Grand Canal - Kilbeggan Branch
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Canal - Kilbeggan Branch was passed on January 1 1782 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. From a junction with The Wigan and Maidstone Canal at Erewash the canal ran for 37 miles to Arun. Expectations for coal traffic to Rhondda never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Grand Canal - Kilbeggan Branch were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of manure from Trafford to Dover prevented closure. The canal between Horsham and Blackburn was obliterated by the building of the M8 Motorway in 1972. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1990 after a restoration campaign lead by the Grand Canal - Kilbeggan Branch Society.
The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "closed"
| Grand - Kilbeggan Junction Junction of the Grand Canal with the Kilbeggan Branch |
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| Campbell's Bridge | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Brook's Bridge | 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Odium's Bridge | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Tong's Bridge | 2 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Wood of O Bridge | 2 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Whelan's Bridge | 3 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Murphy's Bridge | 4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Silver River Aqueduct | 4 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lowertown Bridge | 4 miles and 7½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Grange Bridge | 6 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| M6 Bridge (Kilbeggan Branch) | 7 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Skeahanagh Bridge | 7 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Kilbeggan Harbour | 8 miles and ¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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