Canal in Staffordshire, England
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-- Coventry Canal (detached section)
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Fradley Swingbridge
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New Bridge
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Fradley Estate Access Bridge
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Fradley Bridge
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Bell Bridge/A38 road
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Brookhay Pumping Station
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Fradley Bridge
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Bears Hay Bridge
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Streethay Bridge
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Streethay Wharf
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Cross-City Line
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King's Orchard Bridge
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Stoney Step Bridge
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Plough Bridge
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Trent Valley line
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Huddlesford Junction – Lichfield Canal
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Huddlesford Foot Bridge
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Bowmans Bridge
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Cheadles Bridge
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Burton Road Bridge
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-- Coventry Canal (detached) above
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Whittington Brook
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-- Birmingham and Fazeley-built canal below
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Whittington Bridge
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Minor Road Bridges
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Hademore House Bridge
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Hademore Farm Bridge
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Tamhorn Farm Bridge
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Tamhorn House Bridge
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Tamhorn Park Bridge
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Hopwas Wood Bridge
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Hopwas School Bridge
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Hopwas Hill Bridge/A51 road
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Hopwas
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Minor Road Bridges
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Dixon's Bridge
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Balls Bridge
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Dunstall Bridge
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Hopwas Wood Bridge
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Bonehill Road Bridge
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A5 road
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Peel's Wharf
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Fazeley Junction – Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
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-- Coventry Main Line Canal below
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Junction Footbridge
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Tamworth Road Bridge
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Tame Aqueduct
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A5 road
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Kettlebrook Bridge
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Cross Country Route
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Glascote Locks x2
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Glascote Road (Anchor Bridge)
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Amington Road Bridge
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Gate Inn Bridge
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Hodge Lane Bridge
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Alvecote Marina
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Hodge Lane Bridge
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M42 motorway
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Polesworth Bridge
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Polesworth (Mill Bridge)
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Trent Valley Line
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Limekiln Bridge
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Bradley Green Bridge
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Atherstone Bottom Locks 10–11
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Whitley Bridge
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Locks 8–9
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Baddesley Bridge (Whittington Lane)
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Trent Valley line
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Lock 7
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Baddesley Basin
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Holly Lane Bridge
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Lock 6
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A5 road
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Watling Street Bridge
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Atherstone Top Locks 1–5
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Minor Road Bridges
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Coleshill Road Bridge
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Outwoods Bridge
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Rawn Hill Bridge
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Mancetter Bridge
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Worthington Farm Bridge
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Glebe Farm Bridge
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Cherrytree Farm Bridge
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Atherstone Road
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Hartshill Wharf
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Minor Road Bridges
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Apple Pie Lane Bridge
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Grange Road
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Anchor Bridge/Nuneaton Road
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White House Bridge
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Wood Bridge
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Tuttle Hill Bridge
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Birmingham–Peterborough line
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Vernons Lane
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Wash Lane Bridge
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Boot Bridge
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A444
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Coventry to Nuneaton line
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Wharf Inn Bridge/Coventry Road
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Donnithorne Ave
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Griff Arm
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Gipsy Lane
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Marston Junction/Ashby Canal
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Charity Dock
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Marston Lane
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Bedworth/Bulkington Roads
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Bedworth Hill Bridge
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Junction Footbridge
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Hawkesbury Junction/Oxford Canal
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Exhall Footbridge
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Exhall Basin
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Coney Lane Bridge
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M6 motorway
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Longford Junction
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Longford Bridge
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Longford Footbridge
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Judds Lane Bridge
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Coventry Building Society Arena
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New Inn Bridge/Longford Road
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Little Heath Factory Footbridge
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Old Church Road Bridge
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Phoenix Way (A444)
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Navigation Bridge/Stoney Stanton Road
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Heath Crescent Tunnel (334 yds)
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Red Lane Old Bridge
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Red Lane New Bridge
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Stoke Heath Basin
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Priestley's Bridge/Stoney Stanton Road
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William Henry Bridge/Foleshill Road
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Cash's Lane Bridge
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Cash's Hundred Houses
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Canal Basin, Coventry
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The Coventry Canal is a navigable narrow canal in the Midlands of England.
It starts in Coventry and ends 38 miles (61 km) to the north at Fradley Junction, just north of Lichfield, where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal.[1] It also has connections with the Ashby Canal, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Oxford Canal.
Some maps show the canal as a northern and a southern section, connected by a stretch of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, but others, including the Canal and River Trust show the through route as the Coventry Canal. This reflects a complicated period of ownership and re-leasing when the Coventry Canal company was in financial difficulties during construction.
It runs through or past the towns of Bedworth, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Polesworth and Tamworth. It is navigable for boats up to 21.9 m (72 ft) length, 2.1 m (7 ft) beam and 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) headroom. It forms part of the Warwickshire ring.