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The Grantham Canal

The Grantham Canal was built from the River Trent in Nottingham to Grantham, some 33 miles between 1793 and 1797 at a cost of £118,500 and narrow boats and barges transported coal, building materials and groceries through 18 locks to Grantham. On the return journey they transported corn, malt, beans, wool and other agricultural produce. Due to the development and the success of the railways the canal was closed in 1935 and left to its fate. Over the years it fell into disrepair with many of the "fixtures and fittings" being demolished.
The Grantham Canal Restoration Society is an active body which has been working towards the reopening of the canal as a recreational and commercial waterway. Whether this will ever happen is up for debate with many obstacles in the way.
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by Kate Jewell

Created: Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Updated: Sun, 1 Sep 2013


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SK6631 : Grantham Canal towpath at the Devil's Elbow by Mat Fascione
SK6236 : Grantham Canal towpath by Richard Croft
SK5937 : Grantham Canal in West Bridgford by Mat Fascione
SK5937 : Grantham Canal by Kate Jewell
SK8336 : Grantham Canal near Stenwith by Mat Fascione
SK8634 : Heading east along the Grantham Canal towpath by Mat Fascione
SK8634 : Denton Bridge by Richard Croft
SK6929 : Swans on the Grantham Canal by Alan Murray-Rust
SK6236 : Grantham Canal near Bassingfield by Alan Murray-Rust
SK6237 : Curve of the canal by Alan Murray-Rust
SK7229 : Marriotts Bridge, no.38, Grantham Canal by Alan Murray-Rust
SK6236 : Grantham Canal and towpath by Richard Croft
SK6833 : Overgrown section of the disused Grantham Canal by Mat Fascione
SK6636 : Cotgrave Canal at Stragglethorpe by Alan Murray-Rust
SK6829 : Towpath along the Grantham Canal by Mat Fascione
SK8336 : Lock 12, Grantham Canal by Alan Murray-Rust
SK7835 : Bench on the Grantham Canal by Stephen McKay
SK7129 : Grantham Canal by Richard Croft
SK8933 : Towpath along the Grantham Canal by Mat Fascione
SK5937 : Gamston Bridge, no.4, Grantham Canal by Alan Murray-Rust
SK6636 : Grantham Canal bridleway crossing, Mann's Bridge, Stragglethorpe by Alan Murray-Rust
SK8833 : Bridge No.67 by Alan Murray-Rust
SK6736 : Derelict Cropwell Upper Lock No 11 by Mat Fascione
SK6137 : Grantham Canal and towpath by Richard Croft
SK6733 : Canal milepost by Richard Croft

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