Locks: Grand Union Canal North 24 - 46

Grand Union Main Line Northern section, locks 24 - 46: Warwick to Knowle

The Grand Union Canal Main Line runs for 137 miles through 166 locks from Brentford on the River Thames to Salford Junction in the north east of Birmingham. All the locks are double width locks except the final 11 locks in Birmingham. The locks on the Knowle flight are the first double width locks heading south from Birmingham.


The Grand Union Canal was formed in 1929 from many separate canal systems. The Main Line itself was formed from the following four canals:

- Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal (Salford to Bordesley)
- Warwick & Birmingham Canal (Bordesely to Warwick)
- Warwick & Napton Canal (Warwick to Napton)
- Grand Junction Canal (Brentford to Braunston)

There is a five mile section from Braunston to Napton which is actually the Oxford canal. This section was never bought by the Grand Union Canal Company.

Locks 24 & 25 Cape locks (14' 4")
Lock 24 Cape Bottom lock
Lock 25 Cape Top lock
 Locks 26 - 46 Hatton flight (146' 6")


Lock 26 Hatton Bottom lock

Lock 26 Hatton Bottom lock

Lock 27

Lock 27

Lock 28

Lock 28

Lock 29

Lock 29

Lock 30

Lock 30

Lock 31

Lock 31

Lock 32

Lock 32

Lock 33

Lock 33

Lock 34

Lock 34

Lock 35

Lock 36

Lock 36

Lock 37

Lock 37

Lock 38

Lock 39

Lock 39

Lock 40

Lock 40

Lock 41

Lock 41

Lock 42

Lock 43

Lock 44

Lock 45

Lock 46 Hatton Top lock

No comments:

Post a Comment