Ashby Canal
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The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a 31-mile long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, with the Coventry Canal a
The canal near Congerstone
Snarestone Tunnel, just before the present terminus, is crooked in the middle
The restored section of the Ashby de la Zouch Canal alongside Moira Furnace, now a museum.
The short new section of canal at Snarestone excavated in 2010. Beyond the bend at the far end, work started on the next section in 2012.
Hinckley
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Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and
Ashby Canal
…The canal starts at a junction with the Coventry Canal just outside Bedworth and travels north-east for about 7 miles (11 km) through the town of Hinckley. It then continues to run north through largely rural and remote countryside for another 15 miles (24 km) until reaching its terminus at Snarestone…
Castle Street in Hinckley town centre geograph.org.uk 6963453
St Mary's church in Hinckley geograph.org.uk 7754786
Hinckley Hub geograph.org.uk 6012872
Ashby Canal geograph.org.uk 5480918