The Grantham Canal runs for about 33 miles between Nottingham and Grantham, passing through quiet villages, farmland, wooded cuttings and a series of restored…
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How to Navigate the Grantham Canal’s Sharp Turns and Narrow Sections
The Best Canal-Side Benches for Watching the Sunset Over the Wolds
The Grantham Canal is at its most atmospheric in the hour before dusk. Water turns bronze beneath the reeds, narrowboats settle into their moorings, and the…
The Grantham Canal’s Role in the Rise of Tourism in the East Midlands
The Grantham Canal is a quiet waterway with an outsized place in the East Midlands tourism story. Stretching between Grantham in Lincolnshire and the River…
Navigating The Grantham Canal’s Staircase Locks And Steep Ground
The Grantham Canal crosses 33 miles of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire countryside between the River Trent near West Bridgford and Grantham. Opened in 1797,…
The Grantham Canal’s Canal-Side Pubs with History and Character
The Grantham Canal crosses a peaceful stretch of the English Midlands, linking the River Trent near Nottingham with the market town of Grantham. Its towpath…
How to find the Grantham Canal’s hidden wildflower meadows
The Grantham Canal crosses a quiet stretch of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire where towpaths, hedgerows, pasture and old locks create excellent conditions for…
Planning Your Visit To The Grantham Canal Festival
The Grantham Canal’s annual festival brings together narrowboats, local history, countryside activities and community entertainment along one of England’s most…
Water Voles Along the Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal crosses a quiet stretch of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire countryside, linking the market town of Grantham with the River Trent near…
The Ground Beneath the Grantham Canal Towpath
The Grantham Canal is often experienced as a ribbon of water, locks, bridges and towpath through the English countryside. Yet its character begins below…
Exploring the Grantham Canal by Electric Boat
The Grantham Canal offers a quiet alternative to Britain’s busier waterways. Running between the River Trent near Nottingham and Grantham in Lincolnshire, it…