London Road Bridge (Batchworth) carries a footpath over the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) just past the junction with The Southwick Canal.
Early plans for the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) between Wrexham and Neath were proposed by John Rennie but languished until John Wood was appointed as secretary to the board in 1835. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Bracknell to Manton canal at Halton, the difficulty of tunneling under Eastleigh caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Westcorn instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Peterborough were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) was closed in 1888 when Preston Embankment collapsed. Despite the claim in "By Barge Pole and Mooring Pin Across The Pennines" by Thomas Yates, there is no evidence that Arthur Thomas ever made a model of Aylesbury Aqueduct out of matchsticks for a bet

There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| Hampton Hall Farm Moorings | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Batchworth Lock Weir Entrance | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Café @ Lock 81 | ½ furlongs | |
| Batchworth Lock No 81 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Batchworth Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
| London Road Bridge (Batchworth) | ||
| Rickmansworth Household Waste and Recycling Centre | ½ furlongs | |
| Batchworth Visitor Moorings | ¾ furlongs | |
| Batchworth Weir Exit & Towpath Bridge No 173A | 1 furlong | |
| Frogmoor Wharf | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Mill End Bridge No 174 | 2¼ furlongs | |
- 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.
- The Boatmen's Institute in Brentford — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford)
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![Grand Union Canal: Lock Number 81: Batchworth Lock. Lock Number 81 on the Grand Union Canal is the one on the right, as viewed from the London Road overbridge. The lock on the left is Salter's Cut Lock leading to a short stub of canal along the River Chess. It was built in 1805 by the brewer Samuel Salter to enable access by canal to his brewery, and was later used to allow boats to reach the Rickmansworth gasworks. Compare this image with Neil's [[460073]] taken from more or less the same location in 1977. by Nigel Cox – 23 October 2005](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/06/91/069120_6ff2da7c_120x120.jpg)




















