Grimmer Aqueduct
Address is taken from a point 235 yards away.
Grimmer Aqueduct carries a footpath over the Grantham Canal just past the junction with The Cotswold Canal.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a stream under the canal.
| Plungar Bridge No 49 | 2 miles, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Barkestone Old Bridge No 50 | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
| Barkestone New Bridge No 51 | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge No 52 (Grantham Canal) | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Redmile Mill Bridge No 53 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Grimmer Aqueduct | ||
| Redmile Town Bridge No 54 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Redmile Winding Hole | 2 furlongs | |
| Bottesford Road Bridge No 55 | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
| Easthorpe Road Bridge No 56 | 2 miles, ¼ furlongs | |
| Muston Gorse Bridge No 57 | 2 miles, 6½ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Redmile Town Bridge No 54
Why not log in and add some (select "External websites" from the menu (sometimes this is under "Edit"))?
Mouseover for more information or show routes to facility
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Grantham Basin
No information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
There is no page on Wikipedia called “Grimmer Aqueduct”











![Sign on National Grid cabinet. See [[5018296]]. by Andrew Tatlow – 18 May 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/01/82/5018298_e26ac760_120x120.jpg)
![National Grid cabinet. One assumed that the cabinet is part of the National Grid infrastructure.See [[5018298]] and [[5018299]]. by Andrew Tatlow – 18 May 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/01/82/5018296_ab7256e4_120x120.jpg)
![Sign on National Grid cabinet. See [[5018296]]. by Andrew Tatlow – 18 May 2016](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/01/82/5018299_54aa53b0_120x120.jpg)
















![Main Street, Redmile. Redmile is a small Vale of Belvoir village; its population in 2011 was recorded as 921 but this was for the whole civil parish including Plungar and Barkestone-le-Vale. This view is at the west end of the village from Church Corner approaching the canal bridge. The building on the right was formerly the Peacock Inn, now converted into four cottages despite an attempt to have it designated an asset of community value. Fortunately, the village does have another pub. See [[2972885]] for a view of the Peacock in happier times. by Stephen McKay – 17 May 2022](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/18/06/7180651_05c755df_120x120.jpg)