Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Grand Union Canal
Distance
215km from Salford Junction to the River Thames
Highlights
Birmingham Railway Museum, featuring Churchill and Eisenhower's Second World War
office train and the travelling post office attacked in the Great Train Robbery
Hatton lock flight, popularly known as the 'Stairway to Heaven' - the best locks on the
Grand Union Canal
Warwick Castle, England's finest medieval castle
Braunston Turn and Marina
Stoke Bruerne Waterways Museum, Britain's first canal museum
Chilton Summit Locks
Syon House and its grounds, steeped in 1,000 years of royal history
Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, the world's largest collection of living plants
Navigation Authority
Canal & River Trust
Canal Society
Braunston Canal Society
OS 1:50,000 Sheets
139 Birmingham & Wolverhampton
151 Stratford-upon-Avon
152 Northampton & Milton Keynes
165 Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard
166 Luton & Hertford
176 West London
