Banbury& return
Guides: P7, N1, L17
• From Union Wharf 10 nights,5.75 hours per day, 90 locks
A relatively gentle cruise
through pretty Cotswold countryside first takes
you down the North Oxford Canal via Braunston
and Napton Junctions and onto the South Oxford
Canal, renowned for its meandering route to
the Thames.
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Oxford & return
Guides: P7, N1, L18
• From Union Wharf, 14 nights, 5.75 hours per day, 126 locks
Continuing on past Banbury to Oxford. The “City
of Dreaming Spires” needs little introduction and is
an extremely popular choice for those who can stretch
their holiday to more than a week.
Oxford Tourist Information 01865 726871
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Stoke Bruerne & return
Guides: P7, N1, L17 & 18
• From Union Wharf, 7 nights 5.75 hours per day, 48 locks
This is essentially a rural route that incorporates several very
impressive tunnels including Blisworth Tunnel which is over 3,000 yards
long!
The village of Stoke Bruerne awaits you as you emerge from
Blisworth and we recommend that you visit the excellent canal Museum
here. Milton Keynes is the next point of interest with its wealth of attractions.
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Leicester or East Midlands Ring
Guides: P7, N1 & N3, L14 & L18
• From Union Wharf 14 nights, 6 hours per day, 101 locks
A pleasant two week cruise through parts of
Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and
Derbyshire which involves cruising on rivers as well as canals.
This route takes you up the Grand Union Canal to the Foxton flight
of locks, then on to Leicester itself where you join the River Soar.
You
continue along the Soar to Trent Junction, where you briefly join the
River Trent which takes you up to Sawley. At this point you rejoin the
canal system and complete the ring.
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Aylesbury & return
Guides: P7, N1, L18
• From Union Wharf, 14 nights, 6 hours per day, 130 locks
A good route for the first timer, through delightful countryside, taking in the
Great Ouse Aqueduct at Cosgrove, Milton Keynes then arriving at Aylesbury,
with the attractive old town centre just a short walk from the canal basin.
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Warwick & return
Guides: P6, N3, L14
From Union Wharf, 10 nights, 5 hours per day, 92 locks
A very popular week cruise with the opportunity to visit Warwick Castle
Tourist Information Centre 01926 492212
www.warwick-uk.co.uk.
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