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Latitude: 52.5006 / 52°30'2"N
Longitude: -0.9828 / 0°58'58"W
OS Eastings: 469145
OS Northings: 289677
OS Grid: SP691896
Mapcode National: GBR 9QQ.B9Y
Mapcode Global: VHDQR.XD8W
Plus Code: 9C4XG228+6V
Entry Name: Foxton Locks, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line
Listing Date: 7 December 1966
Last Amended: 30 June 1993
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1360753
English Heritage Legacy ID: 191334
ID on this website: 101360753
Location: Foxton, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16
County: Leicestershire
District: Harborough
Civil Parish: Foxton
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Foxton St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: Lock Flight of locks
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SP 68 NE
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FOXTON
Gumley Road
Foxton Locks, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line
(Formerly listed as Foxton Locks, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line, Foxton, previously listed as Foxton Locks, Grand Union Canal, formerly listed as Foxton Locks)
7.12.66
GV
II*
Staircase flight of ten locks. Two groups of five locks, with a passing pound in between, and side pounds.1810-12, restored 1909. Brick with some stone. Top Lock has a single gate, followed by five chambers, all with double gates and footbridge. Beyond these, the passing pound, followed by a single gable and then five chambers descending, with double gates, the lower four chambers crossed by footbridges. Flight ends at Bottom Lock. Each chamber is brick lined and has an inset brick dated 1909. Grand Union Canal, engineered by Benjamin Bevan, completed in 1814.
Listing NGR: SP6914589677
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