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River Soar Navigation

24.1 miles (38.8km) long with 18 locks from just above Freeman's Meadow Lock in Leicester to the River Trent and Erewash Canal; the River Soar forms part of the Grand Union Canal Leicester Section. Thomas Skipworth was granted permission by Charles I to make the river navigable in 1634 but the scheme was never completed. The section between the River Trent and Loughborough was made navigable in 1778 by engineers John Smith and John May and extended by William Jessop to Leicester in 1794. The Grand Union Canal (not to be confused with the later canal route of the same name) connected it south to the southern canals network and to London in 1814. It was not until 1894 that the Grand Union and the Leicestershire & Northamptonshire Union Canals were purchased by the Grand Junction Canal Company that later formed the Grand Union Canal who purchased the Leicester and Loughborough Navigations in 1932 along with the Erewash Canal.
by Jo and Steve Turner

Created: Sun, 7 Oct 2012, Updated: Sun, 7 Oct 2012


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SK5704 : Soar Lane Bridge crossing the River Soar by Mat Fascione
SK4925 : Moorings at East Midlands Boat Services by Alan Murray-Rust
SK5220 : Entering Loughborough Lock by Stephen McKay
SK4929 : Ratcliffe Lock River Soar Navigation by Jo and Steve Turner
SK5704 : Evans Weir along the Grand Union Canal/River Soar by Mat Fascione
SK5805 : North Lock in Leicester by Roger  D Kidd
SK4926 : Weirs by Old Cut, River Soar Navigation by Jo and Steve Turner
SK5804 : River Soar/Grand Union Canal in Leicester by Mat Fascione
SK6012 : Junction Lock River Soar Navigation by Jo and Steve Turner
SK5704 : Construction along the River Soar by Mat Fascione
SK5023 : Zouch Lock by Alan Murray-Rust
SK5914 : Dockside building at Sileby Marina by David Smith
SK5023 : Zouch Marina by Alan Murray-Rust
SK4826 : The Hermitage by Jo and Steve Turner
SK5913 : River Soar north-east of Rothley in Leicestershire by Roger  D Kidd
SK5023 : Zouch Mill leat by Alan Murray-Rust
SK5912 : Cossington Lock River Soar Navigation by Jo and Steve Turner
SK5023 : Zouch Lock by Alan Murray-Rust
SK5702 : Weir across the River Soar in Leicester by Roger  D Kidd
SK5913 : Pasture by the River Soar near Rothley, Leicestershire by Roger  D Kidd
SK5804 : Apartments under construction by Mat Fascione
SK5222 : River Soar north of Loughborough in Leicestershire by Roger  D Kidd
SK5803 : Mill Lane bridge No 110 crossing the Grand Union Canal, Leicester by Mat Fascione
SK4925 : Moorings at East Midlands Boat Services by Alan Murray-Rust
SK5804 : Construction work at Black Friars by Mat Fascione

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