Walney Channel

{{Short description|Body of water in the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Walney Channel''' separates [[Walney Island]] from the [[British mainland]]. The northern portion of the channel opens into the [[Duddon Estuary]] and is both narrower and shallower. The southern half of the channel is wider and is regularly dredged to allow shipping to access the [[Port of Barrow]].<ref name="sandandgravel">{{cite web | url=http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=11844 | title=Dredger returns | work=Dredging News Online | date=2009 | accessdate=26 September 2016 | archive-date=16 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716003254/http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=11844 | url-status=dead }}</ref> This half opens into [[Morecambe Bay]]. [[File:Jubilee.JPG|thumb|The bridge across the channel]] The channel is spanned by [[Walney Bridge]] (officially '''Jubilee Bridge''') completed in 1908. Because of the needs of navigation, particularly the activities of the [[Vickers]] [[shipyard]], it was constructed as a [[bascule bridge]]. The bridge that crosses the channel is also part of the [[A590]].

Investigations are ongoing into the possibility of [[Seagrass|seagrass]] restoration in the channel.

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==External links== [http://www.walney-island.com/walney_channel_01.htm Walney Channel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022065457/http://www.walney-island.com/walney_channel_01.htm |date=22 October 2008 }}. Walney Webs

[[Category:Geography of Cumbria]] [[Category:Channels of England]] [[Category:Dredged rivers and waterways]]