River Wey

The Wey at Pyrford in Surrey

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The Wey is a river in the English county of Surrey. He is a waterway in the United Kingdom and a tributary of the River Thames. Its northern source river rises near Alton, Hampshire, its southern in Liphook. Both source rivers join at Tilford. The river is about 32 kilometers from Godalming located to the confluence with the River Thames at Weybridge, southwest London, navigable.

The improvements in the navigability of the river have been made by Sir Richard Weston and began in 1635th The 25 miles to Guildford were developed on the basis of a law of 1651, and the work performed until 1653. Barges so that it was possible to transport goods to London. Further improvements followed by another law of 1671st In 1760 another law allowed the boat trip to Godalming and advanced vessel traffic further 7 km upstream to Godalming.

The Basingstoke Canal and the Wey and Arun Junction Canal were later dug to obtain a connection to the Wey navigation. From 1900 to 1963, the Wey was owned by the Stevens family, the freight traffic transacted on the channel. The flow of the organization The National Trust in 1964, was then entrusted. You set up a visitor center in the Dapdune Wharf, a former shipyard in Guildford. The Godalming shipping was facing the Trust in 1968. Commercial shipping traffic on the Wey heard in 1983.

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