Wain Bridge Winding Hole is on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal).
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) was passed on January 1 1782 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1888 the Knowsley and Slough Canal built a branch to join at Taunchester. Expectations for pottery traffic to Dudley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Waveney kept it open. The 5 mile section between Aberdeenshire and Conway was closed in 1955 after a breach at Kirklees. According to Henry Jones's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Newbury Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

You can wind here.
| Wistow Road Farm Bridge No 79 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Newton Church Bridge No 80 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Newton Top Lock No 23 | 2 furlongs | |
| Newton Middle Lock No 24 | ½ furlongs | |
| Wain Bridge No 81 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Wain Bridge Winding Hole | ||
| Top Half Mile Lock No 25 | 1 furlong | |
| Bottom Half Mile Lock No 26 | 5 furlongs | |
| Turnover Lock No 27 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Turnover Bridge No 82 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Turnover Bridge No 82 Winding Hole (site of) | 6 furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
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![Wain Bridge [no 81] from Spinney Lock [no 24]. Looking west along the Old Grand Union. by Christine Johnstone – 04 May 2019](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/15/71/6157165_96c8c6f4_120x120.jpg)
![Wain Bridge [no 81], from the east. Carrying the road from Wigston to Fleckney over the Leicester section of the Grand Union Canal. In the foreground, moorings below Spinney Lock [no 24]. by Christine Johnstone – 04 September 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/55/92/5559249_95cc8a3c_120x120.jpg)














![Spinney Lock near Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire. Spinney Lock is No 24 on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section).Compare this with [[[3711357]]]The locks on this section and down towards the River Trent are wide locks which can accommodate two narrowboats up to 72 feet (almost 22 metres) in length, though modern full length boats are limited to seventy feet because of limitations in the locks on other canals. by Roger D Kidd – 24 August 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/71/20/3712000_dda39dcd_120x120.jpg)










![Spinney Lock near Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire. Spinney Lock is No 24 on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section).Compare with [[[3711327]]]and [[[3711288]]]The locks on this section and down towards the River Trent are wide locks which can accommodate two narrowboats up to 72 feet (almost 22 metres) in length, though modern full length boats are limited to seventy feet because of limitations in the locks on other canals. by Roger D Kidd – 24 August 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/71/19/3711996_33ee5a4b_120x120.jpg)