Grand Union Canal

E82412
canal waterway

The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Grand Union Canal canonical 71
Grand Union Canal main line 10
Grand Union Canal system 3

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
connects Birmingham ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
constructionPeriod late 18th century to early 19th century (original constituent canals) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses Chiltern Hills ⓘ
surface form: Chiltern Hills (via Tring Summit)
formedByMergerOf Grand Junction Canal ⓘ
Coventry Canal ⓘ
surface form: Leicester Line canals

Warwick and Birmingham Canal ⓘ
Warwick and Napton Canal ⓘ
hasLock Foxton Locks ⓘ
Hatton Locks ⓘ
Stoke Bruerne Locks ⓘ
Watford Locks ⓘ
hasPart Aylesbury Arm ⓘ
Coventry Canal ⓘ
surface form: Coventry Canal branch

Erewash Canal connection ⓘ
Grand Junction Canal ⓘ
Leicester Line ⓘ
Northampton Arm ⓘ
Paddington Arm ⓘ
Regent’s Canal ⓘ
surface form: Regent's Canal (linked at London end)

Slough Arm ⓘ
Wendover Arm ⓘ
hasTunnel Blisworth Tunnel ⓘ
Braunston Tunnel ⓘ
highestPoint Haddington Hill ⓘ
surface form: Tring Summit
historicallyCarried building materials ⓘ
coal ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
inception 1929 ⓘ
length approximately 137 miles ⓘ
approximately 220 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
managedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
passesThrough Coventry (via branch) ⓘ
Hemel Hempstead ⓘ
Leamington Spa ⓘ
Leicester ⓘ
Milton Keynes ⓘ
Northampton ⓘ
Warwick ⓘ
Watford ⓘ
primaryBoatType narrowboat ⓘ
region Midlands, England ⓘ
surface form: Midlands

South East England ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
superlative longest canal in the United Kingdom ⓘ
terminus Birmingham ⓘ
Brentford ⓘ
usedFor historical industrial transport ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
narrowboat cruising ⓘ
waterwayNetwork British canal network ⓘ

Referenced by (100)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brentford, London, United Kingdom → hasCanal → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Brentford
Stratford-on-Avon → hasCanal → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Stratford-upon-Avon
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal (nearby connection)
River Great Ouse → hasCanalConnection → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
River Colne → crossedBy → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal (multiple points)
River Colne → paralleledBy → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Brentford Dock → adjacentTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Brentford Dock → connectsTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Milton Keynes → hasFeature → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Kensal Green Cemetery → hasView → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Berkhamsted → hasFeature → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Berkhamsted → transportLink → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Paddington → traversedBy → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Maida Vale, London, England → near → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Maida Vale
Boston Manor Park → adjacentTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Boston Manor Park → hasView → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Brentford → hasCanal → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Brentford Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Brentford Lock → partOf → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal network
River Soar → hasPart → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal (Soar navigation)
River Brent → connectedTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Ladbroke Grove → hasLandmark → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal (nearby)
Trellick Tower in London → hasViewOver → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Trellick Tower
County of Leicestershire → contains → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal (sections)
Oxford Canal → connectsTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
River Ouzel → associatedWith → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
River Avon → connectedTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: River Avon (Warwickshire)
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal via River Leam
Regent’s Canal → partOf → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Berkhamsted Castle → nearby → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Apsley → traversedBy → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Nash Mills → hasGeographicalFeature → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Nash Mills → developedAlong → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
River Frays → locatedNear → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Colne Valley Regional Park → containsWatercourse → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Westway → crosses → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Cassiobury Park → adjacentTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Market Harborough → hasCanal → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Tring → notableCanal → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Kings Langley → hasCanal → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Boxmoor → traversedBy → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
London–Birmingham transport corridor → hasComponent → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Birmingham Canal Navigations → connectsTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Croxley Green → locatedOn → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
River Nene → connectedTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Cowley → near → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Hemel Hempstead → hasCanal → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Northampton Arm → connectsTo → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Northampton Arm → terminusAt → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Northampton Arm → connectsWaterway → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal main line
Watford Locks → locatedOnWaterway → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
Watford Locks → partOf → Grand Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Union Canal Leicester Line