Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Aylesbury Arm)
The Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Aylesbury Arm) is a narrow canal and is part of the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal).
It runs for 6 miles and ¾ furlongs through 16 locks from Marsworth Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford)) to Aylesbury Basin Visitor Moorings (which is a dead end).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is 7 feet and 8 inches. The maximum draught is 4 feet and 3 inches.
Notable features of the waterway include Marsworth Narrow Locks
The waterway passes through Aylesbury
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 50M - Grand Union Canal (All) Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 52M - Grand Union Canal (South) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 1 - Grand Union, Oxford & the South East
- Pearson's Canal Companions: Oxford & Grand Union; Upper Thames
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Marsworth Junction Junction of Grand Union Aylesbury Arm with Main Line |
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| Marsworth Narrow Locks (Staircase Lock Nos 1 and 2) | ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Watery Lane Bridge No 1 | ¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Marsworth Lock No 3 | 1¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Black Jack's Lock No 4 | 2 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Marsworth Lock No 5 | 3¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Dixons Gap Lock No 6 | 4½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Wingrave Road Bridge No 2 with accompanying pipe bridge |
4½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Aylesbury Arm Lock No 7 | 5¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Jefferies Lock No 8 Wilstone village to south |
6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Tring Road Bridge No 3 | 6¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Tring Bridge No 4 | 7½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Wilstone Visitor Moorings | 1 mile | 8 locks | |
| Gudgeon Stream Aqueduct | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Gudgeon Stream Lock No 9 Bottom of Marsworth Flight |
1 mile and ½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Wilstone Lock Bridge No 5 | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Wilstone Field Bridge No 6 | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Puttenham Top Lock No 10 | 1 mile and 5 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Puttenham Bottom Lock No 11 | 1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Puttenham Bridge No 7 | 1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Bates Boatyard Restoration & construction of wooden narrowboats. |
1 mile and 7 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Buckland Bridge No 8 | 2 miles and 3½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Buckland Lock No 12 | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Red House Lock No 13 | 2 miles and 7 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| College Road Bridge No 9 with accompanying pipe bridge |
2 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| College Road Winding Hole | 3 miles and ¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Aston Clinton Field Bridge No 10 | 3 miles and 2 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Aston Clinton Field Bridge No 11 | 3 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Aston Clinton Field Bridge No 12 | 3 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Aston Clinton Field Bridge No 13 | 4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Aston Clinton Field Bridge No 14 | 4 miles and 4 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Broughton Lock No 14 BW key needed to operate |
4 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Broughton Road Bridge No 15 | 4 miles and 6 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Broughton Field Bridge No 16 with accompanying pipe bridges |
4 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Aylesbury Circus Field Basin | 5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Oakfield Bridge No 16A Part of the Aylesbury Ring Road |
5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Bear Brook Aqueduct | 5 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Osier Bed Lock No 15 BW key needed to operate |
5 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Park Street Supermarket Visitor Moorings | 5 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Hills & Partridges Lock No 16 | 5 miles and 6 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Park Street Bridge No 17 | 5 miles and 6 furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Walton Bridge No 18 | 5 miles and 7 furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Highbridge Road Footbridge No 19 | 5 miles and 7½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Aylesbury Basin Mooring basin and Wharves<BR>48 hour pontoon moorings / 7 day moorings |
6 miles and ½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Aylesbury Basin Visitor Moorings | 6 miles and ¾ furlongs | 16 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.
- Aylesbury Canal Society — associated with Aylesbury Circus Field Basin
- Bates Boatyard Wooden Narrowboat Restoration, Traditional Sideslip and Dry Dock — associated with Bates Boatyard
- Bates Boatyard & Drydock
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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