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Ashby Canal

 

The Ashby Canal is a narrow canal and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for 21 miles and 4½ furlongs from Ashby Canal Head of Navigation (which is a dead end) to Marston Junction (where it joins the Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley)).

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 not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Notable features of the waterway include: Snarestone Tunnel

 
 
Ashby Canal Head of Navigation
Just beyond bridge 61
Turnover Bridge Winding Hole
Wind here as there is no turning space at the head of navigation.		 ¼ furlongs 0 locks
Turnover Bridge No 61 1 furlong 0 locks
Varnham's Bridge No 60 2 furlongs 0 locks
Snarestone Tunnel (North end) 3¼ furlongs 0 locks
Snarestone Tunnel (South end)
Snarestone Village is over the top of the tunnel		 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Site of Midland Railway Bridge 6¾ furlongs 0 locks
Pare's Bridge No 59 7¼ furlongs 0 locks
Gopsall Wharf Bridge No 58 1 mile and 2 furlongs 0 locks
Green Lane Bridge No 57 1 mile and 3 furlongs 0 locks
Timms Bridge No 56 1 mile and 6¼ furlongs 0 locks
Hills Bridge No 54 2 miles and 3½ furlongs 0 locks
Town Bridge No 53 3 miles 0 locks
Turn Bridge No 52
Shackerstone		 3 miles and 2 furlongs 0 locks
River Sence Aqueduct 3 miles and 3 furlongs 0 locks
Bates Wharf Bridge No 51 3 miles and 6 furlongs 0 locks
Bates Bridge No 50 3 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
Terrace Bridge No 49 4 miles and 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Dakins Bridge No 48 4 miles and 2¾ furlongs 0 locks
Congerstone Bridge No 47 4 miles and 3¾ furlongs 0 locks
Fairfield Bridge No 46 5 miles 0 locks
Lliffe Bridge No 45 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs 0 locks
Carlton Bridge Aqueduct
The canal crosses Sence Brook		 5 miles and 4¾ furlongs 0 locks
Carlton Bridge Winding Hole 5 miles and 5½ furlongs 0 locks
Carlton Bridge No 44 5 miles and 6 furlongs 0 locks
Kings Bridge No 43 6 miles and 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Bosworth Wharf Winding Hole 6 miles and 4¾ furlongs 0 locks
Bosworth Wharf Bridge No 42
Market Bosworth one mile		 6 miles and 5¼ furlongs 0 locks
Jacksons Bridge No 41 6 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
Coton Bridge No 40 7 miles and 2 furlongs 0 locks
Deakins Bridge No 39 7 miles and 3 furlongs 0 locks
Fox Bridge No 38 7 miles and 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Welsboro Bridge No 37 7 miles and 6¾ furlongs 0 locks
Hooks Bridge No 36 8 miles and 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Shenton Aqueduct 8 miles and 5 furlongs 0 locks
Bosworth Battlefield Moorings
Shenton Station		 8 miles and 7 furlongs 0 locks
Bradfield's Bridge No 35 9 miles and ¾ furlongs 0 locks
Former Railway Bridge No 34A 9 miles and 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Sutton Cheney Wharf 10 miles and 2½ furlongs 0 locks
Sutton Wharf Bridge No 34
Home of the Ashby Trip Boat Company.		 10 miles and 2¾ furlongs 0 locks
Geary's Bridge No 33 10 miles and 6¾ furlongs 0 locks
Sutton Lane Bridge No 32 11 miles and ¾ furlongs 0 locks
Wooden Top Bridge No 31 11 miles and 2½ furlongs 0 locks
Dadlington Wharf Bridge No 30 11 miles and 4¾ furlongs 0 locks
Dadlington Wharf 11 miles and 5 furlongs 0 locks
Allotments Bridge No 29 11 miles and 6¼ furlongs 0 locks
Dadlington Bridge 11 miles and 7¼ furlongs 0 locks
Stoke Golding Moorings
Beside the Dadlington to Stoke Golding road		 12 miles and ½ furlongs 0 locks
Foster's Bridge No 27 12 miles and 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Willow Park Marina 12 miles and 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Foxwell's Bridge No 26 12 miles and 4¾ furlongs 0 locks
Wharf Bridge No 25 12 miles and 5¾ furlongs 0 locks
Stoke Golding Wharf
Home of the Ashby Canal Company hire boat fleet		 12 miles and 6 furlongs 0 locks
Higham Bridge No 23 13 miles and 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
Basin Bridge No 22 13 miles and 3¾ furlongs 0 locks
Basin Bridge Wharf 13 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
Higham-on-the-Hill Bridge No 21
also called Wykin Bridge. Higham-on-the-Hill village a mile to the west		 14 miles 0 locks
Frieston's Bridge No 20 14 miles and 2¾ furlongs 0 locks
Barn Lane Bridge No 19 14 miles and 6 furlongs 0 locks
Narrows at Site of Former Bridge No 18 14 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
Dodwell's Bridge No 17A 15 miles and 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Trinity Marina 15 miles and 4¼ furlongs 0 locks
Coventry Road Bridge No 17 15 miles and 5½ furlongs 0 locks
Nutts Bridge No 16 15 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
Hinckley Wharf Arm Junction 15 miles and 7¾ furlongs 0 locks
Railway Bridge No 15B 16 miles and ½ furlongs 0 locks
Former Railway Bridge No 15 16 miles and ¾ furlongs 0 locks
Sewage Works Pipe Bridge No 15A 16 miles and 2½ furlongs 0 locks
Limekiln Bridge No 15
Watling Street, Warwickshire, Leicestershire border		 16 miles and 4¼ furlongs 0 locks
Mill's Bridge No 14 16 miles and 7½ furlongs 0 locks
Mills Bridge Pipe Bridge 16 miles and 7½ furlongs 0 locks
Goodacres Bridge No 13 17 miles and 2½ furlongs 0 locks
Colley's Bridge No 12 17 miles and 5¾ furlongs 0 locks
Dratley's Bridge No 11 18 miles and ¼ furlongs 0 locks
Pearson's Bridge No 10 18 miles and 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
James Bridge No 9 18 miles and 3¼ furlongs 0 locks
Mill Bridge No 8
Burton Hastings		 18 miles and 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Bramcote Road Bridge No 6
With Pipe Bridge alongside		 19 miles and 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Bulking Road Bridge No 5 20 miles and 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
Lloyd's Bridge No 4 20 miles and 5½ furlongs 0 locks
Trent Valley Line Railway Bridge No 3a 20 miles and 5¾ furlongs 0 locks
Lloyds Farm Bridge No 3 20 miles and 7½ furlongs 0 locks
Quarry Bridge No 2 21 miles and 2 furlongs 0 locks
Orton's Bridge No 1 21 miles and 3 furlongs 0 locks
Marston Junction Stop Lock (disused) 21 miles and 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Marston Junction Bridge 21 miles and 4½ furlongs 0 locks
Marston Junction
Junction of Ashby and Coventry Canals		 21 miles and 4½ furlongs 0 locks