Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section - Main Line)
The Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section - Main Line) is a broad canal and is part of the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section).
It runs for 21 miles and 3¼ furlongs through 26 locks from Budbrooke Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section - Saltisford Arm) and the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Napton Canal)) to Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 12 feet and 10 inches wide. The maximum headroom is 7 feet and 11 inches. The maximum draught is 6 feet and 1 inch.
It has a junction with the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Kingswood Branch) at Kingswood Junction.
Notable features of the waterway include Knowle Locks, Shrewley Tunnel and Hatton Locks
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 87M - Warwickshire Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 50M - Grand Union Canal (All) Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 51M - Grand Union Canal (North) Map (Downloadable)
- Warwickshire Ring & Ashby Canal
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Budbrooke Junction Junction of Saltisford Arm and Grand Union Main Line |
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| Warwick Bypass Bridge No 51B | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hatton Bottom Lock No 26 | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Old Budbrooke Road Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Hatton Lock No 27 | 3¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Hatton Lock No 28 | 4¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 29 | 6 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 30 | 7¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 31 | 1 mile and 1 furlong | 5 locks | |
| Ugly Bridge No 52 | 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 32 | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 33 | 1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 34 | 1 mile and 3¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 35 | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Hatton Middle Lock Bridge No 53 | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 36 | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Site of Asylum Wharf Disused |
1 mile and 5 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 37 | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 38 | 1 mile and 6¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 39 | 1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 40 | 1 mile and 7 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 41 | 1 mile and 7½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 42 | 2 miles | 16 locks | |
| Hatton Yard | 2 miles | 17 locks | |
| Hatton Yard Turnover Bridge No 54 | 2 miles and ¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 43 | 2 miles and ½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Hatton Locks Drydock | 2 miles and ½ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| The Hatton Arms PH 300yds walk northwest from Bridge 54 |
2 miles and ¾ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 44 | 2 miles and 1 furlong | 18 locks | |
| Hatton Lock No 45 | 2 miles and 1½ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Hatton Locks CafĂ© | 2 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 20 locks | |
| Hatton Top Lock No 46 | 2 miles and 2 furlongs | 20 locks | |
| Hatton Top Lock Visitor Moorings | 2 miles and 3 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| St Johns Bridge No 55 | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Site of John's Wharf | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Hatton Winding Hole | 2 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Hatton Station Bridge No 56 | 3 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Mid-Warwickshire Yacht Club | 3 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Gallows Bridge No 57 | 3 miles and 4 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Ball's Bridge No 58 | 3 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Shrewley Tunnel (southeastern entrance) | 3 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Shrewley Tunnel (northwestern entrance) | 4 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Shrewley Tythe Barn Bridge No 59 | 4 miles and 2½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Castle Meadow Bridge No 60 | 4 miles and 4 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| White Bridge No 61 | 5 miles | 21 locks | |
| Foxbrook Aqueduct No 6 Seems to be a popular mooring with lovely views. |
5 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Rowington Hill Bridge No 62 | 5 miles and 5½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Rowington Wharf | 6 miles and 4 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Tom O' The Wood PH Adjacent to Turners Green Bridge No 63 -100 yds east, down Finwood Road. |
6 miles and 4 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Turners Green Bridge No 63 | 6 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Weston Hall Bridge No 64 | 7 miles | 21 locks | |
| Kingswood Junction Junction of Grand Union and Stratford upon Avon Canals |
7 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Kingswood Bridge No 65 | 7 miles and 4 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| The Navigation Inn (Lapworth) Pub Closed - 2025 |
7 miles and 4 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Rising Lane Bridge No 66 | 8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Rising Lane Pipe Bridge | 8 miles and 4½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Turnover Bridge No 67 | 9 miles and ¾ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Baker's Lane Bridge No 68 | 9 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Black Boy Bridge No 69 | 9 miles and 7 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| The Black Boy PH | 9 miles and 7 furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Heronfield Bridge Winding Hole | 10 miles and 1 furlong | 21 locks | |
| The Kings Arms PH | 10 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Heronfield Bridge No 70 | 10 miles and 1½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Knowle Bottom Lock | 10 miles and 5½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Knowle Bottom Lock No 47 Knowle Flight Lock No 1 |
10 miles and 5½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Knowle Lock No 48 Knowle Flight Lock No 2 |
10 miles and 6 furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Knowle Lock No 49 Knowle Flight Lock No 3 |
10 miles and 6½ furlongs | 23 locks | |
| Knowle Lock No 50 Knowle Flight Lock No 4 |
10 miles and 7 furlongs | 24 locks | |
| Knowle Top Lock No 51 Knowle Flight Lock No 5 |
10 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 25 locks | |
| Knowle Hall Wharf | 11 miles | 26 locks | |
| Kenilworth Road Bridge No 71 Knowle a quarter of a mile west. Tea shop nearby (see gazetteer) |
11 miles and ¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Winding Hole near Kixley Bridge Reported as too silted up for a 65 footer by Al Wright, Summer 2004 |
11 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Kixley Bridge No 72 Kixley Wharf. Knowle a quarter of a mile south |
11 miles and 3 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Kixley Footbridge No 72A | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Waterfield Bridge No 73 | 11 miles and 6½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Castle Bridge No 74 | 12 miles and ¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Copt Heath Bridge No 75 Copt Heath village half a mile south |
12 miles and 3½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Jacobean Lane Bridge | 12 miles and 6 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Copt Heath M42 Bridge | 12 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Barston Lane Bridge No 76 Copt Heath |
12 miles and 6½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| River Blythe Aqueduct No 5 | 13 miles | 26 locks | |
| River Blythe Aqueduct No 4 (Henwood Mill) | 13 miles and ¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Henwood Mill Winding Hole | 13 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Henwood Bridge No 77 | 13 miles and 2 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| The Woodlands Pipe Bridge | 13 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Catherine de Barnes Bridge No 78 | 13 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Damson Parkway Bridge No 78A | 14 miles and 7½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Elmdon Heath Pipe Bridge | 15 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Damson Lane Bridge No 78B Elmdon Heath |
15 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Iron Bridge No 79 | 15 miles and 4½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Rowood Bridge No 80 Solihull |
15 miles and 6 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Lode Lane Bridge No 81 | 16 miles and ½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| New Dove House Lane Bridge | 16 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Dove House Lane Bridge No 82 Ulverley Green |
16 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Castle Lane Bridge No 83 | 16 miles and 6½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Richmond Road Bridge No 84 Olton Station 200 yards to the south |
17 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Lincoln Road Bridge No 85 Olton |
17 miles and 5 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Woodcock Lane Pipe Bridge | 17 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Woodcock Lane Bridge No 86 | 17 miles and 7½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Stockfield Corner | 18 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Yardley Bridge No 86A | 18 miles and 5 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Stockfield Pipe Bridge | 18 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Stockfield Road Bridge No 87 | 18 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Tyseley Wharf | 19 miles and ½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Kings Road Footbridge No 88A | 19 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Redfern Road Bridge No 88 Footbridge on one side of bridge |
19 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Redfern Winding Hole | 19 miles and 4 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Millpond Bridge No 88B | 19 miles and 5½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Tyseley Underbridge No 88C | 19 miles and 6 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Hay Mills Mill Stream Aqueduct | 19 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| River Cole Aqueduct (Hay Mills) | 19 miles and 7½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Tyseley Pipe Bridge | 20 miles and ¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Ackers Trust Basin Entrance Towpath Bridge No 88D |
20 miles and ½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Tyseley Railway Bridges No 88E | 20 miles and 1 furlong | 26 locks | |
| Tyseley Road Bridges No 88F | 20 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| BSA Basin Towpath Bridge No 88G Infilled |
20 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Golden Hillock Bridge No 89 Small Heath |
20 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Anderton Road Bridge No 90 | 20 miles and 6 furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Small Heath Corporation Wharf Basin Partly Infilled |
20 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Jenkins Street Bridge No 91 | 21 miles and 1½ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Camp Hill Top Lock Winding Hole Services no longer available |
21 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 26 locks |
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club — associated with Mid-Warwickshire Yacht Club
- Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club Located on an enviable position on the Grand Union Canal, north of bridge 57 on the eight mile pound between Hatton and Knowle.Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club Located on an enviable position on the Grand Union Canal, north of bridge 57 on the eight mile pound between Hatton and Knowle.
- The King's Arms Pub & Restaurant in Knowle, West Midlands — associated with The Kings Arms PH
- Hatton Arms Pub — associated with The Hatton Arms PH
- Public House
- The Black Boy canalside pub serving fantastic food Warwick Road, Knowle — associated with The Black Boy PH
- Tom O' The Wood Country Pub & Restaurant, Rowington — associated with Tom O' The Wood PH
- Public House
Wikipedia has a page about Grand Union Canal
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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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