Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Market Harborough Branch)
The Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Market Harborough Branch) is a narrow canal and is part of the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section).
It runs for 5 miles and 4 furlongs from Foxton Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) and the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Old Grand Union)) to Market Harborough Wharf (which is a dead end).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has a junction with the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Inclined Plane Branch) at Inclined Plane Lower Access Arm Junction.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruerne to Leicester with the River Soar and the Erewash Canal
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 86M - East Midlands (Leicester) Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 50M - Grand Union Canal (All) Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 49M - Grand Union Canal (Leicester) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Foxton Junction Junction of Grand Union Market Harborough Branch with Leicester Section |
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| Inclined Plane Lower Access Arm Junction Used for mooring until the plane is restored |
¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Foxton Junction Swing Bridge | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Black Horse Bridge No 3 | 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Foxton Swing Bridge No 4 Foxton Village |
5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Clarkes Bridge No 5 | 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Foxton Stepbridge No 6 | 1 mile and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Johnson's Bridge No 7 | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gallows Hill Winding Hole | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gallows Hill Bridge No 8 | 2 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gallows Hill Pipe Bridge | 2 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Sedgley's Bridge No 9 | 3 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bowden Hall Winding Hole | 3 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bowden Hall Pipe Bridge | 3 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Great Bowden Hall Bridge No 10 Great Bowden three-quarters of a mile east |
3 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Saunt's Bridge No 11 | 3 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Uncle Tom's Bridge No 12 | 4 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Turnover Bridge No 13 | 4 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Wooden Stepbridge No 14 | 4 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Peter Callis Bridge No 14a | 4 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Woodlands Winding Hole | 4 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Woodlands Narrows | 4 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Market Harborough Turn | 5 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Market Harborough Narrows | 5 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Market Harborough Wharf End of navigation. Basin, Wharves and Canal Boat Club hire base. |
5 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- Union Wharf Marina — associated with Market Harborough Wharf
- Union Wharf in Market Harborough is home to a small collection of delightful day boats and holiday Boutique Narrowboats. Moorings available.
Wikipedia has a page about Grand Union Canal
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. It has arms to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover and Northampton.
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: this latter is now generally referred to as the Old Grand Union Canal to avoid ambiguity.
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