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Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Locks.jpg
A stretch of the canal in Stratford
Specifications
Maximum boat length 70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
Maximum boat beam 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Locks 56
Status Navigable
Navigation authority Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Company
Principal engineer William Clowes
Date of act 1793
Date of first use 1800
Date completed 1816
Date closed 1939
Date restored 1964
Geography
Start point Kings Norton
End point Stratford
Connects to Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Grand Union Canal, River Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Kings Norton Junction
1 King's Norton Stop Lock (open)
Lifford Bridge, Tunnel Lane
Brandwood Tunnel (322m)
3 A435 Alcester Road South
8 Shirley draw bridge
9a Birmingham to Stratford Line
Earlswood Lakes and feeder
20a M42 Bridge
Hockley Heath wharf
25 A3400 Stratford Road bridge
2-19 Lapworth Locks (18)
Kingswood Junction
20 Lapworth Locks
21 Lapworth Locks
Kingswood Jn., Grand Union Canal
22-26 Lapworth Locks (5)
39a M40 Bridge
27 Lapworth Bottom Lock
28-33 Locks (6)
Yarningale Aqueduct
34-35 Locks (2)
36-38 Preston Bagot Locks (3)
47a A4189 Warwick Road bridge
A3400 Wootton Wawen Aqueduct
39 Bearley Lock
Edstone Aqueduct (145m)
40-50 Wilmcote Locks (11)
62a A46 Chaly Beate Bridge
51 Bishopton Lock
64a Railway bridges

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