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IWA Branch
Leicestershire Branch – from Welford Arm to Leicester
Northampton Branch – Norton Junction to Welford Arm
Navigation Authority
British Waterways, Witan Gate House, 500 – 600 Witan Gate, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 1BW. Tel: 01908 302500, Fax: 01908 302510
enquiries.hq@britishwaterways.co.uk
The canal from Norton Junction to Leicester is 42 miles with 41 locks.
Norton Junction to Foxton Junction
Length | Beam | Height | Draught |
72ft | 7ft | 7ft 6in | 3ft |
21.94m | 2.1m | 2.3m | 0.9m |
Boaters’ Services
Hire Boat Companies
Foxton Boat Services
Bottom Lock, Foxton, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LE16 7RA
Tel: 0116 2792285
Fax: 0116 2793847
tony@foxton-boats.freeserve.co.uk
Historical Information
By amalgamating various canal companies, the Grand Union Canal was formed to link London with the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire coalfields and Birmingham under single ownership. The Leicester Line provided a link from the Grand Junction Canal to the River Soar, which connected to the River Trent.
Foxton Locks and the site of the Foxton Inclined Plane are owned by BW. The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust leases the reconstructed lift boiler house, from which it operates the Foxton Canal Museum. Work covering visitor facilities and improving site around the Inclined Plane was recently completed at a cost of £2,000,000, partly funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.4 million. Members of the Foxton Inclined Plane Trust, with substantial help from WRG, have continued to work on site clearance, laying hedges and other amenity works, with the aim of promoting eventual full restoration of the historic inclined plane. The small museum between the locks and the site of the Plane has proved to be a vital asset in promoting its restoration and educating visitors about Foxton and canals in general.
Further Information
For books, maps, guides, videos, DVDs and gifts on this canal, click here
Websites
Grand Union Canal Main Line
Grand Union Canal - Regents Canal
Grand Union Canal Main Line – Brentford to Braunston
Grand Union Canal Main Line – Braunston to Warwick
Grand Union Canal Main Line – Warwick to Birmingham
Grand Union Canal – Paddington Arm
Local Government Links
