Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Old Grand Union)
The Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Old Grand Union) is a narrow canal and is part of the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section).
It runs for 23 miles and ¾ furlongs through 17 locks from Foxton Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) and the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Market Harborough Branch)) to Norton Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Braunston to Norton) and the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Norton to Gayton)).
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.
It has junctions with the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Welford Arm) at Welford Junction and with the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Inclined Plane Branch) at Inclined Plane Upper Access Arm Junction.
Notable features of the waterway include Watford Locks, Crick Tunnel and Husband's Bosworth Tunnel
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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| Foxton Bottom Staircase Lock No 13 to Lock No 17. Footbridge after each set of double gates and Bridge 61, carrying a minor access road, over Lock No 17 |
½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Foxton Top Staircase Lock No 8 to Lock No 12. Footbridge after each set of double gates |
1¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Inclined Plane Upper Access Arm Junction Foxton Top Lock Winding Hole |
2¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Gumley Road Bridge No 60 | 3¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Fixed Weir 9, Leicester Summit Weir | 5½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Bungalow Bridge No 59 | 7 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Lubenham Lodge Bridge No 58 | 1 mile and ¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Laughton Road Bridge No 57 | 1 mile and 2 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Morton's Bridge No 56 | 1 mile and 3½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Bunkers Hill Bridge No 55 | 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Laughton Manor Farm Bridge No 54 | 2 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks | |
| Laughton Lodge Bridge No 53 | 2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Ivy Lodge Farm Bridge Winding Hole | 2 miles and 5 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Ivy Lodge Farm Bridge No 52 | 2 miles and 5 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Kicklewell Spinney Bridge No 51 | 3 miles | 10 locks | |
| Theddingworth Road Bridge No 50 | 3 miles and 3½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Theddington Lodge Bridge No 49 | 3 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Freeman's Bridge No 48 | 3 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sheepwash Bridge No 47 | 4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Pipe Bridge No 46A (Grand Union Canal) | 4 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Honey Pot Farm Bridge No 46 | 5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Husband's Bosworth Tunnel (northeastern entrance) | 5 miles and 3 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Husband's Bosworth Tunnel (southwestern entrance) | 6 miles and ¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| North Kilworth Bridge No 45 North Kilworth half a mile west |
6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| North Kilworth Wharf | 6 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| North Kilworth Narrows Possible site of bridge no 44 |
6 miles and 7½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| North Kilworth Marina | 7 miles | 10 locks | |
| North Kilworth Works Bridge No 43 | 7 miles and 1½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Welford Junction Roving Bridge No 42 | 7 miles and 4½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Welford Junction Junction of Grand Union Welford Branch with Leicester Section |
7 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Aqueduct over River Avon | 7 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sparford Bridge No 41 | 7 miles and 7 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Mill Bridge No 40 | 8 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Hall Lane Bridge No 39 | 8 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sybolds Spinney Bridge No 38 | 9 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| South Kilworth Road Bridge No 37 | 9 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Downtown Bridge No 36 | 9 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Downtown Bridge Winding Hole | 10 miles | 10 locks | |
| Halfway Bridge No 34 Footpath to Stanford on Avon one and a half miles west |
10 miles and 4 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Old Hemplow Bridge No 33 | 10 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Park Farm Bridge No 32 | 11 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Stokleys Bridge No 31 | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Elkington Lodge Bridge No 30 | 12 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks | |
| A14 Road Bridge | 12 miles and 1½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Heygate's Lodge No 29 | 12 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Elkington Bridge Winding Hole | 12 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Elkington Bridge No 28 | 12 miles and 6½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Mountain Barn Bridge No 27 | 13 miles and 3 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Clay Barn Bridge No 26 | 13 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Chester's Bridge No 25 | 14 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks | |
| Smart's Bridge No 24 | 14 miles and 5 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Winwick Grange Aqueduct | 14 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Darker's Bridge No 23 Winwick Grange, Manor House, 200 yards southeast |
14 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| West Haddon Road Bridge No 22 | 15 miles and 2½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| New House Farm Bridge No 21 | 15 miles and 4 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Yelvertoft Road Bridge No 20 | 15 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Yelvertoft Wharf Yelvertoft village half a mile northwest |
16 miles | 10 locks | |
| Yelvertoft Skew Bridge No 19 | 16 miles and ½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Flint Hill Bridge No 18 | 16 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Yelvertoft Marina | 16 miles and 5 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Yelvertoft Marina Slipway | 16 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Yelvertoft to Crick Footpath Bridge No 17 | 16 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Foxes Farm Bridge No 16 | 17 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Cracks Hill Bridge No 15 | 17 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Cracks Hill Winding Hole | 17 miles and 4 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Cracks Hill Footbridge No 14 | 17 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Lodge Bridge No 13 | 17 miles and 6 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Marina Entrance No 1 | 17 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Marina Entrance No 2 | 18 miles and ¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Marina Entrance No 3 | 18 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks | |
| Crick Wharf Bridge No 12 Crick village a third of a mile west |
18 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Wharf | 18 miles and 2 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Wharf Field Bridge No 11 | 18 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Tunnel (northern entrance) | 18 miles and 4 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Tunnel (southern entrance) | 19 miles and 3 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Tunnel Horsepath Bridge No 10 | 19 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Crick Railway Bridge No 9A | 19 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Home Farm Footbridge No 9 | 20 miles and ¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Kilsby Road Bridge No 8 | 20 miles and 2½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Ashby's Bridge No 7 | 20 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Ashby's Bridge Winding Hole | 20 miles and 4½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Watford Gap M1 Bridge No 6H | 20 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Watford Top Lock No 7 | 20 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Watford Staircase Lock No 3 to Lock No 6 |
20 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Watford Lock No 2 | 20 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Watford Bottom Lock No 1 | 20 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Watford Pumping Station | 20 miles and 7½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Watford Pumping Station Winding Hole | 21 miles | 17 locks | |
| 70 ONE Restaurant & Lounge Formerly The Stag's Head Inn |
21 miles and 2½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Welton Station Bridge No 6 | 21 miles and 2½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Watford Railway Bridge No 5A | 21 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Watling Street Bridge Winding Hole | 21 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Watling Street Bridge No 5 | 21 miles and 6½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Watford Gap Narrows Formerly Bridge No 4 |
21 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Watford Gap Aqueduct | 22 miles and ¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Watford Gap Cattle Creep Aqueduct | 22 miles and ¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Welton Haven Marina | 22 miles and 1½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Ball's Bridge No 3 | 22 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Weltonfield Bridge No 2 | 22 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Welton Hythe Marina | 22 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Norton Junction Aqueduct | 23 miles | 17 locks | |
| Norton Junction Bridge No 1 | 23 miles and ½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Norton Junction Junction of Grand Union Leicester Section with Main Line |
23 miles and ¾ furlongs | 17 locks |
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Wikipedia has a page about Grand Union Canal
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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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