Summary
This is a trip of 28 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 27 locks from Grendon Wharf Long Term Moorings to Damson Lane Bridge No 78B.
This will take 15 hours and 20 minutes which is 2 days, 1 hour and 20 minutes at 7 hours per day.
From Grendon Wharf Long Term Moorings travel west on the Coventry Canal (Main Line – Hawkesbury to Fazeley) for 8 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 2 locks to Fazeley Junction, then travel southwest on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal – Main Line) for 11 miles, 5½ furlongs and 14 locks to Salford Junction South, then travel south on the Grand Union Canal (Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal) for 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 5 locks to Bordesley Junction, then travel south on the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal) for ¾ furlongs and 6 locks to Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole, then travel southeast on the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section – Main Line) for 6 miles, ¾ furlongs to Damson Lane Bridge No 78B.
Route
| Coventry Canal (Main Line – Hawkesbury to Fazeley) | |||
| From Grendon Wharf Long Term Moorings (Permit holders only. @Green Lane, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom) to: | |||
| Bradley Green Bridge No 48
Spon Lane
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¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Railway Bridge (Polesworth to Atherstone)
Trent Valley Line
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1 mile, 7¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Mill Bridge No 53
Footbridges both sides of bridge. @Fairfields Hill / Market Street, Polesworth, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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6¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Polesworth Bridge No 54
Footbridges both sides of bridge. B5000. Also known as Bull’s Head Bridge
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1¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Pooley Hall
Once the home of the late Edwin Starr, American Soul and Motown Singer.
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2¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Motorway Bridge No 55A
M42
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3 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Samuel Barlow Winding Hole | 6 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Alvecote Marina
With towpath basin bridge No 59A. Also known as Dorothy Wharf
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¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Glascote Road Co-op (Formerly The Anchor PH)
48 hour moorings
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2 miles, 1 furlong, 0 locks | ||
| Glascote Top Lock No 12 | 1¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Glascote Bottom Lock No 13 Having passed through Glascote Locks. | ¾ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Fazeley Junction
Junction of Birmingham and Fazeley and Coventry Canals
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1 mile, 2¾ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal – Main Line) | |||
| From Fazeley Junction (Junction of Birmingham and Fazeley and Coventry Canals) to: | |||
| Drayton Manor Bridges
There are two bridges here, a foot bridge and a swing bridge. These days the swing bridge is usually open
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6¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Fishers Mill Aqueduct
Also called Langley Brook
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1 mile, 2¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Bodymoor Heath Wharf
Bodymoor Heath Road
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1 mile, 5 furlongs, 2 locks | ||
| Bodymoor Heath Bridge
Bodymoor Heath Road
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¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Curdworth Lock 6 No 33 | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs, 3 locks | ||
| Curdworth Lock 2 No 29 | 3 furlongs, 4 locks | ||
| Dickens Bridge
Minworth. Also known as Minworth
Having passed through Curdworth Locks and through Curdworth Tunnel. |
2 miles, 5½ furlongs, 2 locks | ||
| Minworth Services
Also known as Minworth Sanitary Station
|
7½ furlongs, 2 locks | ||
| Butler’s Bridge [see navigational note 1 below]
Kingsbury Road (A38)
Having passed through Minworth Locks. |
6¾ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Bromford Bridge No 1 [see navigational note 2 below]
Wheelwright Road (A4040)
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7½ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Salford Junction South Having passed through Factory Tunnel. | 1 mile, 0 locks | ||
| Grand Union Canal (Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal) | |||
| From Salford Junction South to: | |||
| Bordesley Junction | 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs, 5 locks | ||
| Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal) | |||
| From Bordesley Junction to: | |||
| Camp Hill Top Lock No 52
Also known as Bordesley Locks
Having passed through Camp Hill Locks. |
¾ furlongs, 5 locks | ||
| Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole | a few yards, 1 lock | ||
| Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section – Main Line) | |||
| From Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole to: | |||
| Tyseley Wharf | 2 miles, 2¾ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Damson Lane Bridge No 78B
Elmdon Heath. Damson Lane
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3 miles, 6 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
Totals
Total distance is 28 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 27 locks. There are at least 1 moveable bridge; 9 small aqueducts or underbridges and 2 tunnels (Curdworth Tunnel and Factory Tunnel. ).
This is made up of 22 miles, 6 furlongs of narrow canals; 6 miles, ¾ furlongs of broad canals; 27 narrow locks.
This will take 15 hours, 20 minutes which is 2 days, 1 hour and 20 minutes at 7 hours per day. For initial calculation purposes (before adjusting for such things as overnight stops) this is taken as 2 days of 7 hours and 40 minutes each.
Overnight stopping places
This is calculated based on 2 full days travelling starting at Grendon Wharf Long Term Moorings.
Each full day will be approximately 7 hours and 40 minutes travelling.
- First full day of trip
- On the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal – Main Line), at Winding Hole above Curdworth Top Lock (half way between Curdworth Lock 2 No 29 and Dickens Bridge). This is 14 miles, 2 furlongs and 13 locks of narrow canals and will take 7 hours 40 minutes. Today’s journey involves at least 1 moveable bridge and 4 small aqueducts or underbridges. You will pass through Glascote Locks and through Curdworth Locks.
- Last day of trip
- On the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section – Main Line), at Damson Lane Bridge No 78B. This is 8 miles, 4 furlongs and 14 locks of narrow canals, and 6 miles, ¾ furlongs of broad canals; a total of 14 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 14 locks and will take 7 hours 40 minutes. Today’s journey involves at least 5 small aqueducts or underbridges and 2 tunnels. You will pass through Curdworth Tunnel, through Minworth Locks, through Factory Tunnel and through Camp Hill Locks.
