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Grand union canal leicester. The leicestershire northamptonshire union canal and the old grand union canal. Visit the grand union pub where everyone is welcome. 4 locks are in a staircase sharing top and bottom gates.
Left gasping for air and boats were left stranded after the water levels dropped dramatically in a section of the grand union canal. The canal then continues through the very heart of the city flowing through sprawling countryside with a variety of open views and enclosed tree tunnels providing ample. The canal is 41 2 66 5 km miles long and has 41 locks.
The grand union canal was also the original name for part of what is now part of the leicester line of the modern grand union. A brief history of the leicester section of the grand union canal. The grand union canal in england is part of the british canal system its main line starts in london and ends in birmingham stretching for 137 miles 220 km with 166 locks.
The leicester arm of the grand union canal is one of the longer arms or branches of the canal. Discover more about our pub. The grand union canal leicester section old grand union is a narrow canal and is part of the grand union canal leicester section it runs for 23 miles and furlongs through 17 locks from foxton junction where it joins the grand union canal leicester section leicestershire and northamptonshire union canal and the grand union canal leicester section market harborough branch to.
There are arms to. The river soar flows into the leicester arm just above the city of leicester. What is now called the leicester line comprised two canals that were bought by the grand junction canal in 1894.
Grand union 24 king street leicester le1 6rl. The map displays a range of services available on the leicester section of the grand union canal. The grand union canal was a canal in england from foxton leicestershire on the leicestershire and northamptonshire union canal to norton junction close to long buckby wharf on the grand junction canal.
Welford 1 6 miles 2 6 km 1 lock joins at welford junction. The 7 narrow beam watford locks lift the grand union leicester arm 16 metres 52 6 to the leicester summit level. The canal section before leicester is very rural at times and has two tunnels at crick and husband s bosworth and staircase locks at watford and foxton.
The river soar had been made navigable up to loughborough by 1780 and the route was extended to leicester in 1794. The leicester line of the grand union canal runs from norton junction on the main line of the grand union canal to the river soar navigation at west bridge in leicester. Facebook follow us on facebook.
It now forms the first 23 miles 37 km of the leicester section a branch of the much bigger modern grand union canal. Grand union canal leicester line.
