Warwickshire ring

Warwickshire Ring
Two boats entering lock 44 of the Hatton flight, the third from the top
Specifications
Length	116 miles (187 km)
Locks	105
Status	Canal ring
Navigation authority	Canal & River Trust

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Legend
Fazeley Junction Coventry Canal Drayton Manor Theme Park Curdworth Locks (11) Tamworth Locks (2) M6 Toll motorway 57 yd Curdworth Tunnel Tamworth M42 motorway Minworth Locks (3) Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Salford Junction Nechells/Erdington Garrison Locks (5) Bordesley Junction Grand Union Canal Atherstone Locks (11) Nuneaton Ashby Canal Camphill Locks (6) Solihull M42 motorway Hawkesbury Junction Coventry Basin Oxford Canal Knowle Locks (5) Stratford-on-Avon Canal 433 yd Shrewley Tunnel Hatton Locks (21) M69 motorway M6 motorway Saltisford Basin Cape Locks (2) 250 yd Newbold Tunnel Rugby Warwick River Avon Leamington (Royal Leamington Spa) Napton, Calcutt and other Locks (23) Hillmorton locks (3 pairs) M45 motorway End/Start of Oxford Canal Braunston Turn Napton Junction Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

The Warwickshire ring is a connected series of canals forming a circuit around the West Midlands area of England. The ring is formed from the Coventry Canal, the Oxford Canal, the Grand Union Canal, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. It is a popular route with tourists due to its circular route and mixture of urban and rural landscapes.

The ring totals 106 miles and has 115 locks, although there are two alternative routes through the southern part of Birmingham - from Kingswood Junction, one route follows the Grand Union Canal to Salford Junction, where it joins the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, and the other follows the Stratford Canal (north) and Worcester and Birmingham Canal to Gas Street Basin in central Birmingham. The latter route is slightly longer and has more locks, but many consider it to be more scenic and interesting.