You can get onto the northampton canal arm from the. 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.
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A canal river trust key is required for entering the northampton arm from the river nene.
Grand union canal northampton. Boat canal holidays marina children northamptonshire grand union canal boat holiday grading traditional canalside narrow boat towpath locks travel mooring barge family groups cruiser stern windlass uk locations canal boat hire. Walk a stretch of the northampton arm the 4 8 mile long northampton arm connects the river nene in the centre of northampton with the grand union canal at gayton junction close to the village of blisworth. 22 at the a5 near dodford northants in the north of the county down to bridge no.
62 at yardley wharf near yardley gobion off the a508 in the south of the county. A key must be purchased in advance from any of the waterway offices or online via www. 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 grand union canal is the uk s longest canal. Once used to carry grain via the nene to wellingborough the 17 locks along its length take the canal downhill from northampton. Heavily locked with 17 single locks along its short length the northampton arm of the grand union canal was opened in 1815 linking the canal at gayton junction through the river nene in.
The grand union canal northampton branch is a narrow canal and is part of the grand union canal it runs for 4 miles and 6 furlongs through 17 locks from northampton junction where it joins the river nene main river to gayton junction where it joins the grand union canal grand junction canal main line gayton to brentford and the grand union canal grand junction canal main line. Grand union canal walk northampton arm. It has arms to places including leicester slough aylesbury wendover and northampton.
The northampton arm was opened in 1815 and links the grand union canal at gayton junction via the river nene to peterborough and the wash the river nene is fully navigable and at peterborough the river becomes tidal. Booking office po box 57 budleigh salterton devon. Grand union canal northampton arm lock 17 9th dec 2013 4 30pm onwards.
Situated in the english midlands the northampton arm starts or ends at cotton end wharf at lock 17 on the southern edge of northampton where it connects with the river nene and then proceeds on it s fairly short 4 3 4 mile course to link up with the grand union canal at gayton junction. For more detailed information follow the links below. From london this canal travels through northamptonshire and warwickshire into the suburbs of birmingham.
Grand union canal the club holds the fishing rights to all of the grand union between bridge no. Grand union northampton arm lock 16 to 17. Stoke bruerne to northampton mark granger 13th january 2019 canals walks 0 comments day 10 of our walk along the grand union canal took us briefly along the main canal from stoke bruerne over blisworth tunnel to blisworth junction where we branched off in a north easterly direction along.
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