River Wey
This article is about the river in Surrey, for the river in Dorset see
River Wey, Dorset
.
The
River Wey
in
Surrey
is one of the
Waterways in the United Kingdom
and a tributary of the
River Thames
. The source of the north branch is at
Alton, Hampshire
and of the south branch at
Liphook
. The branches join at
Tilford
. The river is navigable for around 32 km from
Godalming
to the Thames at
Weybridge
to the south-west of
London
. The 25 km to
Guildford
were made navigable by an Act of
1651
, with work completed in
1653
, to allow barges to transport goods to
London
. Further improvements were made under another Act of
1671
. In
1760
, another Act authorised the Godalming Navigation, taking navigation a further 7 km upstream to
Godalming
. The
Basingstoke Canal
and
Wey and Arun Junction Canal
were later dug to connect with the Wey navigation. From
1900
to
1963
the Wey was owned by the Stevens family, who were commercial carriers on the canal. It was then donated to the
National Trust
in
1964
and they have a visitor centre at Dapdune Wharf, a former boatyard in
Guildford
. The Godalming Navigation was donated to the Trust in
1968
. Commercial traffic ceased in
1983
.
See also
Rivers of the United Kingdom
External link
Dapdune Wharf and River Wey Navigations
Wey Wey
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