Rother Link

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River Rother Link
legend River Don Navigation Junction with River Don A6021, Central Rotherham A630 Centenary Way A631 Bawtry Road A630 Rother Way M1 motorway Treeton Lane Orgreave weir Sheffield Road Sheffield - Lincoln Railway A57 Handsworth Bypass Rotherham Road, Beighton Beighton weir Rother Valley weir To Norwood locks Rother Valley Country Park New link -- Chesterfield Canal Killamarsh section

The Rother Link is a planned canal that would connect the Chesterfield Canal at Killamarsh, via the River Rother through to the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, thus creating a new cruising ring and encouraging boats to visit the Chesterfield Canal.^[1][2][3] The link has been adopted as an official goal by the Chesterfield Canal Partnership, a group of Councils at District and County level, working together with British Waterways and the Chesterfield Canal Trust. The councils consist of Derbyshire County Council, Chesterfield Borough Council, N E Derbyshire District Council, Rotherham Metropolitan District Council, Bassettlaw District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council.^[4]

The map shows existing roads and railways which cross the River Rother between the Rother Valley Country Park and Rotherham. As there is a drop of around 14m between these two points, several locks would be required, and the waterway would consist of a number of river sections with cuts to accommodate the locks.

The route of the river is quite easy to follow, as the Trans Pennine Trail runs along the river bank from Rotherham to the A631 bridge, and then follows the valley to Rother Valley Country Park, on its way to Chesterfield. The Trans Pennine Trail is a long distance footpath, connecting Liverpool, Leeds, Hull and Chesterfield, and is suitable for walking and cycling, with some sections suitable for horse riding.

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A6021 bridge where the River Rother joins the River Don at Rotherham

The River Rother just before it joins the River Don at Rotherham

The weir at Beighton on the River Rother

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• Canals of Great Britain
• History of the British canal system