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Warwick and Birmingham Canal, itself a section of the Grand Union Canal, near Lapworth in Warwickshire.

 

The Grand Union Canal was formed from the Grand Junction Canal, Warwick & Napton Canal, Warwick & Birmingham Canal and the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal.

 

Its main line starts in London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles (220 km) with 166 locks. It has arms to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover and Northampton.

 

The Grand Union Canal was also the original name for part of what is now part of the Leicester Line of the modern Grand Union: this latter is now generally referred to as the Old Grand Union Canal to avoid ambiguity.

 

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