The Admiral Nelson sits right beside Lock No. 3 on the Braunston flight, at the junction of the Grand Union and Oxford Canals — one of the busiest and best-loved meeting points on the whole network. This canalside pub and restaurant has been serving boaters and walkers for generations, with a large garden overlooking the locks, making it a natural stopping point for anyone working through the Braunston flight. A great spot to break a journey and watch the boats locking through.
The Boat Inn is a traditional canalside freehouse on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne, owned and run by the Woodward family since 1877. Right beside the famous flight of locks and the Canal Museum, it’s one of the best-known pub stops on this stretch of the waterway, serving food and drink to boaters and visitors alike, with a large canalside garden and its own short boat trips in summer. A classic port of call for anyone cruising or walking this section of the Grand Union.
Blisworth Tunnel Boats (trading as Mill Wharf Boats) is a family-run boatyard and chandlery based at Mill Wharf on the Grand Union Canal in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, close to the southern portal of Blisworth Tunnel and a short stroll from the Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne. The yard offers narrowboat hire and canal boat holidays, boat sales, and a full range of boat servicing and repairs from its dry dock and wet dock. Facilities include bottled gas, diesel, a water point, Elsan disposal, and pump-out services, making it a handy stop for boaters passing through this popular stretch of the Grand Union Canal’s Northampton Arm approach.
CRT winding hole (boat turning point) at Northampton Bottom Lock 17, on the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal. Data from Canal & River Trust open data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
South portal of Blisworth Tunnel (1,753 yards), the longest tunnel on the canal network still in navigable use, on the Grand Union Canal near Blisworth. Data from Canal & River Trust open data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
