Anderton boat lift

Find out on your visit to our visitor centre at Anderton. You will need permission from your hire boat company before. It’s an amazing piece of engineering. This was a very well.

The Anderton Boat Lift is a two caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in North West England. What is Anderton Boat?

Is Anderton Boat Lift Trust merged? Where is Anderton Boat Lift? Below are directions by rail, bus and road to help visitors find their way to the Anderton Boat Lift.

Walked for about hours then went on the Anderton Boat Lift but, when we returned to the car, we found we had parked it in one of the car parks for the boats and it had subsequently been locked! Anderton Marina offers boating holidays and short breaks, full marina services, chandlery and moorings. Our marina services operate days a week. The lift is a platform lift. It provides a foot vertical link between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.

The platform lift accesses a small level change.

Staff do not need to be notified for use of the lift. The clear door width is 89cm (2ft 11in). The dimensions of the lift are 89cm x 160cm (2ft 11in x 5ft 3in).

There are separate entry and exit doors in the lift. There is not a mirror to aid reversing out of the lift. Taking your child to see Santa at Christmas has been a tradition for centuries, but it’s not every day that this tradition takes place during a cruise on the River Weaver!

So treat your little ones to a once-in-a-lifetime experience at the famous Anderton Boat Lift. The Stanley Arms Anderton now boasts a rustic interior with a warm and friendly atmosphere. The main dining room and bar have varnished wooden floors and cosy log fires that’ll keep you warm in the cold winter months.

You can also enjoy a cold refreshing glass in our beer garden basking in the sunny weather with friends and family. It is for the seriously interested. Virtually every part of the lift is described with a complete history of modification and adaption. The Anderton Lift is a must for anyone who wants to visit Cheshire and is one of the best places to visit in Cheshire. Anderton is soon reache and the amazing and enormous Anderton Boat lift is passed.

Thousands of sightseers are drawn to it each year. Contact us for more details. Prior to its construction, goods had to be laboriously transported by hand between the two waterways.

For visitor information see their website.

Provides a 50-foot vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. If you are travelling by car, it is 3. The Lift is just over two miles from the Lion Salt Works on foot. Have you travelled through since we re-opened or are you on your way to us?

Add attraction to favourites. Its designer Edwin. The structure is designated as a scheduled monument, and is included in the National Heritage List for England.