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Saturday 20th March 2010

Places to go along the Grand Union Canal

Local attractions

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Image for Ashridge Estate

These ancient woodlands offer scenic and varied walking routes for people of all abilities. The 5000-acre Ashridge …

  • Historic structure
  • Country park
Image for Hatton Flight

This flight on the Grand Union Canal, just west of Warwick, delivers 21 locks in less than two miles and provides a …

  • Leisure attraction
Image for Lapworth and Kingswood Junction

The Lapworth Link is a short stretch of canal that links together the Grand Union and Stratford-on-Avon Canals, …

  • Leisure attraction
Image for Little Venice

Little Venice is an oasis of leafy calm, just minutes from Paddington Station. Technically, it is the point where …

  • Leisure attraction
Image for National Waterways Museum, Stoke Bruerne

The National Waterways Museum is in a restored corn mill beside the Grand Union Canal in the beautiful village of …

  • Museum

The laboratory at St Mary's Hospital is where Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in a petri dish in 1928. The …

  • Museum
Image for Blisworth Tunnel

Blisworth Tunnel is one of the longest in Britain. 3076 yards long and broad throughout - so that two narrowboats …

  • Historic structure

Originally the site of a Victorian glue factory, the warehouses lining Bow Wharf have seen massive change and …

  • Historic building
  • Leisure attraction
Canal Boats at Rest (Sheepcote Street Bridge, Birmingham). © John Twinning

Artist John Twinning has exhibited and sold his work at exhibitions throughout the country. You can see examples of …

  • Gallery
  • Leisure attraction

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