Canals · South West England
Rolle Canal
Rolle Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Rolle Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 50.9490°, -4.1460°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Devon
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Rolle Canal (or Torrington Canal) in north Devon, England, extends from its mouth into the River Torridge at Landcross 6 miles southwards to the industrial mills and corn-mills at Town Mills, Rosemoor, Great Torrington and beyond to Healand Docks and weir on the Torridge, where survive the ruins of Lord Rolle's limekilns, upstream of today's Rosemoor Garden. Town Mills were built by Lord Rolle and were powered by a stream which flowed past his seat of Stevenstone to the east of Great Torrington and also supplied water to the canal. Rosemoor and North and South Healand farms were part of Lord Rolle's Stevenstone estate on the east bank of the Torridge.
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Background
History
The construction of the canal started in 1823 as a private venture financed largely by John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (died 1842), one of whose principal seats was at Stevenstone, east of Great Torrington. He was the largest landowner in Devon and owned much land around Torrington, including the estate of Beam, where continues to exist a mansion house which had served as a home for junior members of the Rolle family. Other shareholders in the company were William Tardrew of Annery, Monkleigh and Richard Pine-Coffin of Portledge, who owned land on which the northerly section of the canal was constructed between the Rolle estate of Beam and the end of the canal at Landcross. The canal was built…
Description
The canal comprises a sea lock at Landcross, a 60-foot inclined plane at Weare Giffard and an aqueduct of five arches over the River Torridge at Beam. At the terminus of the canal at the limekilns at Rosemoor a leat supplies the canal to ensure a constant water level, which channels-off water from the River Torridge at Healand (or Darkham) Weir, rebuilt in 1837.
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- Coordinates
- 50.9490, -4.1460
- County
- Devon
- District
- Torridge
- Parish
- Great Torrington
- Postcode
- EX38 8FD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock
- Established
- 1871
- Official site
- www.rollecanalsociety.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q7360986 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Rolle Canal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Rolle canal lock.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Rolle Canal?
- Rolle Canal is in Devon, South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode EX38 8FD), in the parish of Great Torrington.
- When was Rolle Canal built?
- Built or established in 1871.
- Is Rolle Canal a protected site?
- Yes — Rolle Canal is part of the North Devon National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Rolle Canal free to visit?
- Yes, Rolle Canal is free to enter.
- How do I get to Rolle Canal?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EX38 8FD. It sits within the Torridge and Tavistock parliamentary constituency.