Coventry
canal:(Adjacent
canals can be viewed with
the above links)
The Coventry canal links the Trent & Mersey southwards to Coventry, but perhaps more importantly to Hawkesbury Junction where the North Oxford heads of south to Rugby and then on down to Braunston. This forms part of an important north\ south link and was built as part of 'Brindley's Great Cross' (it was part of the original canal route south to the Thames). Although there are the less pleasant parts, around the outskirts of Tamworth and Nuneaton, these are quickly passed by. Much of the rest of the canal, from Fradley south to Hawkesbury, is largely reed banked, attractive, and is becoming one of my favourite contour canals.
The Coventry canal links the Trent & Mersey southwards to Coventry, but perhaps more importantly to Hawkesbury Junction where the North Oxford heads of south to Rugby and then on down to Braunston. This forms part of an important north\ south link and was built as part of 'Brindley's Great Cross' (it was part of the original canal route south to the Thames). Although there are the less pleasant parts, around the outskirts of Tamworth and Nuneaton, these are quickly passed by. Much of the rest of the canal, from Fradley south to Hawkesbury, is largely reed banked, attractive, and is becoming one of my favourite contour canals.
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| Fradley Junction - now seems quiet & remote (apart from the Swan pub) - but in Brindley's era, this was the actual CENTRE & HUB of the canal system in England. | This derelict swing bridge just adds pleasant character to the surprising rural atmosphere of the Coventry. | Pooley Hall in the background on this stretch just northwest of Polesworth. | These ground paddles, on the largely rural Atherstone flight of locks, will soon have been in use for 100 years. |
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| Two views of the Coventry canal between Atherstone and Hartshill. | Here at Marston Junction, the rural Ashby canal heads off to the NE. | At Hawkesbury Junction, traditionally known as 'Sutton Stop', we head south on the Oxford canal heading for Braunston. | |
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