Foss Dyke
The Foss Dyke, or Fossdyke, connects the River Trent at Torksey to Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire, and may be the oldest canal in England that is still in use.Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Canal
- Description: Canal that connects the River Trent
- Also known as: “Foss Dike Navigation”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torksey Castle and Church of St Peter.
Torksey Castle
Ruins
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torksey Castle is an Elizabethan manor house located in the village of Torksey on the east bank of the River Trent in Lincolnshire, England. It is 12 miles northwest of Lincoln on the A156 road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coates and Church Laneham.
Coates
Hamlet
Coates is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 8 miles south of Gainsborough. on the west bank of the River Trent. The hamlet is within the North Leverton with Habblesthorpe civil parish. Coates is situated 2 miles northwest of Foss Dyke.
Church Laneham
Hamlet
Photo: Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church Laneham is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 9 miles east of Retford, on the west bank of the tidal section of the River Trent. Church Laneham is situated 2 miles southwest of Foss Dyke.
Littleborough
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littleborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sturton le Steeple, within the Bassetlaw district and county of Nottinghamshire, England. Littleborough is situated 2½ miles north of Foss Dyke.
Foss Dyke
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Foss Dyke” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fossdyke Canal”
- Chinese: “福斯堤”
- Dutch: “Foss Dyke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فوس دايك”
- German: “Foss Dyke”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Foss Dyke”
- Swedish: “Fossdyke Canal”
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