Foxbrook Aqueduct No 6
Foxbrook Aqueduct No 6 carries the M3 motorway over the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section - Main Line) near to Canterbury Aqueduct.
Early plans for the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section - Main Line) between Eastley and Wirral were proposed by John Rennie but languished until John Smeaton was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. In 1905 the Ambersbury and Trafford Canal built a branch to join at Teignbridge. The canal between Nantwich and Wigan was lost by the building of the Middlesbrough to Crewe railway in 1972. In his autobiography Barry Yates writes of his experiences as a lock-keeper in the 1960s

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a stream under the canal.
| Shrewley Tunnel (southeastern entrance) | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Shrewley Tunnel (northwestern entrance) | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Shrewley Tythe Barn Bridge No 59 | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Castle Meadow Bridge No 60 | 7¾ furlongs | |
| White Bridge No 61 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Foxbrook Aqueduct No 6 | ||
| Rowington Hill Bridge No 62 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Rowington Wharf | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Tom O' The Wood PH | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Turners Green Bridge No 63 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Weston Hall Bridge No 64 | 1 mile, 4 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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![Old roses at Foxbrook Cottage. Old houses may have old gardens, and old gardens may have old varieties of plants. The lichen-encrusted lower stems suggest that these roses have been here for some time. Being part of a roadside garden boundary hedge allows public enjoyment. They look to be the Rosa rugosa x Rosa polyantha hybrids first introduced by the FJ Grootendorst nursery of Boskoop, Holland in 1918. For a closer look, see [[2492483]] and [[2492498]]This information comes from the authoritative and highly readable 'Roses' by Jack Harkness, 1978. by Robin Stott – 20 June 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/49/24/2492457_b9e38eab_120x120.jpg)
!['Pink Grootendorst' rose at Foxbrook Cottage. Old houses may have old gardens, and old gardens may have old varieties of plants. The lichen-encrusted lower stems suggest that these roses have been here for some time [[2492457]]. They look to be the Rosa rugosa x Rosa polyantha hybrids first introduced by the FJ Grootendorst nursery of Boskoop, Holland in 1918. 'Pink Grootendorst' was introduced in 1923.Rugosa means wrinkled and refers to the leaves. This group of roses has fimbriated petals, that is, frilled or serrated.](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/49/24/2492498_14d1b6c5_120x120.jpg)
!['Grootendorst Supreme' rose at Foxbrook Cottage. Old houses may have old gardens, and old gardens may have old varieties of plants. The lichen-encrusted lower stems suggest that these roses have been here for some time [[2492457]]. They look to be the Rosa rugosa x Rosa polyantha hybrids first introduced by the FJ Grootendorst nursery of Boskoop, Holland in 1918. 'Grootendorst Supreme' was introduced in 1936 (my identification is not infallible).Rugosa means wrinkled and refers to the leaves, clearly seen top left. This group of roses has fimbriated petals, that is, frilled or serrated.](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/49/24/2492483_a8bcfe23_120x120.jpg)



![Rowington canal embankment. Looking along the Grand Union Canal south east of Rowington.The canal is raised up on a large earth embankment for a distance of some 600 metres just south east of bridge No. 62. There is a similarly large cutting to the north west of the bridge, and one imagines the spoil being taken out of the cutting and used to build the embankment; all by hand of course.Compare with [[[2493651]]] taken in June 2011. by David P Howard – 03 April 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/39/75/3397545_c09e445e_120x120.jpg)











