Category: Coventry Canal Photos

The southern end of the Coventry Canal ends in a basin to the north of the city where a …

Coventry Basin is to the north of the city centre and …

Coventry Basin is surrounded by a mixture of traditional and modern developments. …

Looking northwards from Drapers Fields Bridge 1 at the basin entrance the towpath starts on …

The canal passes through a mixture of mostly urban surroundings on its way out of Coventry.

Cash’s are probably know to many for their production of name tapes to be sown into …

The milepost shows the numbers 2 and 25. It’s placed …

Many of the bridges are of traditional hump-back design, but some modern ones are …

Taken from Longford Bridge 10 this photo shows the original site of what we now call …

Looking generally northwards along the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury Junction where …

Cruising northwards along the Coventry Canal passing the wide arched bridge over the entrance to the Oxford Canal at Hawkesbury Junction.

Looking northwards from Hawkesbury Junction where the footbridge over the narrows stands next to …

Just 10km (6 miles) from Coventry and we’ve lost sight of many landmarks to identify our position.

Looking along the Ashby Canal which leaves the Coventry Canal at Marston Junction.

Probably the most photographed telegraph pole in the country. There would have been …

Positioned on the offside of the canal at Hartshill this depot would once have been …

The eleven locks at Atherstone are easy to work, although …

Entering Atherstone Bottom Lock 11 as we starts our ascent of the Atherstone Flight.

Even before reaching Atherstone Bottom Lock 11 the canal is out into open countryside.

The narrows mark the position of former Swing Bridge 50A. The remains of the bridge can …

Similar views with some of the same boats but those in the winter won’t be going far.

Glascote Locks are extremely slow to fill so

Leaving the last of the thirteen locks on the Coventry Canal on this northbound journey.

Leaving the Coventry Canal at Fazeley Junction where …

The end on junction of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Coventry Canal at Whittington is marked with a boundary stone.

This is the first bridge on the Coventry Canal just north of the end-on junction with the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal at Whittington and …

Most of the original bridges on the Coventry Canal still show

Approaching Huddlesford Junction where …

The Lichfield Cruising Club’s premises are based at …

The Wyrley and Essington Canal, part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN), once linked Huddlesford Junction to …

Looking towards Huddlesford Junction from the Fradley Junction side. The Lichfield Canal diverges to the right before

Most of the original bridges on the Coventry Canal between Huddlesford Junction and Fazeley Junction are …

The Coventry Canal passes Streethay Marina between …

Bridge 89 is a modern design but

Next to Fradley Junction is a swing footbridge. It’s very light and …

The Swan, known to many as the “Mucky Duck” is straight ahead at Fradley Junction.