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

