Grand Union Canal (old)

Old Grand Union
The narrows below Welford Lock was once the site of a swing bridge
Specifications
Locks18
StatusNavigable
Navigation authorityCanal & River Trust
History
Date of act1810; 214 years ago (1810)
Geography
Start pointFoxton
End pointNorton Junction, near Long Buckby
Old Grand Union Canal
GU Market Harborough Arm
Foxton Locks (10)
Foxton Inclined Plane
Husbands Bosworth Tunnel
45
A4304 Kilworth Road bridge
Welford Junction
Welford Lock
marina
Welford basin
Welford Reservoir
Sulby Reservoir
29a
A14 road bridge
19-22
Yelvertoft bridges (3)
12
A428 Crick Wharf bridge
Crick Tunnel (1528 yd)
9a
Railway bridge
8
Kilsby Road bridge
6a
M1 motorway bridge
Watford Locks (7)
Watford Gap
(motorway services)
5a
Railway bridge
5
A5 Watling Street bridge
Grand Union Canal main line

The Grand Union Canal was a canal in England from Foxton, Leicestershire on the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal to Norton Junction, close to Long Buckby Wharf on the Grand Junction Canal.[1] It now forms the first 23 miles (37 km) of the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal.[2]