Stover Canal


Visit the restored Graving Dock Lock at Stover Canal


FOR a peaceful two-mile stroll in the tranquil Devon countryside, follow the footpath along the disused Stover Canal that runs between Jetty Marsh, Newton Abbot and Teigngrace. Easily accessible from Kingsteignton, you can join the route mid-way at Teignbridge where there is a small FOC car park. Walk south to Newton Abbot and you may see water in the canal at certain high tides. Travel north towards Ventiford on the wheel-


chair-friendly Stover Trail and divert to see the restored Graving Dock Lock (as shown in photo- graph below). Passing Teigngrace Lock you will arrive at the reclaimed Ventiford Basin where the canal meets the terminus of the Haytor Granite Tramroad. The canal was built between 1790 and 1792 on the instruction of James Templer II of Stover House. Unique, sailed barges carried ball clay from mines around Teigngrace and Kingsteignton along the canal and River Teign to the docks at Teignmouth. There the clay was loaded onto coastal vessels for onward transport to the potteries of Josiah Wedg-


wood in the Midlands. From the 1820s the canal was also used to carry granite from the Templer quarries at Haytor. It is being restored by volunteers from the Stover Canal Trust. Maps are available from the Kingsteignton Town Council Office and local Tourist Information Centre. More information can be found on the website: www.stovercanal.co.uk


Clay was loaded onto coastal vessels for transport to Wedgwood poteries in the Midlands…


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