Surrey's oldest waterway

River Wey and Godalming Navigations and Dapdune Wharf
Navigations Office and Dapdune Wharf
Wharf Road
Guildford, Surrey GU1 4RR
Telephone: 01483 561389

The Wey was one of the first British rivers to be made navigable, and opened to barge traffic in 1653. This 16-mile waterway linked Guildford to Weybridge on the Thames, and then to London. The Godalming Navigations, opened in 1764, enabled barges to work a further four miles upriver.

The award-winning visitor centre at Dapdune Wharf in Guildford tells the story of the Navigations and the people who lived and worked on them through interactive exhibitions.

Visitors can see where the huge Wey barges were built and climb aboard Reliance, one of the last surviving barges.