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Grand Union Erewash Canal

Description: Runs 11.75 miles from the Junction with the Cromford Canal at Langley Mill to the junction with the River Trent at Trent Lock.
For the History of this waterway see the History page.

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Grand Union Canal

Subordinate Waterways:

• Erewash Canal

Navigation Authority: MD's Office: Northern Waterways, General Manager: East Midland Waterways, The Kiln, Mather Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 1FB : Telephone 01636 704481 : Fax 01636 705584 :

Sandiacre Lock on the Grand Union Erewash Canal

Related Books

• The Canals of the East Midlands by Charles Hadfield, Edition: 3rd impression, ISBN: 0-7153-4871-X, 294 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1981, (including part of London). Order now from .
• Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 3 by Not known, ISBN: 978-0-00-728162-6, 170 pages, Published by Nicholson, in 2009, Birmingham and the Heart of England. Includes the Ashby, BCN, Birmingham & Fazeley, Coventry, Erewash, GU Leicester Section, GU main line (part), Oxford, Staffordshire & Worcstershire, Worcester & Birmingham Canals and part of the Trent & Mersey.. Order now from .
• The Seven Canals of Derbyshire by Edward Garner, ISBN: 1 84306 072 8, 160 pages, Published by Landmark Publishing, in 2004, Covers the Cromford, Derby, Erewash and Nutbrook canals and the sections of the Chesterfield, Peak Forest and Trent & Mersey Canals that come within the county.. Order now from .
• Pearson's Canal Companion: Four Counties Ring by Michael Pearson, Edition: Seventh, ISBN: 978 09 5491168 3, 80 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son, Includes the Erewash and Trent and Mersey canals.. Order now from .

Related photographs

• Grand Union Erewash Canal: Sandiacre Lock No 63 Lorna-Ann in

Related Cruising Logs

• 9th July 1996

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Trent Lock to Length 72 foot, beam 14 foot 3 inches. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Grand Union Erewash Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Trent Lock Junction	Junctions with Grand Union Leicester Section and River Trent Junction with River Trent and Grand Union Leicester Section.		0	1	N	SK491311	129
Long Eaton Lock No 61			1.8	2	N	SK488335	129
Dock Holme Lock No 62			3	3	N	SK483351	129
Sandiacre Lock No 63			3.3	4	N	SK482357	129
Sandiacre Junction	Junction with the closed Derby Canal		3.3	4	N	SK482357	129
Sandiacre Pasture Lock No 64			4.9	5	N	SK483378	129
Stanton Lock No 65	Previously called White House Junction Lock.		5.5	6	N	SK481389	129
White House Junction	Junction with abandoned Nutbrook Canal		5.6	6	N	SK481390	129
Hallam Fields Lock No 66			6	7	N	SK479396	129
Gallows Inn Lock No 67	Gallows Inn Road Bridge		6.8	8	N	SK475405	129
Greens Lock No 68			7.3	9	N	SK476413	129
Potter's Lock No 69			7.6	10	N	SK475416	129
Barker's Lock No 70			8.5	11	N	SK469431	129
Stenson's Lock No 71			9.8	12	N	SK470434	129
Shipley Lock No 72			10.1	13	N	SK462453	129
Eastwood Lock No 73			10.5	14	N	SK460458	129
Langley Mill Junction with Cromford Canal	End of navigation		11.8	14	N	SK454472	129

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.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.