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Journey from Rugby to Stretton

Summary

This is a trip of 5 miles, 7¼ furlongs from Boughton Road Bridge No 59 to Stretton Stop travelling northwest on the Oxford Canal (Northern Section – Main Line).

This will take 2 hours and 21 minutes.

Route

Oxford Canal (Northern Section – Main Line)
From Boughton Road Bridge No 59 (Brownsover) to:
Rugby Visitor Moorings 1¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Rugby Visitor Moorings (disused) [see navigational note 1 below]

No Mooring Allowed
1¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Rugby Wharf Arm Junction 2 furlongs, 0 locks
Newbold Visitor Moorings (14 day) 7 furlongs, 0 locks
Newbold Wharf

Also known as Newbold-on-Avon, Newbold on Avon
1 furlong, 0 locks
Newbold Tunnel (South end)

Visitor moorings up to Newbold Wharf
½ furlongs, 0 locks
Newbold Tunnel (North end) Having passed through Newbold Tunnel No 49 [see navigational note 2 below]. 1 furlong, 0 locks
Falls Bridge Wharf

Armada Waterside & Boat Hire. Also known as Armada Boat Hire
3½ furlongs, 0 locks
All Oaks Corner

Canal turn at the boundary of All Oaks Wood
2 miles, 4¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Easenhall Lane Bridge No 34 [see navigational note 3 below]

Brinklow, ¾ mile west
2¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Brinklow Arm Junction (disused) 1½ furlongs, 0 locks
Stretton Arm Junction 4 furlongs, 0 locks
Stretton Stop [see navigational note 4 below]

Rose Narrowboats
¼ furlongs, 0 locks

Totals

Total distance is 5 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 0 locks. There are at least 3 small aqueducts or underbridges and 1 tunnel (Newbold Tunnel No 49 [see navigational note 2 below]. ).

This is made up of 5 miles, 7¼ furlongs of narrow canals.

This will take 2 hours and 21 minutes.

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Journey to Rugby

Summary

This is a trip of 10 miles and 3 locks from Braunston Marina Western Entrance to Boughton Road Bridge No 59.

This will take 4 hours and 26 minutes.

From Braunston Marina Western Entrance travel west on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Braunston to Norton) for 3¼ furlongs to Braunston Turn, then travel north on the Oxford Canal (Northern Section – Main Line) for 9 miles, 5 furlongs and 3 locks to Boughton Road Bridge No 59.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Braunston to Norton)
From Braunston Marina Western Entrance (Entrance for Marina Services and Brokerage) to:
Gongoozler’s Rest Café Boat ¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Braunston Turn [see navigational note 1 below]

Junction of the Grand Union, Oxford and Grand Junction Canals – Bridges No 93 & No 94. Also known as Braunston Junction
3 furlongs, 0 locks
Oxford Canal (Northern Section – Main Line)
From Braunston Turn [see navigational note 1 below] (Junction of the Grand Union, Oxford and Grand Junction Canals – Bridges No 93 & No 94. Also known as Braunston Junction) to:
Midland Chandlers (Braunston) a few yards, 0 locks
Navigation Bridge No 85

Site of the Navigation Inn. Willoughby village approx 1 mile southwest
1 mile, 6¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Kilsby Road Bridge No 74

B4038. Also known as Tarry’s Bridge
4 miles, ½ furlongs, 0 locks
Hillmorton Wharf Marina

Also known as Blue Haven Marine
1¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Crick Road Bridge No 73

A428. Also known as Wharf Bridge (Hillmorton)
1 furlong, 0 locks
Clifton Wharf

Home of Clifton Cruisers

Having passed through Hilmorton Locks.

2 miles, 4¾ furlongs, 3 locks
Boughton Road Bridge No 59

Brownsover
6½ furlongs, 0 locks

Totals

Total distance is 10 miles and 3 locks. There are at least 4 small aqueducts or underbridges.

This is made up of 9 miles, 5 furlongs of narrow canals; 3¼ furlongs of broad canals; 3 narrow locks.

This will take 4 hours and 26 minutes.

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Journey to Braunston, or boaters heaven

Summary

This is a trip of 15 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 13 locks from Wright’s Lane Bridge No 45 to Braunston Marina Western Entrance.

This will take 7 hours and 4 minutes which is 1 day, 4 minutes at 7 hours per day.

From Wright’s Lane Bridge No 45 travel northwest on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Norton to Gayton) for 11 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 7 locks to Norton Junction, then travel west on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Braunston to Norton) for 4 miles, ¾ furlongs and 6 locks to Braunston Marina Western Entrance.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Norton to Gayton)
From Wright’s Lane Bridge No 45 to:
The Wharf PH 2 miles, 3½ furlongs, 0 locks
Bugbrooke Bridge No 36

Bugbrooke village half a mile east
a few yards, 0 locks
Heyford Fields Marina

@Heyford Fields Farm, Bugbrooke Road, Nether Heyford, Northants.
3½ furlongs, 0 locks
Heyford Wharf Bridge No 32

Nether Heyford village half a mile northeast. Many moored boats in this area. Furnace Lane
7½ furlongs, 0 locks
Stowe Hill Marina Service Wharf 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs, 0 locks
The Narrow Boat PH (Stowehill) ½ furlongs, 0 locks
Weedon Wharf 3¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Weedon Bec Visitor Moorings 1¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Weedon Station Bridge No 24

A45
3¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Whilton Marina

48 hours mooring on the towpath side
3 miles, 1 furlong, 0 locks
Buckby Top Lock No 7

The New Inn is sited alongside the lock. Also known as The New Inn (Long Buckby)

Having passed through Buckby Locks.

1 mile, 3¼ furlongs, 6 locks
Norton Junction

Junction of Grand Union Leicester Section with Main Line
1½ furlongs, 1 lock
Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Braunston to Norton)
From Norton Junction (Junction of Grand Union Leicester Section with Main Line) to:
Braunston Tunnel (East end) 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 0 locks
Braunston Tunnel (West end) Having passed through Braunston Tunnel. 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Braunston Top Lock No 6 2¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Braunston Bottom Lock No 1

The Boat Shop is in front of the lock

Having passed through Braunston Locks.

4¼ furlongs, 5 locks
Union Canal Carriers Ltd

Home of Adventure Fleet
¼ furlongs, 1 lock
Braunston Visitor Moorings (Marina End)

48 hour moorings (April-September) / 14 day moorings (October-March)
2½ furlongs, 0 locks
Braunston Marina Western Entrance

Entrance for Marina Services and Brokerage
¼ furlongs, 0 locks

Totals

Total distance is 15 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 13 locks. There are at least 5 small aqueducts or underbridges and 1 tunnel (Braunston Tunnel. ).

This is made up of 15 miles, 3¼ furlongs of broad canals; 13 broad locks.

This will take 7 hours, 4 minutes which is 1 day, 4 minutes at 7 hours per day.

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Journey to Gayton

Summary

This is a trip of 15 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 8 locks from Stantonbury Bridge No 75 to Wright’s Lane Bridge No 45.

This will take 6 hours and 44 minutes.

From Stantonbury Bridge No 75 travel northwest on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford) for 14 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 8 locks to Gayton Junction, then travel northwest on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Norton to Gayton) for 1 mile, ¾ furlongs to Wright’s Lane Bridge No 45.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford)
From Stantonbury Bridge No 75 to:
New Bradwell Footbridge No 71B 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs, 0 locks
New Bradwell Aqueduct

Crosses Grafton Street. Also known as V6 Aqueduct
½ furlongs, 0 locks
Wolverton Railway Bridge No 71A 4 furlongs, 0 locks
The Galleon PH 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Galleon Wharf

Also known as Old Wolverton Wharf
½ furlongs, 0 locks
Wolverton Aqueduct

Also known as Great Ouse Aqueduct, Iron Trunk & Cosgrove
2¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Cosgrove Visitor Moorings

14 day moorings
2¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Winding Hole below Cosgrove Lock ½ furlongs, 0 locks
Junction with Old Stratford Arm ¼ furlongs, 1 lock
The Barley Mow PH 2¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Castlethorpe Wharf Bridge No 64

Castlethorpe village is three-quarters of a mile north east.
6½ furlongs, 0 locks
Thrupp Wharf Marina

Site of Castlethorpe Wharf
½ furlongs, 0 locks
Stoke Bruerne Services

Also known as Stoke Bruerne Sanitary Station
4 miles, 5 furlongs, 0 locks
Stoke Bruerne Bottom Lock No 20 ¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Stoke Bruerne Top Lock No 14 [see navigational note 1 below] 6 furlongs, 6 locks
Spice of Bruerne

Indian restaurant
a few yards, 1 lock
Stoke Bruerne and Waterways Museum a few yards, 0 locks
The Boat Inn (Stoke Bruerne) a few yards, 0 locks
Waterside Café a few yards, 0 locks
Bob The Blacksmith 3 furlongs, 0 locks
Blisworth Tunnel South End

Milepost 20
a few yards, 0 locks
Blisworth Tunnel North End Having passed through Blisworth Tunnel. 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 0 locks
Gayton Junction

Junction with Grand Union Northampton Branch
1 mile, 6¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Norton to Gayton)
From Gayton Junction (Junction with Grand Union Northampton Branch) to:
Gayton Visitor Moorings

14 days moorings
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Wright’s Lane Bridge No 45 1 mile, 0 locks

Totals

Total distance is 15 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 8 locks. There are at least 3 small aqueducts or underbridges and 1 tunnel (Blisworth Tunnel. ).

This is made up of 15 miles, 3¼ furlongs of broad canals; 8 broad locks.

This will take 6 hours and 44 minutes.

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Journey to Stanton Low Country Park

Summary

This is a trip of 14 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 5 locks from Leighton Lock No 27 to Stantonbury Bridge No 75 travelling northwest on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford).

This will take 5 hours and 32 minutes.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford)
From Leighton Lock No 27 to:
Old Linslade Winding Hole 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Soulbury Three Locks Moorings (Above Locks)

48 hour moorings above the lock
1 mile, 3¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Soulbury Top Lock No 26

Also known as Three Locks Bridge No 107
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Soulbury Bottom Lock No 24 Having passed through Soulbury Three Locks. 1 furlong, 2 locks
Soulbury Three Locks Moorings (Below Locks)

48 hour moorings
¾ furlongs, 1 lock
Willowbridge Bridge No 99 2 miles, 2½ furlongs, 1 lock
Hammonds Bridge No 97 1 mile, 1½ furlongs, 0 locks
Skew Bridge No 94 6¼ furlongs, 1 lock
Bridge No 93 3¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Simpson Bridge No 92

With Pipe Bridge alongside
1¾ furlongs, 0 locks
The Plough PH (Milton Keynes) 3 furlongs, 0 locks
Milton Keynes Marina

Also known as Peartree Marina
7 furlongs, 0 locks
Peartree Bridge No 88 ¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Little Woolstone Bridge No 83

Little Woolstone a quarter of a mile east. Also known as Little Woolstone, Redway Bridge No 83
7¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Blue Bridge Winding Hole 3 furlongs, 0 locks
Campbell Park Visitor Moorings 2 furlongs, 0 locks
Bridge No 78B 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Giffard Park Moorings

7 day moorings
3¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Linford Manor Park Visitor Mooring

48 hour mooring
3¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Great Linford Railway Bridge No 76A (disused) 2½ furlongs, 0 locks
The Black Horse PH (Great Linford) ¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Stantonbury Bridge No 75 4¼ furlongs, 0 locks

Totals

Total distance is 14 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 5 locks (not counting Leighton Lock No 27). There are at least 3 small aqueducts or underbridges.

This is made up of 14 miles, 3¾ furlongs of broad canals; 5 broad locks.

This will take 5 hours and 32 minutes.

 

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Journey to Leighton Buzzard

Summary

This is a trip of 9 miles, ¾ furlongs and 11 locks from Lower Icknield Way Bridge No 132 to Leighton Lock No 27 travelling north on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford).

This will take 5 hours and 33 minutes.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford)
From Lower Icknield Way Bridge No 132 (B489) to:
Marsworth Junction

Junction of Grand Union Aylesbury Arm with Main Line
1¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Marsworth Wharf ¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Marsworth Services

Also known as Marsworth Sanitary Station
¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Waterside Café (Cheddington) 1 mile, 2 furlongs, 2 locks
Seabrook Top Lock No 36 2½ furlongs, 0 locks
Seabrook Bottom Lock No 34

Also known as Pitstone Lock

Having passed through Seabrook Locks.

3¾ furlongs, 2 locks
Grove Lock Marina 4 miles, 4½ furlongs, 6 locks
Leighton Buzzard Bridge No 114

Leighton Road (B4032)
1 mile, 3½ furlongs, 1 lock
Leighton Lock No 27 6¾ furlongs, 0 locks

Totals

Total distance is 9 miles, ¾ furlongs and 11 locks (not counting Leighton Lock No 27) Today’s travel includes at least 1 moveable bridge.

This is made up of 9 miles, ¾ furlongs of broad canals; 11 broad locks.

This will take 5 hours and 33 minutes.

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Journey to Marsworth… yes, Marsworth

Summary

This is a trip of 9 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 22 locks from Winkwell Swing Bridge No 147 to Lower Icknield Way Bridge No 132 travelling northwest on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford).

This will take 7 hours and 51 minutes which is 1 day, 51 minutes at 7 hours per day.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford)
From Winkwell Swing Bridge No 147 to:
Berkhamsted Top Lock No 53

Also known as Broadwater Lock
2 miles, 4¼ furlongs, 7 locks
Broadwater Pedestrian Bridge 1¼ furlongs, 1 lock
Tring Road Garage

@Tring Road, Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (A4251)
2 miles, 5½ furlongs, 6 locks
Cowroast Marina 2 furlongs, 1 lock
Tring Summit Visitor Moorings (Cowroast End)

14 day moorings<BR>Braunston 58 miles
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
The Grand Junction Arms PH 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Bulbourne Yard

Former BW yard and lock gate workshop
¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Bulbourne Junction

Junction of Grand Union Wendover Arm with Main Line, Braunston 55¼ miles / Wendover 6¾ miles
2 furlongs, 0 locks
Bulbourne Drydock

Also known as Bates Drydock
a few yards, 0 locks
Marsworth Lock No 40 3½ furlongs, 5 locks
Lower Icknield Way Bridge No 132

B489

Having passed through Marsworth Locks.

2¼ furlongs, 2 locks

Totals

Total distance is 9 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 22 locks.

This is made up of 9 miles, 2¼ furlongs of broad canals; 22 broad locks.

This will take 7 hours, 51 minutes which is 1 day, 51 minutes at 7 hours per day.

 

 

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Journey to Hemel Hempstead

Summary

This is a trip of 10 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 21 locks from Grand Junction Canal – Colne Junction to Winkwell Swing Bridge No 147 travelling north on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford).

This will take 8 hours and 25 minutes which is 1 day, 1 hour and 25 minutes at 7 hours per day.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford)
From Grand Junction Canal – Colne Junction (Junction of the Grand Junction Canal with the River Colne) to:
Batchworth (North) Visitor Moorings

14 days mooring in one year
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Lot Mead Railway Bridge No 171 [see navigational note 1 below] 1½ furlongs, 1 lock
Cassiobridge Bridge No 169

@Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (A412)
1 mile, 2¼ furlongs, 1 lock
Grove Ornamental Bridge No 164 2 miles, ¼ furlongs, 4 locks
Ye Olde Red Lion PH 3 miles, 5 furlongs, 7 locks
Dickenson Quay Marina [see navigational note 2 below]

Also known as Apsley Marina
3¾ furlongs, 1 lock
Two Waters Road Bridge No 151

Hemel Hempstead Town Centre a quarter of a mile north. K2 Curry House by bridge. Two Waters Road (A414)
7 furlongs, 3 locks
The Fishery Inn 6 furlongs, 1 lock
Middlesex & Herts Boat Services Moorings 7 furlongs, 2 locks
Middlesex & Herts Boat Services Wharf

Includes Winkwell Dry Dock
1 furlong, 1 lock
Winkwell Swing Bridge No 147 ¼ furlongs, 0 locks

Totals

Total distance is 10 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 21 locks.

This is made up of 10 miles, 2¾ furlongs of broad canals; 21 broad locks.

This will take 8 hours, 25 minutes which is 1 day, 1 hour and 25 minutes at 7 hours per day

 

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Journey up to Ricki

Summary

This is a trip of 5 miles, ¾ furlongs and 6 locks from Harefield Marina to Grand Junction Canal – Colne Junction travelling north on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford).

This will take 3 hours and 4 minutes.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford)
From Harefield Marina (Musk Marine Sales. Braunston 79 miles) to:
The Bear On The Barge PH 1¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Troy Junction Towpath Bridge No 177A

Junction with the private Troy Branch
1 mile, 3½ furlongs, 2 locks
The Coy Carp PH 1¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Copper Mill Lock Weir Exit [see navigational note 1 below]

No Access!
¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Hillingdon Narrowboats Association 1 furlong, 1 lock
Springwell Farm Basin

Bridge No 176DD roves over the entrance.. Also known as Woodhall & Heward Basin
4½ furlongs, 0 locks
Frogmoor Wharf

Tesco supermarket with “Customer Moorings” and “Strictly No Overnight Mooring”!<BR>14 day moorings on the towpath side
1 mile, 6¼ furlongs, 2 locks
Batchworth Visitor Moorings

14 day moorings
½ furlongs, 0 locks
Batchworth Junction

Junction with Grand Union (Rickmansworth Branch). Rickmansworth Town Centre, half a mile north.. Also known as Rickmansworth, Batchworth Lock Canal Centre
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Grand Junction Canal – Colne Junction

Junction of the Grand Junction Canal with the River Colne
4¾ furlongs, 1 lock

Totals

Total distance is 5 miles, ¾ furlongs and 6 locks.

This is made up of 5 miles, ¾ furlongs of broad canals; 6 broad locks.

This will take 3 hours and 4 minutes.

 

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Journey to Harefield Marina

Summary

This is a trip of 2 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 2 locks from Uxbridge Bridge Winding Hole to Harefield Marina travelling north on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford).

This will take 1 hour and 14 minutes.

Route

Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal – Main Line – Gayton to Brentford)
From Uxbridge Bridge Winding Hole to:
Swan and Bottle PH

Chef & Brewer. Also known as Way’s Wharf (Offside)
a few yards, 0 locks
Swan and Bottle Visitor Moorings

24 hour moorings. Also known as Three Ways Wharf (Offside)
¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Denham Marina ¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Denham Boat Services 7½ furlongs, 1 lock
Frans Tea Garden ¼ furlongs, 1 lock
Denham Visitor Moorings

14 day moorings (£25 per day for overstaying)
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Harefield Marina

Musk Marine Sales. Braunston 79 miles
1 mile, 2 furlongs, 0 locks

Totals

Total distance is 2 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 2 locks. There are at least 2 small aqueducts or underbridges.

This is made up of 2 miles, 3¼ furlongs of broad canals; 2 broad locks.

 

 

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