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.
Coventry Canal
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The Coventry Canal is a navigable narrow canal in the Midlands of England.
Ashby Canal
…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 of tramways were constructed at its northern end, to service collieries. The canal was…
Coventry canal near Fradley
Coventry Canal basin
Viewed looking west from Foleshill Road, near Matlock Road