Grand Union Canal

| type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to provide for the transfer to the Regent's Canal and Dock Company of the canal undertaking of the Company of Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal to confer various powers upon the Regent's Canal and Dock Company and for other purposes. | year = 1928 | citation = 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. xcviii | territorial_extent = United Kingdom | royal_assent = 3 August 1928 | commencement = 3 August 1928 | repeal_date = | amends = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = Amended | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo5/18-19/98/contents/enacted | collapsed = yes }} The…

At Braunston Junction, the Oxford Canal diverges north and south. The north section leads to Rugby and Coventry; the southward fork carries both the Oxford Canal and the Grand Union for 5 mi to Napton Junction. Here, the Grand Union heads north towards Birmingham, while the Oxford Canal veers south towards Banbury and Oxford. Shortly after Napton Junction, the Grand Union reaches three locks at Calcutt, which begin the descent to the Warwickshire River Avon. After a 3-mile (5-km) level, the canal descends into the valley of the River Leam by the Stockton flight of 10 locks (often known as 'the Itchington Ten'). Above the eighth lock down the flight, a short arm (now used as pleasure craft…