Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

Grand Union Northampton Branch

Description: Runs 4.75 miles from Northampton to the Grand Union Main Line at Gayton Junction.

History: Built under the Grand Junction Canal Act of 1793 but completed in 1815.
For more details see the History page.

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

Navigation Authority: MD's Office: Southern Waterways, General Manager: South East Waterways, 510 - 524 Elder House Elder Gate Central Milton Keynes MK9 1BW : Telephone 01908 302500 : Fax 01908 302510 :

Lift Bridge on the Grand Union, Northampton Branch

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• Branching Out

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 .

Related photographs

• Grand Union Northampton Branch: Rothersthorpe Bottom Lock No 13 Lift Bidge

Related External Web Sites

• Alvechurch Boat Centres Holiday narrowboat hire from 7 bases. Also boat building and brokerage.
• IWA Northampton Branch The Northampton Branch of the Inland Waterways Association.
• Canal Boat Holidays Canal boats to sleep 4 or to sleep 6, depending on the size of boat from seven bases.

Related Cruising Logs

• 11th September 1994
• 8th April 1995
• 14th October 1995
• 7th April 1996
• 13th October 1996
• 22nd May 1997
• 7th October 1997
• 1st April 1998
• 6th October 1998
• 25th May 1999
• 6th October 1999
• 13th April 2000
• 1st October 2000
• 24th April 2001
• 16th September 2001
• 4th April 2002
• 26th September 2002
• 27th April 2003
• 1st October 2003
• 3rd June 2004
• 26th September 2004
• 23rd April 2005
• 28th July 2006
• 11th September 2006
• 24th October 2007

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times
• My Holidays on Inland Waterways - Cruise XXI

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 72 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Grand Union Northampton Branch: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Gayton Junction	Junction with Grand Union Main Line Junction with the Grand Union Main Line		0	0	N	SP719550	152
Milton Road Bridge No 2, Gayton			0.1	0	N	SP720551	152
Milton Road Bridge No 3	Milton Village half a mile east.		0.5	0	N	SP723557	152
Rothersthorpe Top Lock No 1			0.8	1	N	SP722560	152
Rothersthorpe Lock No 2	Milton Road Bridge No 4. Locks Nos 3 to 11 follow.		0.9	2	N	SP723561	152
Rothersthorpe Lock No 12	M1 Motorway Bridge		1.5	12	N	SP726570	152
Rothersthorpe Bottom Lock No 13	Bridge No 7		1.6	13	N	SP726574	152
Wootton Lock No 14	Rothersthorpe Road Bridge No 9		2.1	14	N	SP724581	152
Hardingstone Lock No 15			3	15	N	SP729592	152
Duston Mill Bridge No 13			3.3	15	N	SP732595	152
Northampton Lock No 16			4	16	N	SP743595	152
Northampton Lock No 17	Junction with River Nene Junction with the River Nene		4.8	17	N	SP752596	152

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.