
Braunston Lock No 5 | 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs | |
Braunston Top Lock Bridge No 5 | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
Braunston Top Lock No 6 | 1 mile, 3½ furlongs | |
Braunston Top Lock Visitor Moorings | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
Braunston Tunnel (western entrance) | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
Braunston Tunnel (eastern entrance) | ||
Welton Wharf Bridge No 6 | 1½ furlongs | |
Welton Wharf | 1¾ furlongs | |
Welton Junction (proposed) | 6½ furlongs | |
Thrupp Covert Bridge No 7 | 7¾ furlongs | |
Lords Bridge No 8 | 1 mile, 2 furlongs |
Amenities here
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL - a highway laid with water. — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal)
- An account of the Grand Junction Canal, 1792 - 1928, with a postscript. By Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin.
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Wikipedia has a page about Braunston Tunnel
Braunston Tunnel is on the Grand Union Canal about 830 yds (760 m) east of Braunston, Northamptonshire, England top lock. It is in the northern outskirts of Daventry, about 2 km east of the village of Braunston.
Braunston Tunnel is 2,042 yards (1,867 m) in length. Built by Jessop and Barnes, the tunnel has no towpath and is 4.8m wide by 3.76m high.
It was opened in 1796. Its construction was delayed by soil movement and it was probably the resulting movement that led to the tunnel having a slight 'S' bend. There is room for two 7 ft (2.13 m) beam boats to pass. There are three air shafts along its length.
The tunnel passes underground alongside another Grand Union Canal feature, Drayton Reservoir, from which the feeder enters the canal at the east end of the tunnel.