Charnwood Forest Canal

Charnwood Forest Canal
Charnwood Forest Railway
east to Loughborough
Wagonway
from Nanpantan to Soar Navigation
Canal termination at Nanpantan
Nanpantan Reservoir
Snell's Nook Lane
Snell's Nook Halt
line of M1
A512 Ashby Road
Railway built over canal bed
Leicester Road
Shepshed
Charnwood Road
Canal now Conway Drive
Ticklow Lane
Aqueduct over Blackbrook service track
Blackbrook Reservoir
A512 Ashby Road
Grace Dieu Viaduct
Railway south to Whitwick & Coalville
Grace Dieu Priory ruins
A512
Snarrows Road
Snarrows Road, Osgathorpe
ruined junction house
Both arms terminate at wagonways
Wagonways south to local coal mines
and NW to Cloud Hill limestone quarries

The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794

It marks the beginning of a period of history that saw the introduction of railways to supplement canals and, in the end, superseding them, leading eventually to the Midland Counties Railway. It was also one of the first uses of edge-rails for a wagonway.

(This should not be confused with the Charnwood Forest Railway.)

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