Ashby Canal

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Ashby Canal is a historic narrow canal in the English Midlands, originally built for coal transport and now popular for leisure boating and waterside recreation.

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Ashby Canal canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
waterway
connectsTo Coventry Canal
constructionStartDate late 18th century
country United Kingdom
hasBranch Ashby Canal restoration sections
hasDesignation heritage waterway
hasEnvironment rural surroundings
hasFeature lock-free main line
hasLength about 22 miles
hasNearbySettlement Hinckley
Market Bosworth
Shackerstone
Snarestone
hasRestorationBody Ashby Canal Association
Ashby Canal Trust
hasStructure Moira Furnace
aqueducts
bridges
hasTowpath public footpath
locatedIn East Midlands
England
Leicestershire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands
managedBy Canal & River Trust
namedAfter Ashby-de-la-Zouch
openingDate early 19th century
originalUse coal transport
partiallyClosedDueTo mining subsidence
popularFor angling
narrowboat holidays
walking
wildlife watching
primaryUse leisure boating
waterside recreation
status navigable in part
partly disused
subjectOf heritage restoration projects
terminus Marston Junction
Snarestone
waterwaySystem British canal network

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinckley hasRiver Ashby Canal
Measham historicalTransport Ashby Canal
Measham hasCanal Ashby Canal
Midlands canal network hasPart Ashby Canal