Braunston Turn to Hawkesbury Junction Canal Bridge Pictures.

Photographs of every Bridge which crosses the Oxford Canal on this stretch.

The towpath. Once you are a short distance out from Braunston Turn the towpath is not too good in places - quite overgrown with high nettles and brambles extending onto the towpath. Also quite often it is really bumpy underfoot and in places the towpath has collapsed into the canal with really wet muddy bits and sometimes large holes present. From a walking point of view you can generally spot these and not take a watery trip however for cycling these barely visible collapses are quite a hazard.
The canal towpath is mostly in very good condition between Tarrys Bridge (78) right up into and through Rugby all the way to Brinklow - easy to either walk or cycle along. Also although the canal's route takes it through Rugby it is a really peaceful stretch here and you would not think you were in the midst of such a major place - the high hedgerow and loads of trees make this really nice walking. We did divert to have a look at Newbold Quarry Park - really this is just a series of walkways going round the original (now deep water filled) quarry - with much of the edge of the quarry itself ringed with high metal fencing.
On the Oxford Canal between Rugby and Brinklow there are several arms going off and these still have the wrought iron original canal bridges over the towpath - all in excellent condition.

Rugby used to be part of an extensive railway system and the lines are still often easily spotted - the OS map shows around 9 railway lines into Rugby at one time though most are now dismantled. HOwever there are some really nice old intact railway bridges around which can be worth a short diversion as you wander along this stretch from Braunston. Hillmorton Locks are really pleasant - just the right place to stop and eat lunch - there are several bench seats available alongside the towpath with the nicest bit probably by locks 2 and 3.

We cannot find any actual bridge numbers for the first 3 bridges at the start of the canal at Hawkesbury - assumed therefore that the numbers we have given are probably correct since they are logical..
We have also assumed the Wyken Arm Bridge is bridge number 6

Hawkesbury Junction Bridge 1 Oxford Canal - Hawkesbury Junction Bridge 1 Hawkesbury StopLock Bridge 2 Oxford Canal Bridge 3 Tusse's Bridge 4
Hawkesbury Junction Bridge 1 Hawkesbury Junction Bridge 1 Hawkesbury StopLock Bridge 2 Oxford Canal Bridge 3 Tusse's Bridge 4
Oxford Canal - Tusse's Bridge 4 Whitings Bridge 5 Oxford Canal Whitings Bridge 5 Oxford Canal Wyken_Arm - Bridge 6 ? Sowe Common Bridge 7
Tusse's Bridge 4 Whitings Bridge 5 Whitings Bridge 5 Wyken Arm - Bridge 6 ? Sowe Common Bridge 7
Stone Bridge 9 Oxford Canal - Stone Bridge 9 Carters Bridge 11 Oxford Canal England - Carters Bridge 11 NoonHill Bridge 13
Stone Bridge 9 Stone Bridge 9 Carters Bridge 11 Carters Bridge 11 NoonHill Bridge 13
Noon Hill Bridge 13 Oxford Canal - M69 Motorway Bridge Ansty Village Bridge 14 Oxford Canal - Ansty Village Bridge 14 Oxford Canal Bridge 15
NoonHill Bridge 13 M69 Motorway Bridge Ansty Village Bridge 14 Ansty Village Bridge 14 Oxford Canal Bridge 15
Oxford Canal - Bridge 15 Oxford Canal Bridge 16 Oxford Canal - Bridge 16 Oxford Canal Bridges - 17 Squires Bridge Squires Bridge 17
Oxford Canal Bridge 15 Oxford Canal Bridge 16 Oxford Canal Bridge 16 Squires Bridge 17 Squires Bridge 17
Oxford Canal Bridge 18 Holly Hill Bridge 19 Oxford Canal England - Holly Hill Bridge 19 Hopsford Aqueduct 20 Hopsford Aqueduct 20 - Oxford Canal
Oxford Canal Bridge 18 Holly Hill Bridge 19 Holly Hill Bridge 19 Hopsford Aqueduct 20 Hopsford Aqueduct 20
Nettle Hill Bridge 24 M6 Motorway Bridge over the Oxford Canal Grimes Bridge 26 - Oxford Canal Grimes Bridge 26 Johnsons Bridge 27
Nettle Hill Bridge 24 M6 Motorway Bridge Grimes Bridge 26 Grimes Bridge 26 Johnsons Bridge 27
Oxford Canal Bridges - Johnsons Bridge 27 Smeaton Lane Aqueduct 28 Swing footbridge (29?) at Stretton Wharf Stretton Road Bridge 30 Oxford Canal - Stretton Road Bridge 30
Johnsons Bridge 27 Smeaton Lane Aqueduct 28 Stretton Swing Footbridge - 29? Stretton Road Bridge 30 Stretton Road Bridge 30
Brinklow Arches 31 Brinklow Arm Bridge 32 Brinklow Arm Bridge Easenhall Lane Bridge 34 Oxford Canal Bridges - Easenhall Lane Bridge 34
Brinklow Arches Aqueduct 31 Brinklow Arm 32 Brinklow Arm 32 Easenhall Lane Bridge 34 Easenhall Lane Bridge 34
Hungerfield Bridge no. 35 Bridge 34 Oxford Canal - Hungerfield Bridge Bridge 37 Oxford Canal Oxford Canal Bridge 37 Canal Bridge 38
Hungerfield Bridge 35 Hungerfield Bridge 35 Oxford Canal Bridge 37 Oxford Canal Bridge 37 Oxford Canal Bridge 38
Oxford Canal Bridge 38 Bridge 39 - Oxford Canal Oxford Canal Bridge 39 Cathiron Bridge 41 Oxford Canal Bridge 41 - Cathiron Bridge
Oxford Canal Bridge 38 Bridge 39 - into Brinklow Marina Bridge 39 - into Brinklow Marina Cathiron Bridge 41 Cathiron Bridge 41
Waltons Bridge 42 Bridge 42 - Waltons - Oxford Canal Railway Bridge crossing the Oxford Canal near Cathiron Tuckey's Bridge no 43 Tuckeys Bridge 43
Waltons Bridge 42 Waltons Bridge 42 Railway Bridge near Cathiron Tuckeys Bridge 43 Tuckeys Bridge 43
Lime Farm Marina Bridge (into a small arm) Oxford Canal Bridge 44 Oxford Canal - Bridge 44 Fools Bridge 48 and Newbold Arm Bridge Fools Bridge 48
Lime Farm Marina Bridge Oxford Canal Bridge 44 Oxford Canal Bridge 44 Fools Bridge 48 and Newbold Arm Fools Bridge 48
Newbold Tunnel 49 (show entrance heading into Rugby) Inside Newbold Tunnel - spooky lighting Rugby side of the newbold Tunnel (49) Oxford Canal Bridge 50 Bridge 50 on the Oxford Canal
Newbold Tunnel 49 Inside Newbold Tunnel Newbold Tunnel 49 Oxford Canal Bridge 50 Oxford Canal Bridge 50
Green's Bridge 51 Canal bridge 51 - Greens Bridge on the Oxford Canal near Rugby lovely old railway bridge crossing the Oxford Canal Oxford Canal near Rugby - old railway bridge Perkins Bridge 52 on the Oxford Canal
Greens Bridge 51 Greens Bridge 51 Old Railway Bridge Old Railway Bridge Perkins Bridge 52
Oxford Canal bridges - Perkins Bridge no 52 Oxford Canal Bridge 53 Rugby Wharf Arm entrance bridge Rugby Wharf Arm Bridge - Oxford Canal Aqueduct Bridge no 54
Perkins Bridge 52 Oxford Canal Bridge 53 Rugby Wharf Arm Rugby Wharf Arm Aqueduct Bridge 54
Oxford Canal - Aqueduct Bridge 54 Aqueduct Bridge 55 - Oxford Canal Oxford Canal Aqueduct Bridge 55 Footbridge crossing the Oxford Canal Masters Bridge 58
Aqueduct Bridge 54 Aqueduct Bridge 55 Aqueduct Bridge 55 Oxford Canal FootBridge Masters Bridge 58

Above photos note: We think that where the Oxford Canal goes over Bridge 18 may well have been the path of the original canal - it is now used to link various parts of a golf course and is fenced off from the canal itself. Similarly at Hopsford Aqueduct 20 again it may have been the path of the old route - in any case it's well worth a walk down the bank to take a look at this bridge and also the excellent arches and brickwork on the adjacent still in use railway bridge.

Boughton Road Bridge 59 Oxford Canal - Boughton Road Bridge 59 Clifton Bridge 66 Oxford Canal - Clifton Bridge 66 Bridge 68
Boughton Road Bridge 59 Boughton Road Bridge 59 Clifton Bridge 66 Clifton Bridge 66 Bridge 68
Oxford Canal Bridge 68 Kent Road Bridge 69 Grantham Bridge 71 at Hillmorton Moors Bridge 72 Bridge 72 - Moors Bridge - Oxford Canal England
Bridge 68 Kent Road Bridge 69 Grantham Bridge 71 Bridge 72 Bridge 72
Lovely old railway bridges near Rugby crossing the Oxford Canal Railway Bridge s. Rugby - Oxford Canal Wharf Bridge 73 Tarrys Bridge 74 Oxford Canal - Tarrys Bridge 74
Railway bridges S Rugby Railway Bridge S.Rugby Wharf Bridge 73 Tarry's Bridge 74 Tarry's Bridge 74
Oxford Canal Bridge 75 Norman's Bridge 76 Bridge 77 Motorway Bridge Barby Wood Bridge 78
Bridge 75 Norman's Bridge 76 Bridge 77 M45 Bridge Barby Wood Bridge 78
Wise's Bridge 80 Canal Bridge 81 Rowdyke Bridge 82 Oxford Canal England - Rowdyke Bridge 82
Bridge 79 Wise's Bridge 80 Bridge 81 Rowdyke Bridge 82 Rowdyke Bridge 82
Bridge 83 Oxford Canal Bridge 84 Navigation Bridge 85 on the Oxford Canal England Canal Bridge 87 Bridge 88 on the Oxford Canal
Bridge 83 Bridge 84 Navigation Bridge 85 Bridge 87 Bridge 88
Canal Bridge 89 Oxford Canal Bridge 89 Oxford Canal - Bridge 90 Bridge 90 on the Oxford Canal - England Bridges 93 and 94 at Braunston Turn England
Bridge 89 Bridge 89 Bridge 90 Bridge 90 Bridges 93 + 94

 

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