{"id":7404,"date":"2021-11-18T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T13:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drifters.co.uk\/?p=7404"},"modified":"2021-11-19T08:39:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T08:39:48","slug":"celebrate-20-years-since-anderton-boat-lift-reopened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drifters.co.uk\/celebrate-20-years-since-anderton-boat-lift-reopened\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate 20 years since Anderton Boat Lift reopened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next year, the Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire will celebrate 20 years since the completion of its restoration in 2002.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed \u2018The Cathedral of the Canals\u2019, and listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways, Anderton lifts barges 50 feet from the River Weaver Navigation to the Trent & Mersey Canal.<\/p>\n

Boat lifts are faster and more water efficient than lock flights, and Anderton is the world\u2019s oldest operational boat lift.\u00a0 The Anderton Boat Lift was designed by canal engineer Edwin Clark and originally opened in 1875.\u00a0 The imposing iron structure is 60 feet high, 85 feet long and 49 feet wide.\u00a0 It lifts boats up and down between the two waterways in two giant tanks.\u00a0 Each tanks weighs 252 tonnes when full of water and is big enough for two narrowboats or one barge.<\/p>\n

The Lift operated until 1983, when serious deterioration of the structure was discovered.\u00a0 By 2001, \u00a37million had been raised to fund its restoration and in 2002 the lift reopened.<\/p>\n

To celebrate 20 years since the restoration, we\u2019ve listed our Top 5 narrow boat holidays which include the chance to take a passage through the Lift:<\/p>\n

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  1. Take a short break to the Lift from Bunbury<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    From our canal boat hire base at Bunbury in Cheshire, it takes nine hours, passing through 10 locks to reach Anderton Boat Lift.\u00a0 The journey begins on the Shropshire Union Canal and transfers onto the Trent & Mersey Canal at Middlewich Junction.<\/p>\n

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    1. Cruise to Barbridge via the Lift from Acton Bridge<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      On a four night break from our narrow boat hire base at Acton Bridge on the Trent & Mersey Canal near Northwich in Cheshire, boaters can reach Barbridge via the Anderton Boat Lift.\u00a0 The journey there and back cruises 42 miles, passes through 16 locks and takes around 21 hours.<\/p>\n

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      1. Navigate to Nantwich from Anderton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        On a four night mid-week break setting off from our boat yard at the bottom of the Anderton Boat Lift, canal boat holiday-makers can reach Nantwich.\u00a0 The journey takes boaters down the Trent & Mersey Canal to Middlewich, and then on to the Shropshire Union Canal to Nantwich.\u00a0 The journey there and back travels 46 miles, passes through 16 locks and takes around 21 cruising hours.<\/p>\n

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        1. Complete the Cheshire Ring<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          On a very active week, or a more relaxed 10-day or two-week break from Acton Bridge, boaters can complete the Cheshire Ring.\u00a0 The route, which travels 97 miles, passes through 92 locks and takes around 56 cruising hours, takes boaters past the Anderton Boat Lift. The Cheshire Ring takes canal boat holiday-makers along sections of the Trent & Mersey, Bridgewater, Rochdale, Ashton and Peak Forest canals.<\/p>\n

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          1. Boat to Anderton from Whixall<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Boaters can reach Anderton on a week\u2019s holiday from Drifters\u2019 narrowboat hire base at Whixall Marina on the Prees Branch of the Llangollen Canal.\u00a0 The route transfers onto the Shropshire Union Canal at Hurleston Junction and onto the Trent & Mersey Canal at Middlewich Junction.\u00a0 The journey there and back, including going up and down the Lift, travels 82 miles, passes through 54 locks and takes around 48 cruising hours.<\/p>\n

            For more information about the Anderton Boat Lift, and to book your passage through the Lift, visit https:\/\/canalrivertrust.org.uk\/places-to-visit\/anderton-boat-lift-visitor-centre\/boating-through-anderton-boat-lift<\/a> or call 0303 0404 040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Next year, the Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire will celebrate 20 years since the completion of its restoration in 2002. Nicknamed \u2018The Cathedral of the Canals\u2019, and listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways, Anderton lifts barges 50 feet from the River Weaver Navigation to the Trent & Mersey Canal. 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