Whetstone Lane Bridge No 99 carries a footpath over the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) just past the junction with The Newbury 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.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Dunns Lock No 34 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Blaby Bridge No 98 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Blaby Bridge Winding Hole | 1½ furlongs | |
| Wharf by Blaby Bridge No 98 (disused) | 1½ furlongs | |
| Whetstone Lane Lock No 35 | a few yards | |
| Whetstone Lane Bridge No 99 | ||
| Navigation Drive Bridge No 99A | ¾ furlongs | |
| Navigation Drive Railway Bridge (demolished) | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Handford Bridge No 100 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Gee's Lock No 36 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Gee's Bridge No 101 | 6½ 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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