Total length 14_ miles

Act of Parliament 1827 Surveyor John Rennie
Completed and opened 1833

Ran from Highbridge Sea Lock to Beckery, Glastonbury with one lock at Shapwick.
Last recorded through traffic 1854. Handed to local Commissioners for sewers and abandoned in 1936.

The Canal Today – The seaward end from Highbridge to Bason Bridge is the River Brue, much of the rest of the route has been incorporated into the South Drain. Small boats are able to pass from Highbridge to Glastonbury.

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