The rural Ashby Canal
The Ashby Canal is 22 miles (35.4 km) long with no locks and runs from the Coventry Canal at Marston Junction to Snarestone. It was originally 30 miles long to a terminus at Moira but the northern 8 miles were progressively closed due to coal mining subsidence. It was planned as a broad canal and has wider bridges built to take barges but is nowadays used only by narrow boats, and some of the bridge holes have been narrowed.
The rural Ashby Canal
The Ashby Canal is 22 miles (35.4 km) long with no locks and runs from the Coventry Canal at Marston Junction to Snarestone. It was originally 30 miles long to a terminus at Moira but the northern 8 miles were progressively closed due to coal mining subsidence. It was planned as a broad canal and has wider bridges built to take barges but is nowadays used only by narrow boats, and some of the bridge holes have been narrowed.