimsby as a Driver/Fitter for the Railway.
Downstream from here is the Glory. Hole or High Bridge. The oldest bridge in this country with buildings still upon it. The barrel vaulted span is Norman and caused for ... dismantled Great Northern Railway follows the north ..... Water quality of the Witham, Hobhole, Maud Foster, and South Forty Foot Drain are affected by ...
Boston: River and Rail walk. Boston: Town walk. We hope ... footpath beside the Hobhole. Drain. This drain was designed by John. Rennie and finished in 1812. It carries water from the fenland north of Boston and the pumping station maintains the water ... Mastin's bridge spans Cowbridge drain and is one of a series of.