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    The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting...
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  • In 1927 the canal was bought by the Regent's Canal Company and, since 1 January 1929, has formed the southern half of the Grand Union Main Line from...
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    The Grand Union Canal was a canal in England from Foxton, Leicestershire on the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal to Norton Junction, close...
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    Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards...
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    The Shropshire Union Canal, sometimes nicknamed the "Shroppie", is a navigable canal in England. The Llangollen and Montgomery canals are the modern names...
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    main canal artery of trade between the Midlands and London, via its connection to the Thames, until the Grand Union Canal (then called the Grand Junction...
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  • States, closed in 1880 Grand Union Canal, England This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Union Canal. If an internal link led...
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  • A list of locks on the Grand Union Canal and its branches. The Grand Union Canal (Main Line) runs from Salford Junction, Birmingham to Brentford, London...
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    Regents Canal Company in 1857, and became part of the Grand Union Canal in 1927. Like its 1766 predecessor, the Limehouse Cut, the Hertford Union Canal was...
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  • The Grand Union Canal Race (GUCR) is an ultramarathon run from the centre of Birmingham to the centre of London along the Grand Union Canal. Competitors...
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    "completely" artificial canals (e.g. Rochdale Canal). Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway: Connection from Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes to the River...
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    England, around the junction of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, the Regent's Canal, and the entrance to Paddington Basin. The junction, also...
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    West Coast Main Line railway, the M1 motorway and a branch of the Grand Union Canal traverse in parallel a space about 400 metres (1,300 ft) wide. It...
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  • Grand Union may refer to: Grand union, a four-way, double track rail junction often found on tram systems Grand Union Canal, a canal running from London...
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    river then flows north through Leicester, where it is joined by the Grand Union Canal. Continuing on through the Leicestershire Soar Valley, it passes Loughborough...
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    on the Grand Union Canal near Daventry, in the county of Northamptonshire, England. They are also referred to as Buckby Lock Flight. The Grand Junction...
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    the Grand Union Canal between Bedford and Milton Keynes. United Kingdom portal Transport portal Canal Canal Safety Gates Channel (geography) Canal & River...
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    Paddington (section Canal)
    the 1810s at the convergence of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, the Regent's Canal and the Paddington Basin. It is an important focal point...
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    Warwickshire ring (category Canal rings in the United Kingdom)
    of canals forming a circuit around the West Midlands area of England. The ring is formed from the Coventry Canal, the Oxford Canal, the Grand Union Canal...
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    Manchester Ship Canal, the Bridgewater Canal, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the River Trent and the Grand Union Canal. The much...
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    Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal is a canal in England that is now part of the Grand Union Canal. In 1793, an act of Parliament, the Leicestershire...
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    the boundary with the City of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. The Grand Union Canal passes through the middle of the village. The villages name means...
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    The Paddington Canal or Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal is a 13+1⁄2-mile (22 km) canal to Paddington in central London, England. It runs from...
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    officer was informed that Khalife had been seen on a bicycle on the Grand Union Canal towpath near Rowdell Road in Northolt. The officer attended, drew...
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    The geography of Milton Keynes – the railway line, Watling Street, Grand Union Canal, M1 motorway – sets up a very strong north-south axis. If you've got...
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    of the Grand Union Canal. In 1929 the Regents Canal Company bought the Grand Junction Canal Company and a new company, the Grand Union Canal Company...
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    well as streets of low-rise houses with gardens. It adjoins the Grand Union Canal's Paddington Arm, which is fed by the Brent Reservoir. The name Alperton...
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    the banks of the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and...
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  • ancient Watling Street as the boundary in those outer areas. The Grand Union Canal is West London's major internal waterway. West London is bordered...
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    dividing line is at Kingswood Junction, which gives access to the Grand Union Canal. Following acquisition by a railway company in 1856, it gradually...
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