Summary
This is a trip of 10 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 1 lock from Stretton Stop to Stoke Heath Basin.
This will take 4 hours and 30 minutes.
From Stretton Stop travel northwest on the Oxford Canal (Northern Section – Main Line) for 7 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 1 lock to Hawkesbury Junction, then travel south on the Coventry Canal (Main Line – Coventry to Hawkesbury) for 3 miles, 4 furlongs to Stoke Heath Basin.
Route
| Oxford Canal (Northern Section – Main Line) | |||
| From Stretton Stop [see navigational note 1 below] (Rose Narrowboats) to: | |||
| Ansty Bridge No 16 [see navigational note 2 below] | 3 miles, 2 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Wyken Arm Junction
Old Colliery Branch
|
2 miles, 4¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Sutton Stop
Also known as Hawkesbury Stop Lock
|
1 mile, 3½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Hawkesbury Junction
Junction of the Coventry Canal Main Line with the Oxford Canal Northern Section.
|
½ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Coventry Canal (Main Line – Coventry to Hawkesbury) | |||
| From Hawkesbury Junction (Junction of the Coventry Canal Main Line with the Oxford Canal Northern Section.) to: | |||
| Exhall Basin [see navigational note 3 below] | 1¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Stoke Heath Basin Having passed through Heath Crescent Tunnel. | 3 miles, 2¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
Totals
Total distance is 10 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 1 lock. There are at least 3 small aqueducts or underbridges and 1 tunnel (Heath Crescent Tunnel. ).
This is made up of 10 miles, 6¼ furlongs of narrow canals; 1 narrow lock.
This will take 4 hours and 30 minutes.
