Southern End of the Coventry Canal
The southern end of the Coventry Canal ends in a basin to the north of the city where a …
Category: Coventry Canal Photos
Approach to Coventry Basin from the City
Coventry Basin is to the north of the city centre and …
Coventry Basin
Coventry Basin is surrounded by a mixture of traditional and modern developments. …
Exit from the Basin
Looking northwards from Drapers Fields Bridge 1 at the basin entrance the towpath starts on …
Waterside Developments
The canal passes through a mixture of mostly urban surroundings on its way out of Coventry.
Cash’s Weavers’ Cottages
Cash’s are probably know to many for their production of name tapes to be sown into …
Milepost 2 25
The milepost shows the numbers 2 and 25. It’s placed …
Bridge Designs
Many of the bridges are of traditional hump-back design, but some modern ones are …
Original Hawkesbury Junction
Taken from Longford Bridge 10 this photo shows the original site of what we now call …
Hawkesbury Junction
Looking generally northwards along the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury Junction where …
Cruising Past Hawkesbury Junction
Cruising northwards along the Coventry Canal passing the wide arched bridge over the entrance to the Oxford Canal at Hawkesbury Junction.
Footbridge and Pumping Station
Looking northwards from Hawkesbury Junction where the footbridge over the narrows stands next to …
Complete Greenery
Just 10km (6 miles) from Coventry and we’ve lost sight of many landmarks to identify our position.
Marston Junction
Looking along the Ashby Canal which leaves the Coventry Canal at Marston Junction.
Telegraph Pole
Probably the most photographed telegraph pole in the country. There would have been …
Hartshill Depot
Positioned on the offside of the canal at Hartshill this depot would once have been …
Descending Atherstone Locks
The eleven locks at Atherstone are easy to work, although …
Ascending Atherstone Locks
Entering Atherstone Bottom Lock 11 as we starts our ascent of the Atherstone Flight.
Below Atherstone Bottom Lock 11
Even before reaching Atherstone Bottom Lock 11 the canal is out into open countryside.
Swing Bridge 50A
The narrows mark the position of former Swing Bridge 50A. The remains of the bridge can …
Glascote Basin
Similar views with some of the same boats but those in the winter won’t be going far.
Glascote Locks
Glascote Locks are extremely slow to fill so
Glascote Bottom Lock
Leaving the last of the thirteen locks on the Coventry Canal on this northbound journey.
Fazeley Junction
Leaving the Coventry Canal at Fazeley Junction where …
Whittington Boundary Stone
The end on junction of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Coventry Canal at Whittington is marked with a boundary stone.
Bridge 78 on the Coventry Canal
This is the first bridge on the Coventry Canal just north of the end-on junction with the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal at Whittington and …
Bridges 79 and 81
Most of the original bridges on the Coventry Canal still show
Approaching Huddlesford Junction
Approaching Huddlesford Junction where …
Lichfield Cruising Club
The Lichfield Cruising Club’s premises are based at …
Huddlesford Junction
The Wyrley and Essington Canal, part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN), once linked Huddlesford Junction to …
Huddlesford Junction
Looking towards Huddlesford Junction from the Fradley Junction side. The Lichfield Canal diverges to the right before
Coventry Canal Bridges
Most of the original bridges on the Coventry Canal between Huddlesford Junction and Fazeley Junction are …
Streethay Marina
The Coventry Canal passes Streethay Marina between …
Modern Bridges on the Coventry Canal
Bridge 89 is a modern design but
Fradley Swing Bridge
Next to Fradley Junction is a swing footbridge. It’s very light and …
Fradley Junction
The Swan, known to many as the “Mucky Duck” is straight ahead at Fradley Junction.
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