Gayton Junction - Stoke Breune - Blisworth - Wolverton Grand Union Canal Locks and Bridges.

The following series of pictures show all the locks and bridges as well as other canal features on the Grand Union Canal's trip between Gayton Junction and Wolverton.

The towpath is in very good condition both for walking and for cycling right along this stretch of the Grand Union Canal. When you reach the northern end of Blisworth Tunnel there is no towpath going through the actual tunnel - you have to go over the top - about two thirds of this is along a fairly quiet road and the last bit takes you slowly down on a wide path to the Southern side of the Tunnel.

At Stoke Breune you can expect the area to be quite busy - especially on a nice sunny spring or summer weekend when people on holiday arrive. There is a canal museum there and also a very large public house next to the canal bridge. The museum does have a car-park which at the time of our visit in May 2008 had a parking charge of ukstg 2.50 - there are also toilets available next to the museum (these are only open whilst the museum is open).

Turnover Bridge 47 Turnover Bridge no.47 The towpath as it crosses Turnover Bridge Junction Bridge 48 Junction Bridge no.48
Turnover Bridge no.47 Turnover Bridge no.47 The towpath on Turnover Bridge Junction Bridge 48 Junction Bridge 48
The A43t roadbridge over the Grand Union Canal A dismantled railway bridge at Blisworth Grand Union Canal Bridge 48b Bridge 48b Station Road Bridge 49
Roadbridge crossing the Grand Union Canal A dismantled Railway Bridge near Blisworth Bridge 48b Railway Bridge 48b Station Road Bridge 49
Candle Bridge no.50 Candle Bridge no.50 Blisworth Mill Bridge 51 Blisworth Mill Bridge 51 and an old warehouse behind it
Station Road Bridge 49 Candle Bridge 50 Candle Bridge no.50 Blisworth Mill Bridge 51 Blisworth Mill Bridge with old warehouse
Blisworth Mill Area showing the bridge in the distance approaching Blisworth Tunnel from the north The northern entrance to Blisworth Tunnel Blisworth Tunnel air vent or shaft the towpath which goes over Blisworth Tunnel
Grand Union Canal - Blisworth Mill bridge 51 in the distance View of Blisworth Tunnel approaching from the North The North Entrance to Blisworth Tunnel - Grand Union Canal One of the airshafts which ventilate Blisworth Tunnel You have to walk over the top of Blisworth Tunnel - there is no internal towpath
Southern entrance to Blisworth Tunnel Blisworth Tunnel southerly entrance shows a ring segment of the Blisworth Tunnel Old building by the Tunnel entrance Tunnel workers old hut at Blisworth Tunnel
View of Blisworth Tunnel as you walk back onto the canal-side towpath The southern entrance to Blisworth Tunnel One of the segments which was used in the Blisworth Tunnel The area around Blisworth Tunnel An old tunnel worker's hut
A drydock at Stoke Bruene Stoke Bruene Lock 14 and it's footbridge Stoke Bruene Bridge 53  Stoke Bruene Bridge no.53 Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruene Bridge 53
A single drydock next to the main lock at Stoke Bruene Footbridge and then Lock 14 at Stoke Bruene Bridge 53 - Stoke Bruene Stoke Bruene Bridge 53 Bridge 53
Lock 15 at Stoke Bruene Stoke Bruene Lock Gates (Lock 15) Bridge 53a Stoke Bruene Lock 16 Lock 16 Gates and Lockeepers house 
Lock 15 - Stoke Bruene Stoke Bruene's Lock 15 - lockgates Bridge 53a outside of Stoke Bruene Stoke Bruene Lock 16 Lockgates and Keepers Cottage - Lock 16 Stoke Bruene flight
Lock 17 at Stoke Bruene Stoke Bruene Lock 17 - Lockgates Stoke Bruene flight - Lock 18 Looking into Stoke Bruene Lock 18 View of Locks 16 17 and 18 at Stoke Bruene
Stoke Bruene Lock 16 Lock 16 - gates Stoke Bruene Lock 18 View inside Lock 18 at Stoke Bruene Looking back down the flight of locks at Stoke Bruene - locks 16 17 and 18
Bridge 54 Grand Union Canal Bridge 54 Canal slipway Stoke Bruene Lock no.19 Grand Union Canal lock gates - lock 19
GU Bridge 54 Bridge no.54 Slipway by Grand Union Canal Lock 19 Stoke Bruene Locks - no.19 The lock gates at Lock 19
Lock 20 Stoke Bruene Lower Lock no.20 A footbridge next to Grand Union Canal Lock 20 Sidearm off the grand Union Canal near Lock 20 Grand Union Canal Bridge 54b
The flight of Locks at Stoke Bruene - Lower Lock no.20 Stoke Bruene Lower Lock no.20 Footbridge by Lock 20 A sidearm leaving the Grand Union Canal near Lock 20 Canal Bridge 54b
weirs off the Grand Union Canal long brick sluices along the Grand Union Canal Canal sluices Canal Bridge 56 Grand Union Canal Bridge no.56
Canal weirs Impressive sluices on the Grand Union Canal Sluices Grand Union Canal Bridge 56 Bridge 56
Canal Bridge no.58 - Grand Union Bridge 57 Weirs at Grafton Regis on the Grand Union Canal Canal Bridge 58 Grand Union Canal Bridge no.58
Canal Bridge 57 Bridge 57 Weirs at Grafton Regis Canal Bridge no.58 Bridge 58
Bridge 59 Grand Union Canal Bridge 59 Yardley Wharf Marina Canal Bridge 60 Bridge 60 - Grand Union Canal
Canal Bridge no.59 Bridge 59 The Marina at Yardley Wharf - Grand Union Canal Bridge no.60 Grand Union Canal Bridge no.60
Canal Bridge 61 Bridge 61 - Grand Union Bridge 62 Bridge no.62 Grand Union Canal Bridges - no.63
Grand Union Canal Bridge 61 Bridge 61 Canal Bridge no.62 Bridge 62 Bridge 63
Bridge 63 Concrete Bridge 64 Canal Bridge 64 Sluices at Cosgrove Solomons Bridge no.65
Bridge 63 Bridge 64 Grand Union Canal Bridge 64 Some nice sluices at Cosgrove Solomons Bridge no.65
Grand Union Canal - Solomons Bridge Solomons Bridge no.65 Canal Bridge 65 - Solomons Bridge Small tunnel under the canal at Cosgrove Tunnel at Cosgrove - gave access to the canal for the horses
Solomons Bridge no.65 Grand Union - Solomons Bridge 65 Solomons Bridge no.65 Tunnel under the canal used to get the horses onto the towpath There were stables both sides of the Canal at one time at Cosgrove
Pipe bridges at Cosgrove One of the pipe bridges at Cosgrove Pipe Bridges - Cosgrove Cosgrove Lock no.21 Lock no.21 at Cosgrove - Grand Union Canal
Pipe Bridges A Pipe Bridge Pipe Bridges - Cosgrove Cosgrove Lock no.21 Lock 21 at Cosgrove
Old Stratford Cut The Great Ouse Aqueduct pipe bridge crossing the Great Ouse by the canal narrow tunnel going under the canal's aqueduct view of the canal aqueduct from the River (Great Ouse)
The Old Stratford Cut leaving the grand Union Canal Really nice aqueduct taking the canal over the Great Ouse A nice pipebridge across the Ouse and running alongside the Canal Small tunnel going under the Grand Union Canal Aqueduct %The Great Ouse Aqueduct seen from the river
Bridge 68 Grand Union Canal Bridge no.68 Canal Bridge 69 Grand Union Canal Bridges - no.69 old warehouse - Wolverton
Grand Union Canal Bridge 68 Bridge no.68 Canal Bridge 69 Bridge no.69 Warehouse at Wolverton by the canal
Wolverton - Grand Union Canal - old warehouses Old warehouses alongside the Grand Union Canal Bridge 69a Bridge 69a Grand Union Canal Bridge 69b
Warehouses Old Warehouses Wolverton Bridge 69b Bridge 69a Bridge 69b
Canal Bridge no.69b Bridge 71 Canal footbridge at Wolverton derelict warehouses - Grand Union Canal at Wolverton
Bridge 69b Bridge 71 Footbridge Wolverton Wolverton Warehouses

 

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