River Wey Navigations at Parvis Wharf
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River Wey Navigations at Parvis Wharf
Image: © Sean Davis Taken: 23 May 2010
The River Wey was one of the first in the country to be canalised and some of the locks still retain their original mechanism. The section between Stoke Mill and Sutton Green was first made navigable by Sir Richard Weston, of Sutton Place, between 1618 and 1620. Then through an Act of Parliament, in 1651, the Wey was made navigable all the way from Guildford down to the Thames at Weybridge. The Wey Navigation now belongs to the National Trust. To read more see https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/river-wey-and-godalming-navigations-and-dapdune-wharf This is also on the route of the London Green Belt Way. To read the notice in the photo see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6439045
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