Coventry Canal (Main Line - Coventry to Hawkesbury)
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
Notable features of the waterway include Heath Crescent Tunnel
The waterway passes through Coventry and Hawkesbury Junction
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Travels:
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 86M - East Midlands (Leicester) Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 87M - Warwickshire Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 46M - Coventry Canal Map (Downloadable)
- Warwickshire Ring & Ashby Canal
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Hawkesbury Junction Junction of the Coventry Canal Main Line with the Oxford Canal Northern Section. |
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| Hawkesbury Services | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Exhall Footbridge No 11A | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Exhall Basin | 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coney Lane Bridge No 11 A footbridge is next to the road bridge |
1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Motorway Bridge No 10A | 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| The Longford Engine PH | 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Longford Bridge No 10 | 1 mile | 0 locks | |
| Longford Footbridge No 9A | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Judds Lane Bridge No 9 | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| New Inn Bridge No 8 | 1 mile and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Old Church Road Bridge No 7 | 2 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Foleshill Winding Hole | 2 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Spring Road Canal Bridge No 6A | 2 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Signal Box PH Hungry Horse pub and restaurant |
2 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Navigation Bridge No 6 | 2 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stoke Heath Pipe Bridge | 3 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Heath Crescent Tunnel No 5B (northern entrance) | 3 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Heath Crescent Tunnel No 5B (southern entrance) | 3 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Red Lane Old Bridge No 5 | 3 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Red Lane New Bridge No 5A | 3 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Stoke Heath Basin Ex Club Line Cruisers base |
3 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Priestley's Bridge No 4 | 4 miles | 0 locks | |
| William Henry Bridge Winding Hole | 4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| William Henry Bridge No 3 | 4 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Cash's Hundred Houses | 4 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Cash's Lane Bridge No 2 | 4 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Cash's Lane Pipe Bridge | 4 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Electric Wharf Footbridge | 5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pipe Bridge by Electric Wharf | 5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coventry Visitor Moorings (outside basin) | 5 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Leicester Row Bridge No 1 No towingpath under. Bridge only open to pedestrians |
5 miles and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coventry Basin Services | 5 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coventry Basin Winding Point | 5 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coventry Basin Canal Terminus |
5 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks |
- Hungry Horse | Signal Box Pub Restaurant — associated with Signal Box PH
Wikipedia has a page about Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is a navigable narrow canal in the Midlands of England.
It starts in Coventry and ends 38 miles (61 km) to the north at Fradley Junction, just north of Lichfield, where it joins the Trent 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 and a southern section, connected by a stretch of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, but others, including the Canal and River Trust show the through route as the Coventry Canal. This reflects a complicated period of ownership and re-leasing when the Coventry Canal company was in financial difficulties during construction.
It runs through or past the towns of Bedworth, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Polesworth and Tamworth. It is navigable for boats up to 21.9 m (72 ft) length, 2.1 m (7 ft) beam and 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) headroom. It forms part of the Warwickshire ring.