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    The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a canal in the south Midlands of England. The canal, which was built between 1793 and 1816, runs for 25.5 miles (41.0 km)...
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    Stratford-upon-Avon (/-ˈeɪvən/), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county...
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    and Birmingham Canal and the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal to arrive back at the Avon at Stratford-upon-Avon. The navigation works on the Avon were originally...
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    canals and navigable waterways, including the River Thames, the Regent's Canal, the River Nene and River Soar, the Oxford Canal, the Stratford-upon-Avon...
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    The canal also has connections with the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, and the restored Droitwich Canal, it historically linked to the Dudley Canal Line...
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    the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal until it joins the River Avon in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is...
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    The Avon Ring is a canal ring which is located to the south west of Birmingham in England, and connects the major towns of Stratford-upon-Avon, Evesham...
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    Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway is a railway station located on the northern outskirts of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. It is on the North...
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    Stratford Old Town railway station was a railway station that served the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. On the Stratford-upon-Avon...
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    Kings Norton Junction (category Stratford-upon-Avon Canal)
    SP052794) is the name of the canal junction where the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal terminates and meets the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Kings Norton, Birmingham...
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    Warwickshire ring (category Canal rings in the United Kingdom)
    Canal, the Oxford Canal, the Grand Union Canal, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. It is a popular route with tourists due...
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    The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) was a railway company in the southern Midlands of England, formed at the beginning of 1909...
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    Kings Norton Stop Lock (category Stratford-upon-Avon Canal)
    on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal near its junction with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. It is the only guillotine-gated stop-lock on a canal. This...
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    Earlswood Lakes (category Stratford-upon-Avon Canal)
    in Warwickshire, England, to supply water to the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. They still supply the canal, and also provide leisure facilities, including...
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    Wootton Wawen /ˈwʊtən ˈwoʊ.ən/ is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The village is on the A3400 in...
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    woodland at Bills Wood and Palmers Rough. There is also the nearby Stratford-upon-Avon Canal which provides a walking route into the Warwickshire countryside...
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    The Stratford and Moreton Tramway was a 16-mile (25-km) long horse-drawn wagonway which ran from the canal basin at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire...
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    direction on selected summer Sundays from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon with a journey times of 60 to 70 minutes in each direction. The outbound...
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    the English county of Warwickshire, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Stratford-upon-Avon. Prior to 2004, it was part of the same parish as Aston Cantlow,...
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  • Ringvaart See also Canals of Great Britain Avon Ring River Avon, River Severn, Worcester and Birmingham Canal and Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Black country ring...
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  • Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom Camden Lock, Commercial Road Lock, Limehouse Basin Lock Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal Boat lift, Caisson...
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    Leamington Spa (50,923), Warwick (37,267), Bedworth (31,090) and Stratford-upon-Avon (30,495). For local government purposes, Warwickshire is a non-metropolitan...
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    Roving bridge (category United Kingdom canal stubs)
    360 degrees. On the Macclesfield Canal this was achieved by building spiral ramps and on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and others by constructing roving...
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    near Kings Norton Junction, between the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and the Worcester and Birmingham Canal was replaced in 1914 by a pair of guillotine lock...
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    "The Punch Bowl". At Kingswood Junction, the Grand Union Canal joins the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, which has a major flight of locks. Catesby Lane in Lapworth...
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    Wootton Wawen Aqueduct (category Canals in Warwickshire)
    6 km length of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in Warwickshire. All are unusual in that the towpaths are at the level of the canal bottom. This aqueduct...
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    (21 km) north of Stratford-upon-Avon. Hockley Heath is in the Arden area and borders Warwickshire and the District of Stratford-on-Avon to the south, with...
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    Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 miles (140 km), made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal...
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  • 2020. Kingswood is situated on the Grand Union Canal and the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. The two canals meet at Kingswood Junction. Kingswood also has...
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    1913: A bomb explodes on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in Yardley Wood, Birmingham, causing serious damage to the canal but failing to burst its banks...
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