The Wey itself winds round Old Woking and to the west of Send village before rejoining the navigation at Worsfold gates. The marshes between Send and Old Woking were liable to flooding and it is for this reason that the (unavigable) Broadmead Cut was built.

Send - The Tannery

The Wey Navigation is quite shallow through this section. The Tannery, where leather was processed, is a substantial feature of this stretch.

The High Bridge is a unusual structure, composed of what is essentially a pair of ladders connected by a walkway. The quietest moorings in Send are right by the bridge, with a short walk up the hill to the local shops

Send - Cart Bridge and the New Inn, at lunch time Sunday 1st June 2008

The New Inn at Send

Until it was rebuilt, Cart Bridge at Send was a smaller structure (similar to that at Newark.) Its now a modern structure designed to tolerate heavy traffic. Residents however rue the intrusion of additional traffic that is siphoned off the A3 throught the village en route for Woking. The adjacent New Inn is a popular stopping point for boaters, though the shops are further from here than at High bridge. So much for the closure of the grocery shop, with its quaint low doorway, right opposite the New Inn

Immediately after the New Inn is Worsfold Gates and the Wey itself. The navigation's gates used to be maintained at the yard here, and its still used by the National Trust as such.

Between Weybridge and Send the navigation consists of mainly artificial cuts, howver from Send to the end of navigation there is more of the Wey itself.

Despite being a quite rural waterway, signs of urbanisation can be seen in places, such as where the navigation rejoins the Wey at Worsfold. The large building seen to the left is part of Woking.

The navigation takes a number of twists and turns before re-entering a further canal section at Triggs lock.

Part way along the canal section is Send Church, which sits in a quite remote location far from the village of the same name.

The navigation follows the boundary of Sutton Park around Broadoak. Sutton House was where Sir Richard Weston lived, he was the owner and promoter of the Wey Navigations. He initially used the River Wey for water management for the puropses of controlling the pastures the he owned. The scheme boosted hay production and reduced the effect of winter frost. Long before the Wey Navigation was opened, Weston built his first lock at Stoke. Its main purpose was to control the water through his 'float pastures.'

Broadoak weir and bridge

The A3 closely follows the Wey between Broadoak and Stoke, but one would not notice it unless one happened to catch a glimpse of a vehicle flashing past through the trees

Bowers lock often catches unsuspecting boaters unawares for Its hidden out of sight on a sharp left turn off the river. Because of the current flowing right across the entrance, extra care is needed entering the lock chamber.

Steam boat Grace emerging from Bowers lock

Bowers Lock to Old Bucks weir cuts off two miles of river with a short canal section. This is a view looking towards Old Bucks weir with the Bowers lock cut to the right

The river north of Stoke. There are many stumpy trees along the towpath of differing shape and size, making a good photographic opportunity especially in the autumn

Stoke lock

General view of Stoke lock

The Rowbarge at Stoke where the navigation rejoins the river

Looking back from the Rowbarge Inn, the majestic Stoke Mill can be seen. It is not on the navigation as the no entry sign denotes

The approach to Guildford is quite attractive

Plaque on Woodbridge

Dapdune railway bridge

Dapdune Wharf

View of a Stevens' Wey barge and Guildford Cathedral. This picture was taken before the entire opposite bank recieved new piling and the towpath resurfaced in October/November 2007

Wey Barge at Dapdune

Close up of the stern

The National Trust's Dapdune Belle south of the wharf on one of its return trips to 'Debenhams' (aka Millmeads lock) in Guildford

The section through the centre of Guildford by the rail station. The towpath has since been improved

Guildford Town wharf - the treadmill crane and end of the Wey Navigation. From this point southwards the waterway is known as the Godalming Navigation

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