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	Station Information - Coventry Canal
		The Coventry Canal is a narrow Canal in England which travels for 38 miles (65 km) between Coventry and just north of Lichfield.
		The Coventry Canal Company was formed in 1768 and James Brindley was commissioned to build it, work started on the canal in the december of that year.
		The canal was for many years an important artery of trade, and was nationalised in 1948, and taken over by British Waterways.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/c/co/coventry_canal.html (223 words)

	Oxford Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Oxford Canal passes mainly through the Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire countryside, and is often considered to be one of the most scenic canals in Britain.
		The Oxford Canal was originally built as a contour canal, meaning that it twisted around hills to minimise deviations from a level contour.
		The canal was nationalised in 1948 and became part of the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive, later the British Waterways Board.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oxford_Canal (1170 words)

	Coventry Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Unfortunately the Coventry Canal was still in no financial state to continue their line so the two canals were left unfinished, both only half built, connecting to nothing in particular - other than each other.
		The canal was helped further when the Oxford company had their canal upgraded, cutting 14 miles off their round-the-hills route by use of high embankments and deep cuttings.
		They staged a rally in Coventry Basin which raised enough support from voters and councillors to stop the closure.The Coventry Canal Society was formed and they have done much since to secure the survival of the waterway.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/coventrycanal.htm (3035 words)

	Coventry Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Coventry Canal is a narrow Canal in England which travels for 38 miles (65 km) between Coventry and Fradley Junction,just north of Lichfield, where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal.
		The Coventry Canal forms part of the Warwickshire ring.
		The Coventry canal finishes at Fradley Junction where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coventry_Canal (344 words)

	BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Coventry Canal Basin
		Famous canal engineer James Brindley was responsible for the initial planning of the canal navigation and he continues to look out onto the canal until this very day - as a ¾ lifesize sculpture.
		Luckily, the canal basin escaped this fate thanks to the efforts of the Coventry Canal Society.
		Next to it is the canal house used by canal managers until the 1950s.
	www.bbc.co.uk /coventry/features/days-out/coventry-canal-basin.shtml (818 words)

	Coventry Canal
		Better access to the canal has been assured by the creation or improvement of 20 new entrance points, each with a panel informing you where you are and how far it is to the next exit.
		One of the busiest canal junctions in the country, this is where the Coventry Canal meets the Oxford Canal.
		The rest of the Canal Basin was redeveloped for offices and craft workshops in 1995 with the former coal vaults refurbished as a tappas bar in 2000.
	www.coventry-walks.org.uk /booklets/canal/coventry-canal.html (1438 words)

	Coventry Canal
		It is neither a long nor outstandingly attractive canal but it was, and still is, an important link between the northern and southern canal networks, cutting out the need to lock up to, and then down from, Birmingham.
		Hawkesbury Junction used to be a bustling canal centre where boat people would take a rare opportunity to socialise while waiting for their next loads of coal from the local collieries.
		The Oxford originally ran parallel with the Coventry for a few miles towards Coventry but the junction beneath the elegant cast iron bridge was cut through in 1828 when the Oxford Canal was being shortened by having some of its tortuous loops cut out.
	www.canaljunction.com /canal/coventry_ashby.htm (517 words)

	Coventry Canal: Waterscape.com
		Once bustling with narrowboats carrying coal, this surprising rural canal now passes quietly by spoil heaps that are today swathed in greenery.
		Rural throughout much of its length, the Coventry Canal runs for 38 miles linking Coventry with the Trent and Mersey Canal.
		Coventry's most famous landmark is its cathedral - a stunning modern building standing next to the shell of the original cathedral, bombed in World War II.
	www.waterscape.com /waterwaysguide/waterways/Coventry_Canal/Coventry_Canal.html (161 words)

	BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Midland Air Museum
		MAPS secured a lease for a small plot of land on the northern side of Coventry Airport in 1975.
		Whereas many museums of this kind are run by those from a more traditional RAF background, the Midland Air Museum survives purely on the time and love of enthusiasts.
		Coventry is rich in aviation history and this is clear to see throughout.
	www.bbc.co.uk /coventry/features/days-out/midland-air-museum.shtml (813 words)

	Coventry City Council: Coventry canal
		Canals were built to carry Britain's goods 200 years ago, long before the advent of railways and motorways.
		British Waterways look after the canals in this country and are very conscious to look after their heritage, and improvements are all built so as not to clash with the older environment.
		More information about the canals in Coventry can be found at the Visit Coventry website.
	www.coventry.gov.uk /redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ESDService:%7Bid=21081%7D%5D (462 words)

	Coventry Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Junction with the Wyrley and Essington Canal (derelict)
		Quarryman's Walk Coventry Canal : This website is designed primarily for school children but people of all ages can use it to explore the Quarryman's Walk.
		Barry Hawkins Narrowboats of distinction : Boatbuilder situated at Baddesley Wharf on the Atherstone flight on the Coventry Canal.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Coventry-Canal.html (756 words)

	Atherstone - Coventry Canal
		The Coventry canal was built originally to transport coal from the pits around Coventry and Nuneaton to the rest of the Midlands.
		It received its Act of Parliament in 1768 but seventeen years later the canal was still not completed due to a lack of capital.
		There are the ruins of Merevale Abbey nearby, and Merevale Hall, a nineteenth century mansion which was built round a William and Mary mansion, home of the descendants of Warwickshire's famous historian, Sir William Dugdale who, in fact, lived at Blyth Hall some seven miles distant.
	www.joe.shakespeare.btinternet.co.uk /atherstone.htm (448 words)

	Coventry Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Coventry Canal leaves the Trent and Mersey Canal at Fradley Junction and runs for 38 miles up 13 locks to Coventry.
		The Ashby Canal runs for 22 lock free miles through pleasant countryside and skirts the Civil War battlefield at Bosworth Field.
		Coventry was heavily bombed in WW2 but there are still many surviving medieval buildings.
	canaljunction.com /ccov.htm (443 words)

	Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Ltd - Celebr18th 2004
		The Gathering was organised as part of the Celebr18th Festival in Lichfield, to celebrate a time when canals were the new mode of transportation and Lichfield in Staffordshire was at the centre of everything new - the 18th century.
		Coventry Canal Engineer "James Brindley" (alias Rob Davies of the Trust) attended to see that all was in order in the true spirit of the 18th Century.
		The highlight of the day was the unveiling of a new arm on the fingerpost at Huddlesford Junction, organised by the Coventry Canal Society, pointing to Ogley Junction at Brownhills, and the canals of Walsall and Birmingham.
	www.lhcrt.org.uk /c18th.htm (622 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Coventry/Warwickshire \| Coventry canal trail wins award
		A stretch of the Coventry Canal has been named as one of Britain's top 10 urban waterside walks.
		Coventry City councillor Tony Skipper said: "This is really marvellous news.
		"Coventry's stretch of canal is the longest art gallery in Britain, with a superb range of artwork which is of interest to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds."
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/3185506.stm (166 words)

	Grand Union Canal Walk - Paths Routes and Trails - Information - Ramblers' Association
		The canal began as the Grand Junction Canal, opened in 1805 to link the river Thames with the Oxford Canal at Braunston.
		From Paddington eastwards the canal continues as the Regent's Canal to Limehouse Basin (13km/8 miles), and this route also provides a towpath walk; although not signed as the Grand Union Canal, with a street-based link avoiding the Islington tunnel indicated by pavement plaques.
		In the north, the canal itself ends at Salford (Spaghetti) Junction, but the signed walk turns off to Gas Street Basin in central Birmingham where it connects with the dense canal network of the west Midlands.
	www.ramblers.org.uk /info/paths/grandunioncanal.html (1315 words)

	Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Ltd
		Built between 1794 and 1797 as the Ogley Locks Section of the Wyrley and Essington Canal, the right to navigation was extinguished by Act of Parliament in 1954 and much of the canal was subsequently infilled.
		This tells that the canal was twenty-eight feet wide at top water and sixteen feet at the bottom and four and a half feet deep - the sloping sides being intended to prevent erosion.
		Modern highway design criteria combined with the fact that the water level is tied to the Coventry Canal and also the slope of the land on the Whittington side mean that extensive re-grading of the road will be involved.
	www.lhcrt.org.uk /lich.htm (2329 words)

	Canal News
		About a dozen boats gathered at Braunston for the now bi-annual re-enactment of coal carrying from the Coventry coal fields to London – a trade which ceased in 1970.
		It is a story of over 200 years in the life of a small village which, to people of the canals, is as important as Swindon or Crewe once were to railwaymen.
		The book traces the story of the canals, boatyards, carrying companies and above all people, which make up a fascinating kaleidoscope of social history now well into its third century.
	home.freeuk.com /braunston/Braunston/Cnews.htm (1003 words)

	Complex Development Projects news - £12m Development By Coventry Canal Unveiled - 30 January 2001
		The proposals are centred upon 400m of canal frontage, a new landmark canal bridge and extended towpaths to the city centre.
		On the canal bank, 18 new 'ecohouses' will be use the latest environmental technology and will be constructed with cedar panels.
		Water used to feed the boilers was taken from the canal using a pump and then returned.
	www.cwn.org.uk /business/a-z/c/complex-development-projects/2001/01/010130-electric-wharf.htm (814 words)

	The Wyrley and Essington Canal
		Was built along the line of the feeder from the Cannock Chase Reservoir to connect with the W and E. Anglesey Basin was required to carry coal from mines of the area.
		Brownhills canal view of the 1950's while the route was still in commercial use.
		The BCN has lost three major links in the course of time: the Lapal Section of the Dudley Canal to the South, the Hatherton Branch, Churchbridge Locks connection to the North West, and the Lichfield part of the Wyrley and Essington Canal to the North East.
	members.madasafish.com /%7Ed_hodgkinson/wyrley.htm (369 words)

	Saltisford Canal Trust
		This arm is all that remains of the Warwick terminus of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal.
		The Canal centre provides a pleasant green haven near the heart of Warwick, which is open to the public from 8.00 am to 7.00pm daily.
		The Canal Centre is staffed on weekdays all year round and at weekends during the summer.
	www.saltisfordcanal.co.uk (819 words)

	Canal Hire Firms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Many ads can be found in the pages of canal and waterway-related magazines.
		Coventry Rainbow Canal Trust - operates nb Lady Godiva, which is specially adapted for day trips or holidays for people of all ages with mental or physical disabilities.
		Note: the Llangollen Canal in Wales connects to the main English canal system, and therefore can also be reached via boats hired in England.
	www.canals.com /hire.htm (1205 words)

	The City of Coventry (North-South Road Phase 1) (Coventry Canal Bridges) Scheme 1990 Confirmation Instrument 1992
		The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The City of Coventry (North-South Road Phase 1) (Coventry Canal Bridges) Scheme 1990 Confirmation Instrument 1992, ISBN 0110248597.
		The City of Coventry (North-South Road Phase 1) (Coventry Canal Bridges) Scheme 1990 is hereby confirmed without modifications.
		This Instrument may be cited as the City of Coventry (North-South Road Phase 1) (Coventry Canal Bridges) Scheme 1990 Confirmation Instrument 1992.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1992/Uksi_19921859_en_1.htm (331 words)

	Coventry Rainbow Canal Boat Trust - Narrowboat "Lady Godiva": Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Coventry Rainbow Canal Trust provides days out and short break holidays for anyone, but particularly for adults and children with disabilities.
		Our narrowboat, the "Lady Godiva", is the only one in the area that has an operational hydraulic life for wheelchairs.
		The boat is steered by our professional boatmaster, so there is nothing for you to do but to relax and enjoy the countryside through our large picture windows.
	www.ladygodiva.org.uk (342 words)

	Grand Waterways Voyages - Canal Narrowboat Holidays
		There are some 3,000 miles of canals and rivers in England and Wales, a well kept secret, it's a voyage into the past.
		The canal system and its workings are over 200 years old; it is a linear museum.
		We are ideally located at Swan Lane Wharf on the Coventry Canal, perfect for cruising the Leicester or Warwick Rings or the lock-free Ashby Canal.
	www.gwvboats.co.uk (251 words)

	ashby boat company, canal narrowboat hire holidays, canal boat hire holidays, canal barge hire holidays in england, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Ashby canal is an unspoilt and lock-free rural canal winding its way through picturesque countryside, north past the Battle of Bosworth Field to Snarestone, and south to Marston Junction, and the Coventry Canal.
		Whether you are returning year after year to the canals and waterways of England, or are less experienced, we promise you a friendly and helpful service.
		If you have decided to undertake some serious canal cruising on your holiday, meals can be prepared and eaten while you are on the move if you have a big enough crew.
	www.ashbyboats.co.uk (629 words)

	Coventry Canal Hotels. Hotels near Coventry Canal - Accommodation UK
		All our discount Coventry Canal hotels are specially selected with guaranteed low internet rates for all our England and UK hotels.
		From a cheap Coventry Canal hotel, to 4 and 5 star Coventry Canal hotels with special offers, you are sure to find the best Coventry Canal hotel Accommodation for you.
		Take a Picture tour of Coventry Canal, and please come back after your visit to submit your own.
	www.picturesofengland.com /England/Staffordshire/Coventry/Coventry_Canal/hotels5 (1009 words)

	Ash Tree Boat Club
		The Club moorings are situated on the Trent and Mersey Canal south of Rugeley in Staffordshire adjacent to the Ash Tree Inn, bridge 62.
		The Club is currently in it’s 31st year with our membership being around 50 family members which includes parents and any children under the age of 18.
		Some general information may be obtained from our 'Notice Board', on the canal bank adjacent to the slipway at Armitage.
	www.ldb.co.uk /ashtreeboatclub (212 words)

	A Walk in Coventry's Ancient Arden - a Coventry Walk - Walking Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This walk within the Coventry boundary is entirely in quiet countryside.
		The landscape of the present day parish of Allesley, which was brought into Coventry in 1974, has its origins dating back to at least the Anglo-Saxon period.
		This area, together with the adjoining Keresley parish, forms the largest extent of open countryside within the City boundary, and considering its close proximity to the built-up area, has a very strong rural character.
	www.walkingbritain.co.uk /walks/walksv1/vw071.shtml (843 words)

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