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.
