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Cruise Guide | Grand Union Canal, Part 2 | Braunston to Marsworth

Soulbury canal

Martin Ludgate

Our canal cruise guide this month is part 2 of the Grand Union. Continuing along the backbone of the southern canal network, we pass through long tunnels & classic canal villages from Braunston to Marsworth

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Restoring & reopening the Wendover Arm of Grand Union Canal

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Black Boy Inn, Catherine-de-Barnes

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Emily Damment

Grand Union Canal: former sand quarry line at Leighton Buzzard

The waterways heritage spotter: narrow gauge railway tracks

Emily Damment

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Cruise Guide | Grand Union Canal, Part 2 | Braunston to Marsworth

Soulbury canal

Martin Ludgate

Our canal cruise guide this month is part 2 of the Grand Union. Continuing along the backbone of the southern canal network, we pass through long tunnels & classic canal villages from Braunston to Marsworth

the wendover arm of grand union canal with two boats, a bridge and bystanders on the bank

Restoring & reopening the Wendover Arm of Grand Union Canal

Martin Ludgate

Black Boy Inn, Catherine-de-Barnes

Best pubs on: the Grand Union Canal, between Birmingham & Napton

Emily Damment

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Emily Damment

Oxford bulb planting

Planting for future wildlife on the canals