Coventry Canal (Main Line - Coventry to Hawkesbury)

 

The Coventry Canal (Main Line - Coventry to Hawkesbury) is a narrow canal and is part of the Coventry Canal (Main Line). It runs for 5 miles and 4 furlongs from Hawkesbury Junction (where it joins the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) and the Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley)) to Coventry Basin (which is a dead end).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Notable features of the waterway include: Heath Crescent Tunnel

 
 
Hawkesbury Junction
Junction of the Coventry Canal Main Line with the Oxford Canal Northern Section.
Exhall Footbridge No 11A ¾ furlongs 0 locks
Exhall Basin 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
Coney Lane Bridge No 11
A footbridge is next to the road bridge
2 furlongs 0 locks
Motorway Bridge No 10A 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Longford Bridge No 10 1 mile 0 locks
Longford Footbridge No 9A 1 mile and ½ furlongs 0 locks
Judds Lane Bridge No 9 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Aldermans Green Pipe Bridge 1 mile and 3½ furlongs 0 locks
New Inn Bridge No 8 1 mile and 4 furlongs 0 locks
Little Heath Factory Footbridge 1 mile and 6¼ furlongs 0 locks
Little Heath Second Pipe Bridge 1 mile and 6½ furlongs 0 locks
Little Heath First Pipe Bridge 1 mile and 7 furlongs 0 locks
Foleshill Second Pipe Bridge 2 miles and ¼ furlongs 0 locks
Foleshill First Pipe Bridge 2 miles and ¾ furlongs 0 locks
Old Church Road Bridge No 7 2 miles and ¾ furlongs 0 locks
Foleshill Winding Hole 2 miles and 2 furlongs 0 locks
Spring Road Canal Bridge No 6A 2 miles and 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Navigation Bridge No 6 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs 0 locks
Stoke Heath Pipe Bridge 3 miles and ½ furlongs 0 locks
Heath Crescent Tunnel No 5B (North end) 3 miles and 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Heath Crescent Tunnel No 5B (South end) 3 miles and 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Red Lane Old Bridge No 5 3 miles and 2½ furlongs 0 locks
Red Lane New Bridge No 5A 3 miles and 3 furlongs 0 locks
Stoke Heath Basin 3 miles and 4 furlongs 0 locks
Priestley's Bridge No 4 3 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
William Henry Bridge No 3 4 miles and 3½ furlongs 0 locks
Cash's Hundred Houses 4 miles and 5 furlongs 0 locks
Cash's Lane Bridge No 2 4 miles and 5½ furlongs 0 locks
Cash's Lane Pipe Bridge 4 miles and 5¾ furlongs 0 locks
Electric Wharf Footbridge 5 miles and 1 furlong 0 locks
Pipe Bridge by Electric Wharf 5 miles and 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
Leicester Row Bridge No 1
Bridge only open to foot traffic
5 miles and 3½ furlongs 0 locks
Coventry Basin
Canal Terminus
5 miles and 4 furlongs 0 locks