Main Line Grand Union Canal Lock flights (Stockton and Bascote) + Bridges, England

Leamington Spa - Stockton Flight - Bascote Flight - Napton Junction - Braunston Turn Canal Guide for this section of the Grand Central Canal in England.

All the Canal's Locks and Bridges are shown on the Leamington Spa to Braunston Turn stretch of the The Main Line Grand Union Canal.

This part of the Grand Union Canal boasts several series of lock flights - at Bascote Locks, Calcutt Locks and even more of them at Stockton Lock Flight. As you can imagine this stretch of the Canal gets quite busy with people on holiday during the Spring and Summer - particularly on weekends. However if you can visit them during weekdays everything is much more peaceful and enjoyable. Apart from the really interesting standard locks there is also the quite rare opportunity to see a staircase lock as well at Bascote (locks 14 and 15). The Grand Union shares it's path with the Oxford Canal for a short distance when it reaches Napton Junction - these shared canal bridges are shown further down the page.

If you fancy walking the towpath it is in quite good condition throughout (and also is excellent for cyclists). As a guide for anyone wishing to walk this 10 mile stretch we parked up at the Church car park at Napton on the Hill (they are ok with you parking there except on Sundays). There is a bus which you can pick up in the middle of Napton leaving weekdays and Saturdays at 10:14 hours which will take you on a 50 minute ride into the centre of Leamington. If you get out at the Leamington Parish Church stop it is only a short walk down to the Grand Union Canal.

Note that when you eventually reach Napton Junction you would need to turn right and go along the Oxford Canal for a short distance to Napton's Bridge and then walk back up to Napton's church car park.

Bridge 40 and Pipe Grand Union Canal Bridge no.40 canal footbridge 39 Footbridge no.39 Bridge 38a
Canal Bridge no.40 and Pipe Bridge 40 Footbridge no.39 Footbridge 39 Railway Bridge 38a
Railway Bridge 38a - Grand Union Canal An ex railway bridge - Grand Union Bridge 38 Canal Bridge no.38 Bridge 37a
Railway Bridge 38a An extinct
railway bridge		 Grand Union Canal Bridge 38 Bridge 38 Canal Bridge 37a
Grand Union Canal Bridge no.37a Bridge 37 Canal Bridge no.37 Bridge 36 Grand Union Canal Bridge 36
Bridge 37a Bridge 37 Canal Bridge 37 Bridge 36 Bridge 36
Grand Union Canal Aqueduct Barely visible aqueduct taking the Grand Union Canal over a stream Radford Roadbridge no.35 Radford Road Bridge - 35 Pipebridge near Radford
Barely visible aqueduct View from below the canal of the aqueduct Radford Road Bridge 35 Radford Road Bridge 35 Excellent pipebridge near Radford
Bull Bridge 34 Grand Union Canal - Bull Bridge 34 Radford Bottom Lock 23 Radford Bottom Lock no.23 Railway bridge 33a
Bull Bridge no.34 Bull Bridge 34 Radford Bottom
Lock 23		 Radford Bottom
Lock 23		 Railway Bridge 33a
Railway Bridge no.33a Bridge no.33 Bridge 33 Fosse Locks - Lock no.22 Fosse Lock 22
Railway Bridge 33a Grand Union Canal
Bridge 33		 Canal Bridge 33 Fosse Locks -
Lock 22		 Fosse Lock Flight
Lock 22
Fosse Locks 21 Fosse Locks 21 Fosse Roadbridge 32 Fosse Roadbridge 32 Lock-20
Fosse Lock 21 Fosse Lock 21 Fosse Roadbridge 32 Fosse Roadbridge 32 Grand Union Canal
Lock 20
Lock_20 Wood Lock 19 Wood Lock 19 Long Hole bridge 31 Long Hole bridge 31
Lock 20 Wood Lock 19 Wood Lock 19 Long Hole Bridge 31 Long Hole Bridge 31
Welsh Roadbridge 30 Welsh Road Lock 18 Splash Bridge 29 Splash Bridge 29 Bascote Locks Flight view
Welsh Roadbridge 30 Welsh Road Lock 18 Splash Bridge 29 Splash Bridge 29 Bascote Lock Flight
Bascote Lock 17 Bascote Lock 17 Bascote Lock 16 Bascote Lock 16 Bascote Lock 15
Bascote Lock 17 Bascote Lock no.17 Bascote Lock 16 Bascote Lock 16 Bascote Lock 15

The Bascote Lock Flight comprises of four locks two of which are staircase locks (14 and 15). Staircase Locks were cheaper to build and can acheive a greater drop in a short space than standard canal locks. These Bascote Staircase Locks share the centre gate - with the upper gate of one lock also being the lower gate of the other. The locks were originally built as singles but were modernised in the 1930s into wide locks - you can still see the location of the original locks.

Bascote Lock 15 Bascote Staircase LockGate 15-14 The Bascote Locks Bascote Lock 14 Toll House Bridge 28
Bascote Lock no.15 Bascote - Staircase
Locks 15 and 14		 Bascote Locks Bascote Lock 14 Toll House Bridge 28
Toll House Bridge 28 Bascote Bridge 27 Bascote Bridge 27 Railway arches bridge 26a Railway Bridge 26a
Toll House Bridge 28 Bascote Bridge 27 Bascote Bridge 27 Railway arches by
Bridge 26a		 Railway Bridge 26a
Railway Bridge 26a Aqueduct Bridge Bickleys Bridge 26 Bickleys Bridge 26 Cuttle Bridge 25
Railway bridge 26a Aqueduct bridge Bickleys Bridge 26 Bickleys Bridge 26 Cuttle Bridge 25
Cuttle Bridge 25 Itchington Bottom-Lock 13 Itchington Bottom Lock Cottage Itchington Bottom Lock 13 New Bridge 24
Cuttle Bridge 25 Itchington Bottom
Lock 13		 Itchington Bottom Lock Cottage Itchington Bottom
Lock no.13		 New Bridge no.24
New Bridge 24 Lock 12 Lock 12 on the Grand Union Canal Kayes Arm Blue Lias Roadbridge 23
New Bridge 24 Canal Lock no.12 Lock 12 Kayes Arm Blue Lias
Roadbridge 23
Blue Lias Roadbridge 23 Stockton Lock 11 Stockton Lock 11 Stockton Lock 10 Stockton Lock 10
Blue Lias
Roadbridge 23		 Stockton Lock 11 Stockton Lock no.11 Stockton Lock 10 Stockton Lock no.10
Stockton Lock 9 Grand Union Canal - Stockton Lock 9 Bridge 22 Grand Union Canal - Stockton Lock 8 Stockton Lock 7
Stockton Lock 9 Stockton Lock no 9 Bridge no.22 Stockton Lock 8 Stockton Lock 8
Grand Union Canal - Stockton Lock 7 Stockton Lock 6 Stockton Lock no.6 Stockton Lock no.5 Stockton Lock 5
Stockton Lock 7 Stockton Lock 6 Stockton Lock no.6 Stockton Lock 5 Stockton Lock no.5
Stockton TopLock 4 Stockton TopLock 4 Birdingbury Wharf Bridge 21 Birdingbury Wharf Bridge 21 Gibraltar Bridge 20
Stockton TopLock 4 Stockton Top Lock 4 Birdingbury Wharf Bridge 21 Birdingbury Wharf
Bridge no.21		 Gibraltar Bridge no20
Gibraltar Bridge 20 + Pipe Daventry Roadbridge 19 Daventry Roadbridge 19 Tom Low Footbridge 18 Tom Low Footbridge 18
Gibraltar Bridge 20
and PipeBridge		 Daventry Road-bridge 19 Daventry Roadbridge 19 Tom Low Footbridge no.18 Tom Low
Footbridge 18

As the Grand Union approaches Napton Junction there are now quite a few marinas either side of the canal especially a little way after Calcutt Locks and Tom Low Bridge. The Canal meets up with the oder Oxford Canal by the really beautifully shaped Turnover Bridge (Bridge 17) at Napton Junction.

Dismantled Railway Bridge Ventnor Marina entrance Ventnor Marina entrance Calcutt Lock 3
Dismantled Railway Bridge Ventnor Marina entrance Ventnor Marina entrance Calcutt Lock no.3
Calcutt Marina bridge Calcutt Lock 3 Calcutt Lock 2 Calcutt Lock 2
Calcutt Marina Bridge Calcutt Lock 3 Calcutt Lock no.2 Calcutt Lock 2
Calcutt Lock 1 Calcutt Lock 1 Napton Junction Bridge 17 Napton Junction Bridge 17
Calcutt Lock 1 Calcutt Lock 3 Napton Juncton Bridge 17 Napton Juncton Bridge 17

The Grand Union Canal shares it's watery passage with the older Oxford Canal between Napton Junction and Braunston Turn - there are no canal locks along this stretch but there are quite a few canal bridges. These bridges naturally show the Oxford Canal's numbering and naming system (Bridges 91 to 108) however they are also allocated bridge numbers in the Grand Union Canal's sequence although these are not displayed on the bridges themselves. Therefore although these canal bridge photos are shown on our Oxford Canal pages, for completeness each of the bridges are also shown below with both bridge numbers indicated.

Canal Bridges - Nimrod Bridge 108 Nimrod Bridge 108 on the Oxford Canal Garners Bridge 107 Oxford Canal - Garners Bridge 107 Bridge 105 on the Oxford Canal
GU Bridge 016 / Nimrod Bridge 108 GU Bridge 016 / Nimrod Bridge 108 GU Bridge 015 / Garners Bridge 107 GU Bridge 015 / Garners Bridge 107 GU Bridge 014 / Oxford Canal Bridge 105
Oxford Canal Bridge 105 Jacksons Bridge 104 Canal bridges - Jacksons Bridge 104 Oxford Canal - New Bridge 103 New Bridge 103 - Oxford Canal
GU Bridge 014 / Oxford Canal Bridge 105 GU Bridge 013 / Jacksons Bridge 104 GU Bridge 013 / Jacksons Bridge 104 GU Bridge 012 / New Bridge 103 GU Bridge 012 / New Bridge 103
Flecknoe Road Bridge 102 Oxford Canal - Flecknoe Road Bridge 102 Oxford Canal England - Nethercote Bridge 101 Nethercote Bridge 101 dismantled railway bridge at the Oxford Canal
GU Bridge 011 / Flecknoe Road Bridge 102 GU Bridge 011 / Flecknoe Road Bridge 102 GU Bridge 010 / Nethercote Bridge 101 GU Bridge 010 / Nethercote Bridge 101 Dismantled Railway Bridge
Chambers Bridge 100 Oxford Canal - Chambers Bridge 100 Hargreaves Canal Bridge no 99 Hargreaves Bridge 99 Ivy bridge 98 - Oxford Canal England
GU Bridge 009 / Chambers Bridge 100 GU Bridge 009 / Chambers Bridge 100 GU Bridge 008 / Hargreaves Bridge 99 GU Bridge 008 / Hargreaves Bridge 99 GU Bridge 007 / Ivy Bridge 98
Ivy Bridge 98 - Oxford Canal Oxford Canal Bridge 97 Bridge 97 on the Oxford Canal Oxford Canal Aqueduct 96 Turnover Bridge 95
GU Bridge 007 / Ivy Bridge 98 GU Bridge 006 / Oxford Canal Bridge 97 GU Bridge 006 / Oxford Canal Bridge 97 GU Bridge 005 / Oxford Canal Aqueduct 96 GU Bridge 004 / Turnover Bridge 95
Oxford Canal - Turnover Bridge 95 Braunston Turn Oxford Canal - Bridge 94 Braunston Turn - Bridges 93 and 94 Braunston Turn Bridge 93 - Oxford Canal Castle Bridge 91
GU Bridge 004 / Turnover Bridge 95 GU Bridge 003 / Braunston Turn Bridge 94 GU Bridges 002+003 / Braunston Turn Bridges 93+94 GU Bridge 002 / Braunston Turn Bridge 93 GU Bridge 001 / Castle Bridge 91

The following are our other Grand Union Canal Main Line photos - this series of pages show every one of the Canal's Locks and Bridges:
Birmingham (Salford Junction) through to Lapworth
Lapworth via Hatton Locks to Royal Leamington Spa
Braunston-Gayton Junction-Blisworth Tunnel-Stoke Bruerne-Wolverton
Grand Union Canal Wolverton to Horton
Ivinghoe Lock to Kings Langley
Kings Langley to the end of the Grand Union at The Thames

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