Foxton Locks
Junction of Grand Union Market Harborough Branch with Leicester Section
Foxton Locks is a flight on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal) between Foxton Junction and Inclined Plane Upper Access Arm Junction
It has a rise of 75 feet.
It also contains the following places:
Foxton Junction  | ||
| Foxton Bottom Staircase | a few yards | |
| Foxton Top Staircase | ¾ furlongs | |
Inclined Plane Upper Access Arm Junction  | ||
| Gumley Road Bridge No 60 | a few yards | |
| Fixed Weir 9, Leicester Summit Weir | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Bungalow Bridge No 59 | 3¾ furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
Wikipedia has a page about Foxton Locks
Foxton Locks (grid reference SP691895) are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 3 miles west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough. They are named after the nearby village of Foxton.
They form the northern terminus of a 20-mile summit level that passes Husbands Bosworth, Crick and ends with the Watford flight
Alongside the locks is the site of the Foxton Inclined Plane, built in 1900 to resolve the operational restrictions imposed by the lock flight. It was not a commercial success and only remained in full-time operation for ten years. It was dismantled in 1926, but a project to re-create it commenced in the 2000s, since the locks remain a bottleneck for boat traffic.
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[Market Harborough]
Three miles north west of the town is Foxton Locks – ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, on the Leicester line of the Grand
[Gongoozler]
Strépy-Thieu boat lift. Staircase locks, which can hold many boats at once, are very popular amongst gongoozlers, making Foxton Locks on the Leicester Line of
[Foxton Inclined Plane]
the locks. The Foxton Canal Museum is located in the former boiler house for the plane's steam engine. The museum covers the history of the locks and
[Grand Union Canal]
the River Soar and the locks and bridges are wide. Another Act of 1931 authorised the widening of the locks at Watford and Foxton, but with Government grants
[Grand Union Canal (old)]
Canal, at Foxton, the new canal immediately climbed through the ten Foxton Locks, to its 20.5-mile (33.0 km) summit level. By late 1812, the Foxton flight
[Foxton Inclined Plane Trust]
for the full restoration of the boat lift, and it is a partner in the Foxton Locks Partnership, composed of British Waterways, the Inland Waterways Association
[Foxton, Leicestershire]
on the Grand Union Canal and is a short walk to the site of the Foxton Locks and Foxton Inclined Plane. Swingbridge Street still has a working swing bridge
[Lock (water navigation)]
than 3000 metric tons. Examples of "apparent" staircases are Foxton Locks and Watford Locks on the Leicester Branch of the Grand Union. Operation of a staircase
[Foxton]
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