Summary
This is a trip of 16 miles, 3½ furlongs and 33 locks from Kingswood Junction to Bascote Bridge No 27.
This will take 11 hours and 21 minutes which is 1 day, 4 hours and 21 minutes at 7 hours per day.
From Kingswood Junction travel southeast on the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section – Main Line) for 7 miles, 2½ furlongs and 21 locks to Budbrooke Junction, then travel east on the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Napton Canal) for 9 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 12 locks to Bascote Bridge No 27.
Route
| Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section – Main Line) | |||
| From Kingswood Junction (Junction of Grand Union and Stratford upon Avon Canals) to: | |||
| Shrewley Tunnel (Northwest end) | 3 miles, 1 furlong, 0 locks | ||
| Hatton Top Lock No 46
@Dark Lane, Hatton, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Having passed through Shrewley Tunnel. |
1 mile, 7¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Hatton Locks Café | ¼ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Hatton Yard | 1¾ furlongs, 3 locks | ||
| Hatton Bottom Lock No 26 Having passed through Hatton Locks. | 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 16 locks | ||
| Budbrooke Junction
Junction of Saltisford Arm and Grand Union Main Line
|
2¼ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Napton Canal) | |||
| From Budbrooke Junction (Junction of Saltisford Arm and Grand Union Main Line) to: | |||
| Cape Top Lock No 25 | 4¼ furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Cape Bottom Lock No 24 Having passed through Cape Locks. | 1 furlong, 1 lock | ||
| Leamington Winding Hole
Site of Frost’s Wharf and Basin. Also known as Frost’s Wharf
|
3 miles, 1½ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Fosse Wharf | 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs, 3 locks | ||
| Bascote Bottom Lock No 17 | 1 mile, 6¼ furlongs, 3 locks | ||
| Bascote Staircase Locks No 14 and 15 Having passed through Bascote Locks. | 1½ furlongs, 2 locks | ||
| Bascote Bridge No 27
Bascote Road
|
5½ furlongs, 2 locks | ||
Totals
Total distance is 16 miles, 3½ furlongs and 33 locks. There are at least 4 small aqueducts or underbridges and 1 tunnel (Shrewley Tunnel. ).
This is made up of 16 miles, 3½ furlongs of broad canals; 33 broad locks.
This will take 11 hours, 21 minutes which is 1 day, 4 hours and 21 minutes at 7 hours per day.
