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.
Moira, Leicestershire
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Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3 miles south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary w
Ashby Canal
…The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a 31-mile (50 km) 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 at Bedworth in Warwickshire. It was opened in 1804, and a number…
Ashby Road in Moira, Leicestershire
Moira lime kilns