This article is about the modern canal. For the original Grand Union Canal that forms part of this canal, see Grand Union Canal (old).
Geographic map of the entire Grand Union canal system (zoom in to see detail)
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Birmingham, Warwick Bar
Salford Junction
Birmingham & Warwick Jct branch
Digbeth branch
Bordesley Junction
Oxford Canal
Napton Junction
Oxford Canal
Braunston Junction
Old Grand Union Canal
Norton Junction (Leicester Line)
River Nene
Gayton Junction
Northampton Arm
Buckingham Arm
Cosgrove Junction
Buckingham Basin
Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway?
Aylesbury Basin
Aylesbury Arm
Marsworth Junction
Wendover Arm
Bulbourne Junction
Wendover Basin
Slough Basin
Slough Arm
Cowley Peachey Junction
Bull's Bridge Junction
Brentford Arm/
Paddington Arm
south end of canal
The Regent's Canal
Paddington Basin
Syon Park
The Tideway (Thames) at Brentford
? - proposed
The canal at BraunstonThe Grand Union Canal passing Trellick Tower at Westbourne Park, LondonThe Grand Union Canal near Westbourne Park, London
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another ends in Birmingham, with the latter stretching for 137 miles (220 km) with 166 locks from London.[1] The Birmingham line has a number of short branches to places including Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover, and Northampton. The Leicester line has two short arms of its own, to Market Harborough and Welford.
It has links with other canals and navigable waterways, including the River Thames, the Regent's Canal, the River Nene and River Soar, the Oxford Canal, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, the Digbeth Branch Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.
The canal south of Braunston to the River Thames at Brentford in London is the original Grand Junction Canal. At Braunston the latter met the Oxford Canal linking back to the Thames to the south and to Coventry to the north via the Coventry Canal. "Grand Union Canal" is also the original name for what is now the Leicester line of the modern Grand Union, running from short east of Braunston to Leicester, and which is now sometimes referred to as the Old Grand Union Canal to avoid ambiguity.
^"The Grand Union Canal Holiday Cruising Guide and Map". www.canaljunction.com.
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main canal artery of trade between the Midlands and London, via its connection to the Thames, until the GrandUnionCanal (then called the Grand Junction...
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Regents Canal Company in 1857, and became part of the GrandUnionCanal in 1927. Like its 1766 predecessor, the Limehouse Cut, the Hertford UnionCanal was...
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"completely" artificial canals (e.g. Rochdale Canal). Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway: Connection from GrandUnionCanal at Milton Keynes to the River...
England, around the junction of the Paddington Arm of the GrandUnionCanal, the Regent's Canal, and the entrance to Paddington Basin. The junction, also...
on the GrandUnionCanal near Daventry, in the county of Northamptonshire, England. They are also referred to as Buckby Lock Flight. The Grand Junction...
river then flows north through Leicester, where it is joined by the GrandUnionCanal. Continuing on through the Leicestershire Soar Valley, it passes Loughborough...
modernisation carried out on the GrandUnionCanal in the 1930s. Thus, almost uniquely in Europe, many of the UK's canals remain as they have been since...
Manchester Ship Canal, the Bridgewater Canal, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the River Trent and the GrandUnionCanal. The much...
the 1810s at the convergence of the Paddington Arm of the GrandUnionCanal, the Regent's Canal and the Paddington Basin. It is an important focal point...
the banks of the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and...
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of canals forming a circuit around the West Midlands area of England. The ring is formed from the Coventry Canal, the Oxford Canal, the GrandUnion Canal...
with these long-distance footpaths: GrandUnionCanal Walk, Hereward Way, Macmillan Ways, Midshires Way, Oxford Canal Walk. The ancient trackway on which...
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