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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Oxford Canal
		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 vertical deviations from a level contour.
		The Oxford Canal was nationalised in 1948 and became part of the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive, later the British Waterways Board.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Oxford_Canal (1502 words)

	Oxford Canal - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Oxford_Canal (1128 words)

	Oxford Canal
		In the 1820s the northern section of the canal between Braunston and Coventry was straightened out and shortened in an attempt to compete with the railways.
		The canal was Nationalised in 1948 and became part of British Waterways.
		Like most of the British narrow canal system the Oxford Canal suffered from the rapid decline in freight traffic carried on the canals in the 1950s and 1960s but pleasure boating grew to replace it ensuring the canal's survival to this day.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ox/Oxford_Canal.html (250 words)

	Oxford Canal
		The Oxford Canal starts by the River Thames in Oxford and runs for 77 miles, mainly through quiet rolling countryside, to near Coventry where it connects with the midlands canal system.
		From world famous Oxford, founded nearly a thousand years ago and with its many University Colleges, the canal heads north through pleasant pastures, through the old canal village of Thrupp and passing close to the magnificent Blenheim palace, Winston Churchill's birthplace.
		The Oxford Canal, built early on during the "canal mania" period, is a contour canal following the contours around hills, rather than having cuttings and embankments like later canals.
	www.canaljunction.com /canal/oxford.htm (564 words)

	Oxford walks: Outer circuit
		Oxford was already linked to London via the Thames, and by connecting with the canal network in the midlands and north a continuous network would join London with the great industrial centres of the north west.
		As a relatively early canal it was built on the "contour principle", following the curves of the landscape rather than cutting and filling for a shorter route.
		The canal was supported by Oxford clergy and academics, who could see the benefit of cheap coal from the midlands.
	home.clara.net /reedhome/oxford/3_w.html (1261 words)

	Granny Buttons: Oxford Canal Basin
		Regarding that news piece about the restoration of the Oxford Basin (which until a century ago was the final wag of the southern tail of the Oxford Canal), the BBC have a piece about it here.
		Oxford's Worcester Street car park was once the original basin for the Oxford Canal, which was designed by the celebrated engineer James Brindley, who died before it opened in 1790.
		The canal runs 77 miles to Coventry, and only a blue brick pillar remains from the canal basin which was once a hive of activity with barges bringing coal for the thousands of rooms in Oxford's colleges.
	www.grannybuttons.com /granny_buttons/2005/12/oxford_canal_ba.html (423 words)

	The Oxford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is normally left open, like most of these bridges on the canal, but care must be taken passing through as the bridge is narrow and there is a danger of scraping the top of the boat on the raised bridge which overhangs the water at an awkward angle.
		Shipton church can be seen beside the canal at Shipton Bridge, but on the opposite side of the canal a footpath leads across the fields and the railway line to the little church of Hampton Gay and beside it the ruins of the manor house.
		A once neglected canal is now one of the busiest in the country, not just because it is a convenient link between the Midlands and the Thames but because it has a unique charm and character of its own.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/The-Oxford-Canal.html (1772 words)

	IWA : Oxford Canal
		The canal runs from Hawkesbury Junction, where it connects with the Coventry Canal, to Oxford, where it connects wit the River Thames.
		This contour canal was one of the earliest canals to be built.
		Its purpose was to transport coal from the Coventry coalfields to Banbury, Oxford and the Thames.
	www.waterways.org.uk /Waterways/PrincipalNavigations/OxfordCanal (458 words)

	OXFORDSHIRE tourist information holiday accommodation, activities, attractions, historic sites - www.TouristNetUK.com ...
		Oxford is renowned as one of England's two great university towns, steeped in history and tradition.
		Oxford's famous museums include the Ashmolean Museum, the Pitt Rivers Museum, the Museum of the History of Science, the Bate Collection of Historical Instruments and the Museum of Oxford.
		Oxford straddles two rivers and is served by the Oxford canal.
	www.touristnetuk.com /wm/oxford (805 words)

	Black Prince Narrowboats UK, England, Great Britain - Canal Boat Rental, Canal Boat Hire, Canal Cruising, Canal Cruise, ...
		Canal holidays are fun - whether with a family or friends, you can choose an easy relaxing route or a holiday of adventure and exploration.
		Ideally situated at the head of the North Oxford Canal, Napton is an ideal base for a large number of interesting routes.
		Down the meandering Oxford canal which is one of the oldest in the country and follows the contours of the land, which makes you wonder whether you are getting anywhere.
	www.canalboatholidays.com /canalboat/blackprince_uk.shtml (2916 words)

	Jericho Echo
		Canal Street runs roughly parallel with the Oxford canal from Nelson Street to Mount Street, ending at the old wharves of Lucy's Eagle Ironworks and connects all the streets running down to the canal from Walton Street.
		For when the canal was built little thought was given to the effect it would have on the natural drainage.
		The course of the canal destroyed the Winterbourne stream which drained north Oxford and disrupted the discharge into the Castle Mill Stream, while the puddled clay lining of the canal restricted the flow of ground water.
	www.pstalker.com /echo/sk_canalst.html (461 words)

	Warwickshire Canals
		These canals were built for industrial transport, especially coal, and are now important recreational routes, both for boating holidays, and as footpaths for walkers.
		The Wootton Wawen Basin on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal.
		These ladies were on a "canal boat holiday" touring through Warwickshire, with the narrow boat as a floating hotel.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /heartofengland/canals.htm (500 words)

	Oxford Information - The Scholar's Guide to Oxford, UK. Tourist information for visitors to the University city of ...
		Most pubs in Oxford serve food, but it is usually of the recently thawed and freshly microwaved variety.
		One of Oxford's oldest pubs, it acted as the lodgings of the Chancellor of the Exchequer during the English Civil War (1642 - 49), when Oxford was the Royalist capital.
		It is famous in Oxford for it's underwhelming collection of about five thousand ties which hang in glass cases from the walls and ceilings.
	www.oxford-info.com /Pubs.htm (1210 words)

	The Cumberland & Oxford Canal
		As early as 1785, an act of the Massachusetts Legislature was obtained for a canal from Sebago Lake to the Presumpscott River, at Saccarappa, under the name of 'Cumberland Canal,' at an estimated cost of $20,000.
		In 1821, a charter was granted the Cumberland and Oxford Canal Corporation, to construct a canal from Thomas Pond in Waterford, in Oxford County, to the navigable waters of Fore River, Portland.
		As a further aid to the project, the promoters had the Canal Bank of Portland incorporated with a capital of three hundred thousand dollars, on the condition that one quarter of the capital, should be invested in the stock of the Canal.
	www.napleshs.org /cumberland___oxford_canal.html (795 words)

	Oxford Canal Walk - Paths Routes and Trails - Information - Ramblers' Association
		The canal itself ends at Hawkesbury Junction but there is a 9km/5.5-mile easy route on into central Coventry along the green oasis of the Coventry Canal which is also an award-winning sculpture trail.
		The 16km/10-mile stretch between Oxford and Kirtlington is part of European path E2.
		Between Oxford and Banbury the line to Birmingham parallels the canal, with stations at Tackley and Heyford; Banbury also has rail services to Bicester and London Marylebone.
	www.ramblers.org.uk /info/paths/oxfordcanal.html (251 words)

	Walk #571: Oxford to Lower Heyford
		Oxford is on the Thames Path, and although this was a very tempting option I would like to leave this so that I could do the path all in one go.
		The Oxford Canal heads north from the city, and I felt like this could be a good walk for today.
		Oxford was very much a case in point, and although it was obvious that I was in a built-up area the canal provided some insulation from this and the walk northwards was infinitely better than walking along a road.
	www.britishwalks.org /walks/2003/571.php (1804 words)

	Castle Mill: The case for the boatyard.
		A boatyard facility on the Oxford Canal in Oxford is essential for the safety and maintenance of both the residential and leisure craft in or passing through Oxford and its locality.
		The yard is ideally situated near the junction of the Oxford Canal with the River Thames at Isis Lock, making it the first or last opportunity for passing boats to obtain services, either routine or major, for some considerable distance.
		Residents expressed strong views that the canal is a lively and thriving area which complements the diversity of the rest of our locality whilst also being an important part of the historic character of Jericho itself.
	www.portmeadow.org /page3.html (2251 words)

	Canal Holidays UK, Barge Cruises, Holiday Boating
		The narrowboat is the modern version of the cargo vessels that travelled the canals before the railways.
		These canal boats have modern kitchens, beds which can be left made up, heating, showers and toilets.
		At 4 miles per hour a canal narrow boat holiday is often described as 'the fastest way to slow down'.
	www.canalholidays.com (307 words)

	Oxford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Locks of the Oxford Canal, A Journey from Oxford to Coventry by J Craig, Edition: 1st edition 49 pages, Published by Whittington Press 1984 Each lock on the canal is illustrated by wood engravings and accompanying text.
		Canals, Cruises, and Contentment by A Neal, Edition: 1st edition 189 pages, Published by Heath Cranton 1921 Illustrated book describing two round trips, one to Llangollen and one to Oxford, from the authors home next to the Derby Canal.
		Canal Breaks : Holiday hire boats based at Hilmorton Locks, close to Rugby, on the northern section of the Oxford Canal.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Oxford-Canal.html (1518 words)

	In search of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal. Epitaph
		By the Civil War the canal was in deep decline.
		The Canal Bank foreclosed in 1857 and sold the operation to F.O. Smith of Portland and Isaac Dyer of Baldwin.
		The visible signs slowly disappeared.As the bridges crossing the canal needed repair or replacement, it was easier and much less costly to fill the canal in.
	home.maine.rr.com /alewifecove/coeptph.htm (644 words)

	Britain's Waterways - Oxford Gaol Short Strolls page
		Oxford is bounded by the water meadows of the two rivers and riddled with multiple streams.
		Former headquarters of the Oxford Canal Company overlooked the coal wharf and is now used for lodgings for the Warden of St Peter's College.
		The London North Western Railway arrived in Oxford across the Sheepwash Channel at this very low level, forcing bargees to ask permission of the signalman to allow the bridge to be swung.
	www.britains-waterways.com /oxford.htm (694 words)

	Oxford Canal
		The Oxford canal and its Siamese twin, the river Cherwell, runs north from Oxford for anyone wishing to extend their river walking with a spell of canal towpath.
		It stretches for 77 miles, controlled by 46 locks, heading north on a devious contour hugging path to the industrial midlands where it joins forces with the Grand Union.
		Beyond Thrupp the canal moves through idyllic countryside, crosses the Cherwell and after another 7.5 miles reaches Lower Heyford where the railway station is adjacent for a train return to Oxford.
	www.fellwalk.co.uk /oxford.htm (177 words)

	In search of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal. Boats (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This allowed the masts to be dropped when in the canal and then lifted when on the lakes.
		Thus reducing the chance of them dragging or snagging on the canal bed.The boats were said to perform quite well for their shape.
		Knight's grandfather was a boatman on the canal and provided excursion services on Sebago Lake after the canal closed.
	home.maine.rr.com /alewifecove/coboats.html (395 words)

	Granny Buttons: Oxford canal basin news
		Mike on NB Globetrotter was first to post (yesterday) about the Oxford Mail story on possible restoration of the Oxford canal basin.
		The Oxford Canal is one of England's glories, but its existing terminus at Oxford is such an anti-climax.
		In April 2006 Nuffield College wrote to FOXCAN indicating that it would consider a canal basin proposal so long as it fitted in with the college's interests both commercially and environmentally.
	www.grannybuttons.com /granny_buttons/2007/01/oxford_canal_ba.html (410 words)

	Thames Circular Cruise
		The narrow locks and meandering South Oxford Canal contrast with the width and grandeur of the River Thames.
		The canal rises up the hill at Napton with views of the village and windmill before meandering 11 miles across the summit through Fenny Compton giving some breathtaking views of the Warwickshire countryside.
		Oxford's historic buildings and the wide river with its rowing clubs make a sharp contrast to the canal.
	www.canalholidays.co.uk /thamescruise.php (403 words)

	Information About Oxford Canal \| Canals & Rivers \| Waterscape.com
		The picturesque Oxford Canal meanders slowly through 77 miles of classic scenery, much of which has barely changed in centuries.
		The Oxford Canal is one of England's most peaceful waterways, running lazily through the countryside from Oxford to Coventry.
		Consequently, the Oxford Canal has escaped large-scale development and few towns have sprung up on its banks.
	www.waterscape.com /Oxford_Canal (190 words)

	Oxford River Cruises - Trips
		A walk along Oxford's towpaths reveals a side of the city which is rarely described and infrequently visited.
		Oxford’s famed literary associations feature large: from Chaucer to Pullman, and Carroll to Keats, the city’s waterways have excited many inspired dreamers from within the dreaming spires.
		As a resident of a canalboat in Oxford since 1992, he is uniquely placed to relate these historical precedents to the busy, attractive, and still sometimes controversial waterway scene Oxford enjoys today.
	www.oxfordrivercruises.com /walkingtours.htm (760 words)

	Narrows-minded / Broad view of pastoral Britain best from aboard slim canal boat
		As the willow-lined canal wound back and forth, it sometimes seemed as if we were on an English version of Disneyland's Jungle Boat Cruise, with sheep and magpies appearing around each bend instead of hippos and giraffes.
		These devices for lifting and lowering boats on rivers and canals were invented by Leonardo da Vinci when he was engineer to the Duke of Milan, and nobody has been able to significantly improve on the design since then.
		Those on the Oxford Canal are refurbished regularly but have used the same technology since the late 1700s.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/29/TR198642.DTL (2237 words)

	Oxford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It links to the River Thames at Oxford, to the Grand Union Canal at the villages of Braunston and Napton-on-the-Hill, and to the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury Junction just outside Coventry.
		A much more direct route between London and the midlands, the Grand Union Canal, was completed in the early 19th century, and the Oxford Canal dwindled in importance.
		It was originally built as a contour canal, meaning that it twisted around hills to minimise deviations from a level contour.
	www.mywiseowl.com /articles/Oxford_Canal (335 words)

	Canal Holidays Guide to the Oxford Canal
		One of the prettiest waterways in England, the South Oxford Canal linked the Thames to the Midlands when it was built in the late 18th century.
		The North Oxford Canal from Rugby leads via Braunston village to join the South Oxford Canal at Napton Junction.
		After ascending Napton locks with views of the village and its windmill on Napton Hill, the eleven mile summit section meanders through hills to Claydon and the descent to Oxford.
	www.canalholidays.com /oxford-canal.htm (250 words)

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