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The Oxford Canal is a 126km narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Bedworth via Banbury and Rugby. Completed in 1790, it connects to the River Thames at Oxford and is integrated with the Grand Union Canal. Surveying of the route and initial construction were originally supervised by the celebrated engineer James Brindley, assisted by Samuel Simcock. Brindley died in 1772 and Simcock took over and completed the canal. Yard Bridge, Clifton Bridge, Road Bridge, Railway Bridges, Uk History, A Discovery Of Witches, Stone Bridge, River Thames, England Uk

The Oxford Canal is a 126km narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Bedworth via Banbury and Rugby. Completed in 1790, it connects to the River Thames at Oxford and is integrated with the Grand Union Canal. Surveying of the route and initial construction were originally supervised by the celebrated engineer James Brindley, assisted by Samuel Simcock. Brindley died in 1772 and Simcock took over and completed the canal.

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The Macclesfield Canal runs 27 miles between Marple and Hall Green, near Kidsgrove, mostly avoiding built-up areas. The route takes the canal through High Lane, Higher Poynton, Wood Lanes, Bollington, Bollington (south end), Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Gurnett, Sutton, Lyme Green, Bosley, Congleton, Hightown, Kent Green, Scholar Green, Hall Green and Red Bull. | The Macclesfield Canal provides the most elevated and, some would say, most beautiful part of the Cheshire Canal Ring. The canal has…

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