• Grand Union Slough Branch: Slough Basin and Wharves Lorna-Ann at the end of the Slough Arm
• Grand Union Slough Branch: Langley Schools Bridge Oil depot

• Virginia Currer Marine : Boat Brokerage based on the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
• The Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal : Supporting the regeneration of the canal

• 2nd September 1994

• My Holidays on Inland Waterways - Cruise IV : Round London. By P Bonthron. First published 1916.
• Cruising Times

Grand Union Slough Branch: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Cowley Peachey Junction	Junction with Grand Union Main Line		0.0	0	N	TQ055809	176
Fray's Aqueduct	Crossing the Frays River		.1	0	N	TQ053808	176
River Colne Aqueduct			.5	0	N	TQ044806	176
Thorney Lane Bridge	Iver half a mile north		1.0	0	N	TQ039804	176
Meekings Bridge			1.0	0	N	TQ025801	176
Hollow Hill Lane Bridge			1.1	0	N	TQ022800	176
Langley Station Bridge	Langley Station 200 yards south		1.8	0	N	TQ012799	176
Trenches Bridge			2.1	0	N	TQ005799	176
Langley Schools Bridge			2.4	0	N	TQ002799	176
Middle Green Bridge			2.6	0	N	SU997800	176
Uxbridge Road Bridge	A412		3.1	0	N	SU990803	176
Wexham Road Bridge			3.5	0	N	SU985805	176
Slough Basin and Wharves	End of canal		4.0	0	N	SU979807	176

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

Grand Union Wendover Branch

Description: At present only navigable from Bulbourne Junction to the lock at Tring Pumping Station. There is no turning point at the end and only a 50 foot turning point at new Mills.

History: Built under the Grand Junction Canal Act of 1794 but completed in 1799.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Grand Union Canal

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: South East Waterways, Brindley Suite, Willow Grange, Church Road, Watford WD17 4QA : Telephone 01923 226422 : Fax 01923 226081 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the East Midlands by Charles Hadfield , Edition: 3rd impression ISBN 0-7153-4871-X :294 pages, Published by David & Charles 1 1981 (including part of London) Order now from .

Related Photographs

• Grand Union Wendover Branch: Gammel Bridge No 2 Wendover Arm

Related External Web Sites

• The Wendover Arm Trust : Supporting the restoration of the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
• The Wendover Canal Festival : The Tring (or Wendover) Canal Festival Organised by the Wendover Arm Trust.

Grand Union Wendover Branch: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Bulbourne Junction	Junction with Grand Union Main Line		0.0	0	N	SP928138	165
Gammel Bridge No 2	New Mill Wharf and turning point for boats of up to 50 foot.		.6	0	N	SP923131	165
Tring Ford Pumping Station	End of navigation at present		1.3	0	D	SP917129	165

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Grand Union Welford Branch

Description: Runs a mile and a half from Welford to the Grand Union Leicester Section.

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Grand Union Canal

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: South East Waterways, Brindley Suite, Willow Grange, Church Road, Watford WD17 4QA : Telephone 01923 226422 : Fax 01923 226081 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the East Midlands by Charles Hadfield , Edition: 3rd impression ISBN 0-7153-4871-X :294 pages, Published by David & Charles 1 1981 (including part of London) Order now from .

Related Photographs

• Grand Union Welford Branch: Welford Basin and Wharf

Related External Web Sites

• The Welford Website : All the local information for the village at the end of the Welford Arm.

Related Cruising Logs

• 19th July 1996

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 72 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Grand Union Welford Branch: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Welford Junction	Junction with Grand Union Leicester Section		0.0	0	N	SP627825	140
Bosworth Mill Bridge No 1			.3	0	N	SP630824	140
Gilberts Bridge No 2			.8	0	N	SP635817	140
Welford Lock No 1	Bridge No 3		1.3	1	N	SP639812	140
Welford Basin and Wharf	End of navigation.		1.6	1	N	SP643809	140

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Warwick & Birmingham Canal

Description: Runs from the Digbeth Branch of the BCN, 22 miles to Saltisford in Warwick. Now part of the Grand Union Canal.

History: Authorised by an Acts of 6 March 1793 & 1796. Completed throughout on 19 March 1800.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Grand Union Canal

Related Books

• The Canals of the East Midlands by Charles Hadfield , Edition: 3rd impression ISBN 0-7153-4871-X :294 pages, Published by David & Charles 1 1981 (including part of London) Order now from .

• The Warwick Canals by Alan H Faulkner , ISBN 0-901461-39-3 :80 pages, Published by Railway and Canal Historical Society 1985 Canal history. 80pp paperback. Order now from .

Other Related Pages

• My Holidays on Inland Waterways - Cruise III : Birmingham to Chertsey. By P Bonthron. First published 1916.

Warwick & Napton Canal

Description: Built from Saltisford, Warwick, where it joined the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, to Napton where it joined the Oxford Canal. Now part of the Grand Union Canal.

History: Authorised by an Act of 28 March 1794 as the Warwick & Braunston Canal. The line was later changed to join the Oxford Canal at Napton, authorised by an Act of 14 May 1796. Formally opened on 19 December 1799 but actually open for trade on 19 March 1800.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Grand Union Canal

Related Books

• The Canals of the East Midlands by Charles Hadfield , Edition: 3rd impression ISBN 0-7153-4871-X :294 pages, Published by David & Charles 1 1981 (including part of London) Order now from .

• The Warwick Canals by Alan H Faulkner , ISBN 0-901461-39-3 :80 pages, Published by Railway and Canal Historical Society 1985 Canal history. 80pp paperback. Order now from .

Other Related Pages

• My Holidays on Inland Waterways - Cruise III : Birmingham to Chertsey. By P Bonthron. First published 1916.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.