The grand junction canal now called the grand union canal was opened in 1805 and provided a faster route that avoided the river thames. Wikipedia has a page about oxford canal.
At one time it was the main transport route from the midlands to the south of england and it is now one of the most beautiful and popular cruising canals.
North oxford canal map. The oxford canal is a 78 mile 126 km narrow canal in central england linking oxford with bedworth between coventry and nuneaton on the coventry canal via banbury and rugby completed in 1790 it connects to the river thames at oxford and is integrated with the grand union canal combined for 5 miles 8 km close to the villages of braunston and napton on the hill a canal which soon after. Completed in 1790 it connects to the river thames at oxford and is integrated with the grand union canal combined for 5 miles close to the villages of braunston and napton. Download free fun packed local maps and activity sheets for these areas and make the most of your trip to the canal.
The oxford canal starts by the river thames in oxford and runs for 77 miles mainly through quiet rolling countryside to near coventry where it connects with the midlands canal system. After the junction at napton the south oxford canal takes a right turn and joins with what is now known as the grand union canal. For 15 years the canal was very profitable as it provided the main route between birmingham and london.
300m north of pigeons lock 39 south oxford canal. This heralded the. The oxford canal took 20 years to build and finally opened on the 1st january 1790.
Due to a fallen tree the canal and towpath are blocked approx. The oxford canal is a 78 mile 126 km narrow canal in central england linking oxford with bedworth between coventry and nuneaton on the coventry canal via banbury and rugby. Fallen tree 300m north of pigeons lock oxford canal 28th aug 2020 3 30pm onwards.
Researched and written by jeannette briggs the oxford canal north is the extension of its southern counterpart from napton junction to its ultimate destination in birmingham via hawksbury junction and the coventry canal. The oxford canal from napton to coventry.
