Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Inclined Plane Branch) – Gazetteer

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The Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Inclined Plane Branch) is a narrow canal and is part of the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section). It runs for 3 furlongs from Inclined Plane Lower Access Arm Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Market Harborough Branch)) to Inclined Plane Upper Access Arm Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - Old Grand Union)).

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: "under restoration"

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust

Canal & River Trust
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Inclined Plane Lower Access Arm Junction Used for mooring until the plane is restored
Inclined Plane Bridge No 1A	¼ furlongs	0 locks
Bottom of Inclined Plane End of navigation	½ furlongs	0 locks
Top of Inclined Plane	1 furlong	0 locks
Inclined Plane Upper Access Arm Upper Arm limit of navigation	1½ furlongs	0 locks
Inclined Plane Upper Access Arm Narrows	2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Inclined Plane Upper Access Arm Junction Foxton Top Lock Winding Hole	3 furlongs	0 locks

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Navigational Notes

External websites

Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal: An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham

Wikipedia

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.

Other Wikipedia pages that might relate to Grand Union Canal

[Grand Union Canal (old)] The Grand Union Canal was a canal in England from Foxton, Leicestershire on the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal to Norton Junction, close [List of locks on the Grand Union Canal] This is a list of locks on the Grand Union Canal and its branches. The Grand Union Canal (Main Line) runs from Salford Junction, Birmingham to Brentford [Shropshire Union Canal] The Shropshire Union Canal, nicknamed the "Shroppie", is a navigable canal in England. The Llangollen and Montgomery canals are the modern names of branches [Regent's Canal] Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards [Grand Junction Canal] In 1927 the canal was bought by the Regent's Canal Company and, since 1 January 1929, has formed the southern half of the Grand Union Main Line from [Oxford Canal] integrated with the Grand Union Canal—combined for 5 miles (8 km) close to the villages of Braunston and Napton-on-the-Hill, a canal which soon after construction [Little Venice] England, around the junction of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, the Regent's Canal, and the entrance to Paddington Basin. The junction forms [Colne Valley Regional Park] reservoirs alongside the often multi-channel River Colne and parallel Grand Union Canal, mainly in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, with parts in the London [List of canals of the United Kingdom] country's waterways via the Great Ouse. Grand Union Canal (Slough Branch): Extending Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal south to join the River Thames. Maidenhead

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