Log

Journey to Solihul

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
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Railway Bridge (Polesworth to Atherstone)

Trent Valley Line
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
6¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Polesworth Bridge No 54

Footbridges both sides of bridge. B5000. Also known as Bull’s Head Bridge
1¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Pooley Hall

Once the home of the late Edwin Starr, American Soul and Motown Singer.
2¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Motorway Bridge No 55A

M42
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
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Glascote Road Co-op (Formerly The Anchor PH)

48 hour moorings
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
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
6¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Fishers Mill Aqueduct

Also called Langley Brook
1 mile, 2¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Bodymoor Heath Wharf

Bodymoor Heath Road
1 mile, 5 furlongs, 2 locks
Bodymoor Heath Bridge

Bodymoor Heath Road
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)
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
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.

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Journey to Grendon

Summary

This is a trip of 16 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 11 locks from Stoke Heath Basin to Grendon Wharf Long Term Moorings.

This will take 8 hours and 35 minutes which is 1 day, 1 hour and 35 minutes at 7 hours per day.

From Stoke Heath Basin travel north on the Coventry Canal (Main Line – Coventry to Hawkesbury) for 3 miles, 4 furlongs to Hawkesbury Junction, then travel northwest on the Coventry Canal (Main Line – Hawkesbury to Fazeley) for 13 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 11 locks to Grendon Wharf Long Term Moorings.

Route

Coventry Canal (Main Line – Coventry to Hawkesbury)
From Stoke Heath Basin to:
Exhall Basin [see navigational note 1 below] Having passed through Heath Crescent Tunnel. 3 miles, 2¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Hawkesbury Junction

Junction of the Coventry Canal Main Line with the Oxford Canal Northern Section.
1¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Coventry Canal (Main Line – Hawkesbury to Fazeley)
From Hawkesbury Junction (Junction of the Coventry Canal Main Line with the Oxford Canal Northern Section.) to:
Hawkesbury Engine House

Also known as Hawkesbury Pumping Station
½ furlongs, 0 locks
Bedworth Winding Hole

Site of the junction with the Newdigate Colliery Arm (disused)
6¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Bedworth Hill Bridge No 13

Half a mile walk to Bedworth. @Coalpit Fields Road, Bedworth, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
a few yards, 0 locks
Marston Bridge No 15

Marston Lane
1 mile, 6¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Marston Junction

Junction of Ashby and Coventry Canals
½ furlongs, 0 locks
Nuneaton to Bedworth Railway Bridge 1 mile, 7¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Nuneaton Visitor Moorings ¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Boot Bridge No 20

Nuneaton Town centre northeast from here
¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Wash Lane Winding Hole 6 furlongs, 0 locks
Tuttle Hill Bridge No 23

Nuneaton Town centre south from here. @Tuttle Hill / Midland Road, Nuneaton, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom (B4114)
5¼ furlongs, 0 locks
Judds Quarry Railway Bridge (disused)

Connected with Judds Quarry
½ furlongs, 0 locks
Springwood Haven Marina 1 mile, ¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Hartshill Wharf and BW Yard 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Mancetter Bridge No 36

Mancetter village half a mile east. Quarry Lane
1 mile, ¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Atherstone Visitor Moorings 7 furlongs, 0 locks
Atherstone Top Lock No 1 1 furlong, 0 locks
Watling Street Bridge No 43

@Merevale Road, Atherstone, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Having passed through Atherstone Locks.

2¾ furlongs, 5 locks
A5 (Watling Street) Road Bridge

A5
¾ furlongs, 0 locks
Atherstone Bottom Lock No 11 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs, 5 locks
Grendon Wharf Long Term Moorings

Permit holders only. @Green Lane, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
3 furlongs, 1 lock

Totals

Total distance is 16 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 11 locks Today’s travel includes at least 1 tunnel (Heath Crescent Tunnel. ).

This is made up of 16 miles, 5¼ furlongs of narrow canals; 11 narrow locks.

This will take 8 hours, 35 minutes which is 1 day, 1 hour and 35 minutes at 7 hours per day. For initial calculation purposes (before adjusting for such things as overnight stops) this is taken as 1 day of 8 hours and 35 minutes.

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