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From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Trent Lock Junction 1.38 1 0hr 25min 5.70 0hr 25min 5.70 0hr 25min 5.70 1 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Beeston Lock No 4 6.38 3 2hr 40min 3.52 2hr 40min 3.52 2hr 40min 3.52 1 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Lenton Chain Junction 9.00 3 3hr 40min 3.27 3hr 40min 3.27 3hr 40min 3.27 1 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Holme Lock No 5 13.75 6 5hr 30min 3.58 5hr 40min 3.49 5hr 25min 3.65 2 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Stoke Bardolph Lock No 6 16.75 7 6hr 20min 3.74 6hr 30min 3.65 6hr 10min 3.85 2 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Gunthorpe Bridge 20.63 7 7hr 39min 3.61 8hr 15min 3.35 7hr 15min 3.81 4 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Hazelford Lock No 8 26.25 8 9hr 47min 3.50 10hr 5min 3.40 9hr 30min 3.61 1 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Newark Road Bridge 34.75 10 11hr 27min 3.91 13hr 30min 3.31 10hr 5min 4.44 6 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Cromwell Lock No 11 40.13 11 12hr 24min 4.16 13hr 15min 3.90 11hr 35min 4.46 2 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Torksey Junction 56.25 12 15hr 42min 4.34 17hr 25min 3.92 14hr 30min 4.71 3 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Castle Lock 10.13 4 4hr 11min 3.37 4hr 15min 3.32 4hr 10min 3.39 3 From the River Trent to the Chesterfield Canal
From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Torksey Junction Cooper's Bridge, Misterton 16.38 3 4hr 15min 4.56 4hr 15min 4.56 4hr 15min 4.56 1 From the River Trent to the Fossdyke Canal
From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Newark Road Bridge Torksey Lock 21.75 3 5hr 0min 4.95 5hr 0min 4.95 5hr 0min 4.95 1 Cromwell Lock No 11 Torksey Lock 16.38 2 3hr 40min 5.01 3hr 40min 5.01 3hr 40min 5.01 1 Torksey Junction Torksey Lock 0.25 1 0hr 15min 5.00 0hr 15min 5.00 0hr 15min 5.00 1 Torksey Junction Saxilby Bridge 5.38 1 1hr 45min 3.64 1hr 45min 3.64 1hr 45min 3.64 1 From the River Trent to the Grand Union Erewash Canal
From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Lenton Chain Junction Trent Lock Junction 7.63 2 3hr 5min 3.12 3hr 5min 3.12 3hr 5min 3.12 1 From the River Trent to the Grand Union Leicester Section
From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Loughborough Lock No 53 10.25 7 3hr 35min 4.81 3hr 35min 4.81 3hr 35min 4.81 1 Beeston Lock No 4 Kegworth Flood Lock No 57 7.50 4 3hr 0min 3.83 3hr 0min 3.83 3hr 0min 3.83 1 Lenton Chain Junction Zouch Lock No 55 13.38 6 4hr 45min 4.08 4hr 45min 4.08 4hr 45min 4.08 1 From the River Trent to the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Newark Road Bridge Keadby Lock No 17 49.00 2 9hr 10min 5.56 9hr 10min 5.56 9hr 10min 5.56 1 Torksey Junction Keadby Lock No 17 27.50 0 4hr 7min 6.67 4hr 45min 5.79 3hr 30min 7.86 2 From the River Trent to the Trent and Mersey Canal
From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Derwent Mouth Lock No 1 0.88 2 1hr 0min 2.88 1hr 0min 2.88 1hr 0min 2.88 1 Sawley Flood Lock No 1 Weston Lock No 4 4.88 5 2hr 35min 3.82 2hr 35min 3.82 2hr 35min 3.82 1 Trent Lock Junction Swarkeston Lock No 5 9.00 7 4hr 10min 3.84 4hr 10min 3.84 4hr 10min 3.84 1 Lenton Chain Junction Shardlow Lock No 2 10.88 6 4hr 40min 3.62 4hr 40min 3.62 4hr 40min 3.62 1 Upper Avon
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From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Stratford Bridge Weir Brake Lock 0.63 2 1hr 10min 2.25 1hr 10min 2.25 1hr 10min 2.25 1 Stratford Bridge Luddington Lock 3.25 3 1hr 15min 5.00 1hr 15min 5.00 1hr 15min 5.00 1 Stratford Bridge Binton Bridge 5.13 3 2hr 30min 3.25 2hr 30min 3.25 2hr 30min 3.25 1 Stratford Bridge E & H Billington Lock 8.88 6 3hr 30min 4.25 3hr 30min 4.25 3hr 30min 4.25 1 Stratford Bridge Bidford Bridge 9.50 6 4hr 22min 3.54 4hr 45min 3.26 4hr 0min 3.88 2 Stratford Bridge Robert Aickman Lock 13.63 8 5hr 15min 4.12 5hr 15min 4.12 5hr 15min 4.12 1 Stratford Bridge George Billington Lock 14.25 9 5hr 40min 4.10 5hr 45min 4.04 5hr 30min 4.23 3 Stratford Bridge Evesham 18.25 9 6hr 36min 4.12 6hr 45min 4.04 6hr 30min 4.19 3 From the Upper Avon to the Lower Avon Navigation
From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy George Billington Lock Fladbury Lock 8.75 2 2hr 40min 4.03 2hr 40min 4.03 2hr 40min 4.03 1 Evesham Workman Bridge, Evesham 0.13 0 0hr 30min 0.25 0hr 30min 0.25 0hr 30min 0.25 1 Evesham Fladbury Lock 4.75 2 1hr 57min 3.45 2hr 10min 3.12 1hr 45min 3.86 2 From the Upper Avon to the Stratford upon Avon Canal
From To Miles Locks Ave Time Ave L/M Max Time Max L/M Min Time Min L/M No Voy Stratford Bridge Wilmcote Bridge No 59 3.63 17 4hr 32min 4.54 4hr 35min 4.50 4hr 30min 4.58 2 Stratford Bridge Stratford Top Lock No 52 0.63 5 1hr 45min 3.21 1hr 45min 3.21 1hr 45min 3.21 1 Stratford Bridge Stratford-upon-Avon Lock No 56 0.00 0 0hr 20min 0.00 0hr 20min 0.00 0hr 20min 0.00 1
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