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Ashby Canal

 
 
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The full name of this canal is the "Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal". See the Wikipedia Pages extract below for more historical detail.

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The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a 31-mile (50 km) long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire. It was opened in 1804, and a number of tramways were constructed at its northern end, to service collieries. The canal was taken over by the Midland Railway in 1846, but remained profitable until the 1890s, after which it steadily declined. Around 9 miles (14 km) passed through the Leicestershire coal field, and was heavily affected by subsidence, with the result that this section from Moira, southwards to Snarestone, was progressively closed in 1944, 1957 and 1966, leaving 22 miles (35 km) of navigable canal.

The abandoned section is the subject of a restoration project and was the first canal where a new section had been authorised under the Transport and Works Act 1992. The Transport and Works Order was obtained by Leicestershire County Council, as some of the original route had been infilled and built over, and restoration therefore involved construction on a new route through the centre of Measham. It is hoped that all but the final 1-mile (1.6 km) section of the canal can be re-opened. An isolated section near Moira Furnace and the National Forest visitor centre was opened between 1999 and 2005, and is the location for an annual trailboat festival.

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[Ashby Canal Trust] of the Ashby Canal, also known as the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. The restoration project is funded by: Leicestershire County Council Ashby Canal Association [Ashby Canal Association] The Ashby Canal Association (ACA) is a waterway society and a registered charity No. 1063566, in Leicestershire and Staffordshire, England, concerned [Ashby-de-la-Zouch] Ashby-de-la-Zouch or Ashby de la Zouch (/ˈæʃbi də lə ˈzuːʃ/) is a market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, near the Derbyshire [Snarestone] topographical features include the River Mease and the terminus for the Ashby Canal. Both of these waterways are sites of special scientific interest (SSSI) [Coventry Canal] and Mersey Canal. It also has connections with the Ashby Canal, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Oxford Canal. Some maps show the canal as a northern [Hinckley] now been planted with trees to make a nature reserve. The Ashby Canal, the longest contour canal in England, passes through the town Hinckley has two former [Measham] 20th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, Ashby Canal was built through the village. The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway followed, opening towards [Ambion Hill] Shenton road and north of Dadlington and of Fenn Lanes Roman road. The Ashby Canal passes to the south of the hill. The hill is the site of the deserted [Ticknall Tramway] connected the brickyards, lime quarries and lime yards of Ticknall to the Ashby Canal. It had branches to the quarries and lime works at Cloud Hill and to
 
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