Bowden Hall Winding Hole is on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Market Harborough Branch) a few miles from Sheffield.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Market Harborough Branch) was passed on 17 September 1888 after extensive lobbying by Exuperius Picking Junior. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Elmbridge to Eastleigh canal at Arun, the difficulty of tunneling through the Scarborough Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bath instead. The 8 mile section between Runington and Conway was closed in 1888 after a breach at Oldchester. In his autobiography Oliver Harding writes of his experiences as a lock-keeper in the 1960s

You can wind here.
| Johnson's Bridge No 7 | 2 miles | |
| Gallows Hill Winding Hole | 1 mile, 6¼ furlongs | |
| Gallows Hill Bridge No 8 | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Gallows Hill Pipe Bridge | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Sedgley's Bridge No 9 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bowden Hall Winding Hole | ||
| Bowden Hall Pipe Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Great Bowden Hall Bridge No 10 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Saunt's Bridge No 11 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Uncle Tom's Bridge No 12 | 6 furlongs | |
| Turnover Bridge No 13 | 7 furlongs | |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Market Harborough Wharf
In the direction of Foxton Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Market Harborough Wharf
In the direction of Foxton Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Market Harborough Wharf
In the direction of Foxton Junction
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Market Harborough Wharf
In the direction of Foxton Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Foxton Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Foxton Junction
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![Canalside house near Bowden Hall bridge [no 10]. This canal opened on 13th October 1809. A civil parish boundary runs down the middle. by Christine Johnstone – 12 May 2019](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/15/98/6159850_1f4687e5_120x120.jpg)





![Grand Union Canal: Market Harborough Arm: Bowden Hall Bridge. This is Bridge Number 10 along the Market Harborough Arm from Foxton Junction, but, since the bridges, unusually, have attractive nameplates instead of the ordinary number plates, it would seem churlish not to title the caption with the name. [[3474996]] is to the right. The bridge carries Leicester Lane over the canal.The Market Harborough Arm is the stub end of the uncompleted Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal, which was planned to go to Northampton, but which only got as far as Market Harborough in 1809 before the original Grand Union Canal completed their route to bypass it.The canal makes a leisurely approach to Market Harborough round the contours and to demonstrate how much it winds there are over 1,300 metres of canal inside this 1 kilometre grid square. by Nigel Cox – 07 May 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/49/3474991_45a1eef0_120x120.jpg)














![Sedgley's Bridge [No 9], from the south-west. Once also known as Wilford Bridge. Carrying a public footpath over the Market Harborough Arm of the Grand Union Canal [Leicester section]. by Christine Johnstone – 03 September 2017](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/55/27/5552790_6a13caa4_120x120.jpg)


