Grand Union Canal Map - Braunston to Kings Langley

Description

This Heron waterways map covers the central part of the Grand Union Canal from Braunston (near Daventry) to Kings Langley, just outside of London. The map provides detailed information for both waterways and leisure users, and it is complimented by information panels and photographs.

The Grand Union Canal is Britain's longest canal, running 137 miles from London to Birmingham. This map covers the central section from Braunston, near Daventry, to Kings Langley. The route starts at Braunston heading south westwards across rural Northamptonshire, passing through Weedon Bec, Blisworth and Stoke Bruerne before arriving in Milton Keynes. The canal traverses the city largely hidden behind the greenery of parklands. Exiting the city it continues south westwards through Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and the Chilterns before reaching Hemel Hempstead and the map's most easterly extent of Kings Langley and the M25. The map includes the Northampton, Aylesbury and Wendover branches, and the start of the Leicester Line.

This cruising and tourist map of the Grand Union Canal from Braunston to Kings Langley is at a scale of 1:50,000. Also included are detailed town plans of Braunston, Weedon Bec, Stoke Bruerne, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Fenny Stratford, Aylesbury, Marsworth and Berkhamsted at a scale of 1:12,500.

The map includes navigation and historical information, visitor moorings, marinas and boatyards, boat hire centres, facilities for the boat user, shops, post offices and distance markers. Information for the tourist includes tourist information centres, places of interest, pubs, nature reserves, parks, churches, long distance paths, public toilets, plus caravan and camp sites.

Published by Heron Maps in April 2021, this is the revised 2nd edition of this Braunston to Kings Langley map.