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Description of Ashby de la Zouch Canal: Attractive and historical countryside which includes Bosworth Field. Runs from Snarestone to Marston Junction on the Coventry Canal
History of Ashby de la Zouch Canal: Promoted by an Act of 1794 Opened from Marston to Moira in 1804.The section from Moira to north of Snarestone was abandoned in 1956 under the BTC Act.
For more details see the History page.
Stoke Golding Wharf on the Ashby Canal
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Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions of Ashby de la Zouch Canal: Length 72 feet, beam 7feet. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page
Ashby de la Zouch Canal: Table of distances |
Miles |
Locks |
Navigable (N) |
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Junction with Coventry Canal Junction with the Coventry Canal and Marston Stop Lock (now converted to stop gate) |
0 |
0 |
N |
SP368882 |
140 |
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Railway Bridge |
Trent Valley Line |
0.8 |
0 |
N |
SP378888 |
140 |
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Burton Hastings |
3 |
0 |
N |
SP406899 |
140 |
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Limekiln Bridge No 15 |
Watling Street, Warwickshire, Leicestershire boarder. |
5 |
0 |
N |
SP412923 |
140 |
|
Hinckley Brickyard |
Inn and village nearby |
5.6 |
0 |
N |
SP408933 |
140 |
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Higham-on-the-Hill Bridge No 21 |
7.5 |
0 |
N |
SP397954 |
140 |
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Stoke Golding Wharf |
8.8 |
0 |
N |
SP392973 |
140 |
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Shenton Station |
For the site of the Battle of Bosworth |
13 |
0 |
N |
SK395004 |
140 |
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Bosworth Wharf Bridge No 42 |
Market Bosworth one mile |
14.9 |
0 |
N |
SK392032 |
140 |
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Carlton Bridge No 44 |
Sence Brook is just north of the bridge |
15.8 |
0 |
N |
SK388043 |
140 |
|
Congerstone Bridge No 47 |
Small village with inn |
17.1 |
0 |
N |
SK372055 |
140 |
|
Shackerstone |
small village |
18.3 |
0 |
N |
SK376068 |
140 |
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SnarestonTunnel |
Snarstone Village is over the top of the tunnel |
21 |
0 |
N |
SK343094 |
128 |
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Head of navigation |
Just beyond bridge 61 |
21.8 |
0 |
N |
SK348107 |
128 |
NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.