Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal)
The Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal) is a broad canal and is part of the Grand Union Canal.
It runs for 11 miles and 4¾ furlongs through 14 locks from Derby Road Bridge (where it joins the Cromford Canal (broad gauge, navigable)) to Trent Junction (where it joins the River Trent (Western End) and the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 80 feet and 5 inches long and 13 feet and 5 inches wide. The maximum headroom is 7 feet and 4 inches. The maximum draught is 4 feet.
It has a junction with the Derby and Sandiacre Canal at Sandiacre Junction.
The waterway passes through Long Eaton
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruerne to Leicester with the River Soar and the Erewash Canal
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 50M - Grand Union Canal (All) Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 49M - Grand Union Canal (Leicester) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Derby Road Bridge | |||
| Anchor Road Winding Hole | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Eastwood Bridge No 27 | 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Tinsley Road Bridge No 26 | 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Eastwood Lock No 73 | 1 mile | 0 locks | |
| Eastwood Lock Footbridge | 1 mile | 1 lock | |
| Shipley Aqueduct | 1 mile and 2¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Shipley Lock No 72 | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Long Lane Bridge No 25 | 1 mile and 3 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Shipley Mill Bridge No 24 | 1 mile and 4½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Shipley Mill Winding Hole | 1 mile and 4½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Shipley Railway Bridge | 1 mile and 6¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Bridge Street Winding Hole | 2 miles and 2½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Bridge Street Bridge (Erewash Canal) | 2 miles and 3 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Stenson's Lock No 71 | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Stenson's Lock | 2 miles and 6 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Barker's Lock No 70 | 3 miles | 3 locks | |
| Awsworth Road Bridge | 3 miles and ¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Millership Way Bridge | 3 miles and 3 furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Ilkeston Footbridge Footpath leads across recreation ground to Rutland Street |
3 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Station Road Bridge (Ilkeston) | 3 miles and 4½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Potter's Lock No 69 | 4 miles and ¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Potter's Lock Bridge | 4 miles and ¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Winding Hole above Greens Lock | 4 miles and 3 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Greens Lock No 68 | 4 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Greens Lock Footbridge | 4 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Gallows Inn Lock No 67 | 4 miles and 7½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Nottingham Road Bridge | 4 miles and 7½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Gallows Inn Playing Field Visitor Moorings | 5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Hallam Fields Lock Winding Hole | 5 miles and 5 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Hallam Fields Lock No 66 | 5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Hallam Fields Lock Bridge With accompanying pipe! |
5 miles and 6 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Stanton Lock Aqueduct | 6 miles | 8 locks | |
| Winding Hole above Stanton Lock Site of the entrance to the disused Nutbrook Canal |
6 miles and ½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Stanton Lock No 65 | 6 miles and 1½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Stanton Lock Footbridge | 6 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Railway Bridge near Stapleford (disused) | 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| M1 Motorway Bridge | 6 miles and 4 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Stanton Gate Bridge | 6 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Pasture Lock No 64 | 6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Footbridge (Sandiacre) | 7 miles and ¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Mill Lane Footbridge | 7 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sandiacre | 7 miles and 6 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sandiacre Bridge | 7 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| A52 Road Bridge | 8 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks | |
| Sandiacre Junction Junction with the closed Derby Canal |
8 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sandiacre Lock No 63 | 8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sandiacre Lock Footbridge | 8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Dockholme Lock No 62 | 8 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Dockholme Lock Footbridge | 8 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Long Eaton Winding Hole | 9 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Long Eaton Main Road Bridge | 9 miles and 5 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Long Eaton Lock No 61 | 9 miles and 6½ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Broad Street Footbridge | 9 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Golden Brook Aqueduct | 9 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Long Eaton | 10 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| West Park Footbridge No 5 | 10 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Long Eaton Bridge A particularly nasty double bend with a bridge over it |
10 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Fields Farm Road Bridge | 10 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Sheet Stores Basin | 10 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Sheet Stores Junction Railway Bridge | 10 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Sheet Stores Junction Railway Bridge - Freight Line | 10 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Flood Lock by Railway Bridge | 10 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Lock Lane Footbridge | 11 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Former BW Trent Lock Waterway Office | 11 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Trent Lock No 60 | 11 miles and 4 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Trent Lock Footbridge | 11 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Trent Junction Footbridge | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Trent Junction Junction of River Trent, Grand Union Leicester Section and Erewash Canals |
11 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 14 locks |
- 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 Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line starts in London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles (220 km) with 166 locks. It has arms to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover and Northampton.
The Grand Union Canal was also the original name for part of what is now part of the Leicester Line of the modern Grand Union: this latter is now generally referred to as the Old Grand Union Canal to avoid ambiguity.
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