Canals · East Midlands
Charnwood Forest Canal
Charnwood Forest Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Loughborough Central · 9.3 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Charnwood Forest Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 52.7567°, -1.3333°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Grace Dieu and High Sharpley SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794. It marks the beginning of a period of history that saw the introduction of railways to supplement canals and, in the end, superseding them, leading eventually to the Midland Counties Railway. It was also one of the first uses of edge-rails for a wagonway. (This should not be confused with the Charnwood Forest Railway.)
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Background
History
Use of the Forest Line was limited until the Blackbrook Reservoir feeder was finished. During the floods of 1799 this collapsed, destroying some earthworks and an aqueduct, and the canal went out of use for two years. Even after some repairs were carried out, further damage occurred and what little trade there had been did not return. Stevenson suggests "the problems ... stemmed partially from the hybrid nature of its construction." That is, it was part canal, part wagonway. However, note that Griffin has suggested that technical, financial and legal problems at the coal mines served by the canal caused the amount of coal to be carried to be reduced to uneconomic levels. In 1808 the company…
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- Coordinates
- 52.7567, -1.3333
- County
- Leicestershire
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Parish
- Belton
- Postcode
- LE67 5UT
- Parliamentary constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Nearest railway station
- Loughborough Central — 9.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q5086579 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Charnwood Forest Canal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Charnwood Forest Canal?
- Charnwood Forest Canal is in Leicestershire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LE67 5UT), in the parish of Belton.
- Is Charnwood Forest Canal a protected site?
- Yes — Charnwood Forest Canal is part of the Grace Dieu and High Sharpley SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Charnwood Forest Canal free to visit?
- Yes, Charnwood Forest Canal is free to enter.
- How do I get to Charnwood Forest Canal?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LE67 5UT. It sits within the North West Leicestershire parliamentary constituency.