Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Norton to Gayton)
The Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Norton to Gayton) is a broad canal and is part of the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line).
It runs for 12 miles and 3¼ furlongs through 7 locks from Norton Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Old Grand Union) and the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Braunston to Norton)) to Gayton Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Northampton Branch) and the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
Notable features of the waterway include Buckby Locks
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 51M - Grand Union Canal (North) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 1 - Grand Union, Oxford & the South East
- Pearsons Canal Companion: South Midlands and Warwickshire Ring & Ashby and Connecting Canals
- Pearson's Canal Companions: Oxford & Grand Union; Upper Thames
- Pearson's Canal Companion: East Midlands
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Norton Junction Junction of Grand Union Leicester Section with Main Line |
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| Norton Wharf | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Norton Visitor Moorings 48 hour visitor moorings |
¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Norton Sanitary Station | 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Buckby Top Lock No 7 The New Inn is sited alongside the lock |
1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Watling Street Bridge No 11 | 1¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Long Buckby Visitor Moorings 48 hour moorings |
2¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Buckby Bridge No 12 | 3 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Anchor Cottage Gift Shop Canalia, ice-cream etc. |
4¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Buckby Lock No 8 | 4½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Long Buckby Bridge No 13 | 5½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Milepost - Braunston 5 Miles | 5¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Buckby Lock No 9 | 6¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Buckby Railway Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Buckby Lock No 10 | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Buckby Lock No 11 | 1 mile and 2 furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Buckby Lock No 12 Whilton Top Lock |
1 mile and 3 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Whilton Locks Bridge No 15 | 1 mile and 3¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Buckby Bottom Lock No 13 | 1 mile and 3¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Whilton Marina 48 hours mooring on the towpath side |
1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Buckby Field Bridge No 16 | 1 mile and 7 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Muscot Mill Bridge No 18 Moor here for Heart of the Shires shopping village |
2 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Brockhall Bridge No 19 | 2 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Site of Bridge No 20 (Brockhall) | 2 miles and 7½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Milepost - Braunston 7 Miles | 3 miles | 7 locks | |
| Brockhall Road Bridge No 21 | 3 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Bedazzled LED Lighting Boat | 3 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Watling Street Bridge No 22 | 3 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Dodford Road Bridge No 23 | 3 miles and 7½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Daventry Development Link Road Bridge No 23A | 4 miles and 2½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Weedon Visitor Moorings 14 day moorings |
4 miles and 5 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Heart of England PH | 4 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Weedon Station Bridge No 24 | 4 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Milepost - Braunston 9 Miles | 4 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Weedon Boatyard | 4 miles and 7 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Site of Junction leading to Weedon Garrison | 4 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Station Aqueduct | 4 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| River Nene Aqueduct | 5 miles and ½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Weedon Bec Visitor Moorings | 5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Church Street Aqueduct The rubbish-bins are at the bottom of the steps |
5 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Weedon Wharf | 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Weedon Wharf Bridge No 25 | 5 miles and 3½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Stowe Hill Water Point | 5 miles and 5 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Stowe Hill Bridge No 26 Milepost 10 |
5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| The Narrow Boat PH (Stowe Hill) | 5 miles and 6 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Rugby Boat Sales | 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Stowe Hill Marina Service Wharf | 5 miles and 6½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Stowe Hill Marina | 5 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Old Granary Wharf | 5 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Flore Lane Bridge No 27 | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Standingham Bridge No 28 | 6 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| High House Wharf Winding Hole | 6 miles and 2½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| High House Wharf Mooring Basin | 6 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| High House Wharf | 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Spiderworx Boat Painting And Signwriting | 6 miles and 3½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| High House Bridge No 29 | 6 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Site of Bridge No 30 | 6 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Milepost - Braunston 11 Miles | 6 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Chapmans Close | 6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Site of Bridge No 31 | 6 miles and 7 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Bridge 32 Supplies | 7 miles and 3½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Heyford Wharf Bridge No 32 Nether Heyford village half a mile northeast. Many moored boats in this area |
7 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Heyford Winding Hole | 7 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Faulkners Bridge No 33 | 7 miles and 6½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Lovers Lane Bridge No 34 | 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Heyford Fields Marina | 8 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Elliots Bridge No 35 | 8 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Milepost - Braunston 13 Miles | 8 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Bugbrooke Bridge No 36 Bugbrooke village half a mile east |
8 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| The Wharf PH Currently closed (May 2025) |
8 miles and 7 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Bugbrooke Winding Hole | 8 miles and 7½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Bugbrooke Marina | 8 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Bugbrooke Valley Aqueduct | 9 miles and ¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Bugbooke Valley Cattle Creep The odd thing about these aqueducts is on the North side the Stream has the old looking brickwork and the cattle creep has the newer looking dark grey brickwork. On the Southside this is reversed |
9 miles and 1 furlong | 7 locks | |
| Rudkins Bridge No 38 | 9 miles and 2½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Downs Lane Bridge No 40 Downs Lane Bridge |
9 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Milepost - Braunston 14 Miles | 9 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Tatchbrook Road Bridge No 41 | 9 miles and 7 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Evans Bridge No 42 | 10 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Banbury Lane Bridge No 43 | 10 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Milepost - Braunston 15 Miles | 10 miles and 7 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| New Banbury Lane Bridge No 43A | 10 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Easts Bridge No 44 | 11 miles and 1 furlong | 7 locks | |
| Wright's Lane Bridge No 45 | 11 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Nightingales Bridge No 46 | 11 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Milepost - Braunston 16 Miles | 11 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Turnover Bridge No 47 | 12 miles and 1½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Gayton Visitor Moorings | 12 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Gayton Junction Junction with Grand Union Northampton Branch |
12 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 7 locks |
- 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.
- Narrow Boat at Weedon — associated with The Narrow Boat PH (Stowe Hill)
- Willows Marina | Grand Union Canal | Home — associated with High House Wharf Mooring Basin
- Willows Marina is a private and secure 24 berth marina set in a peaceful setting on the Grand Union Canal. It is located between the villages of Weedon and Nether Heyford and within easy reach of pubs, shops and other local amenities
- Heart of England, Weedon — associated with Heart of England PH
- Stowe Hill Marina; A small quiet marina providing mooring for narrow boats on the Grand Union Canal. — associated with Stowe Hill Marina
- Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot — associated with Site of Junction leading to Weedon Garrison
- Whilton Marina — associated with Whilton Marina
- Whilton and Venetian Marina are two of the most successful one-stop shops on the canal network. Buying, Selling and caring for boats since 1971
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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