Anderton Boat Lift
The Anderton Boat Lift is a two-caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in North West England.
The Anderton Boat Lift is a two-caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in North West England. It provides a 50-foot (15.2 m) vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The structure is designated as a scheduled monument, and is included in the National Heritage List for England; it is also known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways.
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Worth seeing in and around Anderton Boat Lift
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Mary's Church, Weaverham
St Mary's Ecumenical Church is a Church of England / Methodist Local Ecumenical Project in the village of Weaverham, Cheshire, England. The church is the parish church of Weaverham and Acton Bridge and part of the Methodist Northwich and Winsford Circuit.
3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Weaverham, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Helen Witton Church, Northwich
St Helen Witton Church, Northwich, is in the centre of the town of Northwich, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
2.2 km · Grade I listed church in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Mary and All Saints' Church, Great Budworth
St Mary and All Saints Church is in the centre of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
2.9 km · church in Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Victoria Stadium
The Victoria Stadium was a football stadium in Wincham, Northwich in the county of Cheshire, England, and was home to Northwich Victoria.
3.1 km · football stadium in Wincham, Northwich, England · Wikipedia - 05Wincham Park
Wincham Park is a football stadium in Wincham, a parish on the edge of Northwich, England. The home ground of Witton Albion, it first opened in 1989, after the club left their former Central Ground.
2.8 km · football stadium in England · Wikipedia - 06Christ Church, Barnton
Christ Church is in the village of Barnton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Great Budworth, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
1.1 km · grade II listed church in Barnton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Holy Trinity Church, Northwich
Holy Trinity Church, Northwich, is in the Castle district of Northwich, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Middlewich, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
1.9 km · grade II listed church in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Marbury Country Park
Marbury Country Park is a country park in Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of Northwich Community Woodlands, an integral part of the Mersey Forest.
800 m · country park in Cheshire, UK · Wikipedia - 09Marbury Hall
Marbury Hall was a country house in Marbury, near Northwich, Cheshire, England. Several houses existed on the site from the 13th century, which formed the seat successively of the Marbury, Barry and Smith-Barry families, until 1932.
800 m · country house in Anderton with Marbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Hartford Bridge, Cheshire
The Hartford Bridge, or Blue Bridge, is a single-span road bridge crossing the River Weaver at Hartford, Cheshire in England. The bridge is located on the A556 as part of the Northwich bypass.
3.9 km · bridge near Hartford, Cheshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Anderton Boat Lift
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 19 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 22 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 87 km
- Stations
- Northwich railway station, 2.6 km · Greenbank railway station, 2.4 km · Hartford railway station, 3.8 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Anderton Boat Lift87 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £10–13
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Anderton Boat Lift99 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £13–17
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Anderton Boat Lift98 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Anderton Boat Lift
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Anderton Boat Lift. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere is an off-road walk through The Dingle between the town centre and Lymm Dam.
From Wikivoyage: Lymm, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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Next door to Anderton Boat Lift
Anderton Boat Lift is 30 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Northwichtown and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK1.7 km
- Hartfordvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England3.3 km
- Great Budworthvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK2.3 km
- Barntonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK1.5 km
- Marstonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England2.3 km
- Weaverhamvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, UK3.3 km