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• Warwickshire
  ...nd around Stratford connected with William Shakespeare, all within an easy walk of the town: [[File:Oxford Canal from Napton.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Oxford Canal at Napton-on-the-Hill]]
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• Leeds
  ...ding of the Aire and Calder Navigation in 1699 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in 1816. The railway network constructed around Leeds, starting with the Le ...Harehills, Hyde Park and parts of Beeston. The largest mosque is the Leeds Grand Mosque in Hyde Park.
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• Uxbridge
  ...of its residents "They will steal the very teeth out of your mouth as you walk through the streets. I know it from experience." For about 200 years most o The [[Grand Junction Canal]] opened in 1794, linking Uxbridge with [[Birmingham]]. By 1800 Uxbridge ha
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• Ealing
  ...ed travel (the Great Western Railway and two branches of the [[Grand Union Canal]]), villages began to grow into towns and merged into unbroken residential ...wnloads/EalingQueenofthesuburbswalk1986v2.pdf Ealing: Queen of the suburbs walk]. Ealing Civic Society (2009 Ed). Accessed 7 November 2010</ref>
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• Land's End to John o' Groats
  ...The record for running the route is nine days. Off-road walkers typically walk 1,200 miles and take two or three months for the expedition. Two much-phot ...ken many times, more particularly since 1960, after a well-publicised road walk by Dr Barbara Moore. In 1960 the entrepreneur Billy Butlin organised a roa
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• Watford
  Theories include the Old English words ''wæt'' (wet), ''wadan'' (walk, wade), ''watul'' (wattle, a fence) or ''wath'' (hunter), Watling Street, a ...h to the Cassiobury and Grove estates. Consequently, although the road and canal follow the easier valley route, the railway company was forced to build an
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• Leicester
  The construction of the [[Grand Union Canal]] in the 1790s linked Leicester to [[London]] and [[Birmingham]] and by 183 ...Victoria (1837–1901). Factories began to appear, particularly along the canal and the River Soar. Between 1861 and 1901 Leicester's population increased
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• Wendover
  ...Wendover Arm Trust]</ref> Remote and rural for almost all its length, the canal attracts much local wildlife. ...mpressive monument to the Buckinghamshire men who died in the Boer War, or walk to the pretty hamlet of Dunsmore in the spring and enjoy the carpet of blue
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• River Brent
  ...r" and was created to supply the Paddington Canal, now an arm of the Grand Union. Welsh Harp has since its creation been is a popular place for leisuretime ...e [[Grand Union Canal#Paddington Arm|Paddington Arm]] of the [[Grand Union Canal]]. From Stonebridge Park the river can be followed westward, under the A40
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• Wakefield
  ...ef> The Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations and the Barnsley Canal were instrumental in the development of Wakefield as an important market f ...kefieldPrison/History/default.htm| accessdate=2009-11-25}}</ref> Wakefield Union workhouse<ref name="workhouses">{{citation|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk
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• New River
  ...the end of the 19th century),<ref>''Guide to the Waterways 1 London,Grand Union,Oxford&Lee'' Published by Nicholson& [[Ordnance Survey]] (1997) p.104 ISBN ...ref><cite>[http://shelford.org/walks/newriver.pdf The New River Path – a walk linking Hertford with Islington] accessed 27 October 2011</ref>
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• Ickenham
  ..., a 12-mile walk along the River Pinn from [[Pinner]] to the [[Grand Union Canal]] at [[Cowley, Middlesex|Cowley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillingdo
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• Pimlico
  ...], to which it was built as a southern extension, Pimlico is known for its grand garden squares and impressive Regency architecture. ...]] to the south, Vauxhall Bridge Road to the east and the former Grosvenor Canal to the west.
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• Royal Leamington Spa
  ...le=Warwickshire Towns & Villages|year=2000|isbn=1-85058-642-X}}</ref> This grand structure attracted many visitors, expecting cures by bathing in pools of s The original parish church is All Saints Leamington Priors, a grand, gothic church. The town also has churches of other denominations.
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• Portadown
  In 1741, Anthony Obins was involved with the development of the [[Newry Canal]].<ref name="RiseOfPortadown"/> He was succeeded by Michael Obins in 1750. }}</ref> This, and subsequent events like the setting up of a 'provisional' Grand Lodge in the town after the 'voluntary' dissolution of the Order in 1825, l
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• Daventry
  ...Street. Grade II listed buildings include several in Market Place, Church Walk, New Street, High Street, Sheaf Street and the United Reformed Church, the ...he Wash]]. There is no river in the town itself. Nearby the [[Grand Union Canal]] that swings from [[Watford Gap]] into the western Midlands through the 2,
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• Oxford Canal
  [[File:Oxford Canal from Napton.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Oxford Canal from Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire]] ...ptonshire|Braunston]] and [[Napton-on-the-Hill]], and on to the [[Coventry Canal]] at Hawkesbury Junction in [[Bedworth]] just north of Coventry.
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• Shakespeare's Way
  ...[[Thames Path]] from [[London]] westwards to Kew and up the [[Grand Union Canal]] and the Thames Path again to Marlow. Thence it heads over the [[Chiltern ...8/shakespeare_way_feature.shtml BBC Coventry & Warwickshire article on the walk]
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• Ratho
  ...othian|Newbridge]] and [[Kirkliston]] are other nearby villages. The Union Canal passes through Ratho. [[Edinburgh Airport]] is situated only four miles awa ...12th century doorway is still visible. Generally the church has never been grand, but it bears the hallmarks of centuries of evolutionary change. The interi
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• Jurassic Way
  The trail goes near to the [[Oxford Canal|Oxford]] and [[Grand Union Canal]]s, past the Great Central Railway's Catesby Tunnel and viaduct, the [[Rive ...anbury]], [[Oxfordshire]]<br>{{wmap|52.057|-1.330|zoom=14}}, by the Oxford Canal and the county border
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• Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
  ...jpg|thumb|300px|Kidderminster Lock on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal]] ...er Severn]] at [[Stourport]] in Worcestershire with the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] at [[Haywood Junction]] by [[Great Haywood]].
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• Warwickshire ring
  ...anal]], the [[Stratford-upon-Avon Canal]] and the [[Birmingham and Fazeley Canal]]. It is a popular route with tourists due to its circular route and mixtur ...e other follows the Stratford Canal (north) and [[Worcester and Birmingham Canal]] to [[Gas Street Basin]] in central Birmingham. The latter route is slight
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• Welford, Northamptonshire
  ...way through the fields to the east of the village, many walkers prefer to walk along the High Street to make use of the village's facilities.
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• Stoke Bruerne
  ...at-weighing machine at Stoke Bruerne, originally from the [[Glamorganshire Canal]]]] The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 373.<ref>{{cite web| ...tages. The village's main attraction is its situation on the [[Grand Union Canal]] making it a favourite destination for tourists.
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• New Town, Edinburgh
  ...ed, the rich moved northwards from cramped tenements in narrow closes into grand Georgian homes on wide roads. The poor however remained in the Old Town. ...ew era of civic Hanoverian British patriotism by echoing the design of the Union Flag. Both Princes Street and Queen Street are shown as double sided. A sim
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• Newbridge, County Kildare
  ...n Street and Edward Street to the turnpike at Gandogue Lane (behind Credit Union). The old high road continued in use to serve the village and mass house, w The Kildare/Leixlip Branch of General Workers Union SIPTU has its headquarters at Georges Street, Newbridge.
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• Hertfordshire Way
  The '''Hertfordshire Way''' is a long-distance circular walk around [[Hertfordshire]]. The total length is 194 miles, which is fully way The walk is mainly in open countryside, but it also passes through the county's two
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• Capital Ring
  | Walk 1 || [[Woolwich]] to [[Falconwood]] | Walk 2 || Falconwood to Grove Park
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• River Cole, Warwickshire
  ...lly, the river then passes under an aqueduct for the [[Stratford-upon-Avon Canal]] on Peterbrook Road at Major's Green. Skirting to the west of [[Shirley, W ...s for the removable plank weir can be seen.<ref name="JMJ"/> The riverside walk continues as the John Morris Jones Walkway past the site of Robin Hood Lane
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• Stockton, Warwickshire
  ...ted in the name of a nearby pub, the 'Blue Lias', beside the [[Grand Union Canal]] on the road to [[Long Itchington]]. ...hree steam-powered vessels named ''Jason'', ''Janet'' and ''Jupiter''.<ref>Canal and Rivercraft in Picture, Hugh MacKnight, David & Charles, 1970</ref>
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• Hatton, Warwickshire
  ...t the village include a remarkable series of 21 locks on the [[Grand Union Canal]], a shopping village (Hatton Country World) and a former psychiatric hospi The towpath Grand Union Canal is a long distance walk as well as a route for narrowboaters and canoeists.
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• Catherine-de-Barnes
  The [[Grand Union Canal]] runs through Catherine-de-Barnes, on its way to or from [[Birmingham]], a ...e village much later, probably dating from the building of the Grand Union Canal.
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• Paddington Basin
  '''Paddington Basin''' is the name given to a canal basin, and its surrounding area, in [[Paddington]], a locality deep within ...and Union. It was opened in 1801 to serve what was then the Grand Junction Canal: Paddington being chosen as the site of the basin because of its position o
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• Hertford Union Canal
  ...ford union canal junction.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Junction of Hertford Union Canal and River Lee Navigation]] ...don, in the south-east corner of [[Middlesex]]. It connects the [[Regent's Canal]] to the [[River Lee|Lee Navigation]].
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• Islington Tunnel
  |picture=Canal boat and tunnel under Muriel Street, London.jpg| |carries=Regent's Canal
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• Limehouse Cut
  The '''Limehouse Cut''' is a straight, broad canal in the [[East End of London]], in the south-eastern corner of [[Middlesex]] The [[Lee Valley Walk]] completes its path southwards (or starts it northwards) along the Limehou
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• Yeading Brook
  ...Wood, and Yeading Brook Meadows, where it joins the [[Grand Union Canal]] walk and shortly thereafter becomes the river Crane.
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• Thornborough, Buckinghamshire
  ...to be a working watermill. The disused Buckingham Arm of the [[Grand Union Canal]] runs between Buckingham and Western Milton Keynes to the north of Thornbo *{{cite web|title=Circular Walk|url=http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/assets/content/bcc/docs/row/promoted_routes/T
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• Pendley Manor
  ...=quinlan>{{cite book|last=Quinlan|first=Ray |title=The Greater Ridgeway: A Walk Along the Ancient Route From Lyme Regis to Hunstanton|url=https://books.goo ...was built along a route parallel to the [[Grand Union Canal|Grand Junction Canal]], some distance to the east of Tring<ref name=Birtchnell>{{cite book|last=
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• Buckinghamshire Way
  From Wolverton the route first follows the [[Grand Union Canal]] then crosses and recrosses the [[Great Ouse]] to [[Olney]], the 'capital' ...ks Way]] (extensively) and [[Aylesbury Outer Ring]], and the [[Grand Union Canal]] towpath, the [[Midshires Way]] and the [[Swan's Way]], along with local p
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• Aylesbury Ring
  ...n, the [[Swan's Way]] towards [[Waddesdon]], and the [[Grand Union Canal]] Walk to the south-east of the town to [[Wendover]]. ==The Round Aylesbury Walk==
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• Beeches Way
  The walk begins on the bank of the [[River Thames]] opposite [[Cookham]] (in [[Berks The walk passes through several ancient woodlands, including part of the Burnham Bee
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• West Twyford
  ...to the Grand Junction Pub, which has lots of outdoor seating alongside the canal. The pathway continues to [[Little Venice, Middlesex|Little Venice]] and [[
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• Trinity College Dublin
  ...230 million, to develop university research facilities on a site in Grand Canal Dock as part of an "Innovation District" for the area.<ref>{{Cite web |url= ...university purchased an Enterprise Centre on Pearse Street, seven minutes' walk from the on-site "Innovation Centre". The site has over 200,000&nbsp;ft² o
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• Alperton
  |picture=Grand Union Canal at Alperton.jpg |picture caption=Middlesex House and Grand Union Apartments
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• Gayton, Northamptonshire
  ...usband and her sister Julianna was burnt as a witch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walk 110 Gayton Circle |url=https://northamptonshirewalks.co.uk/about/four-churc ...rand Union Canal]], and at Gayton Junction is a marina. Here an arm of the canal goes down to Northampton through a long flight of locks at [[Rothersthorpe]
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• Grafton Way
  ...anal]]. Some descriptions of the walk stop here, others continue along the canal tow-path to [[Old Wolverton]] on the outskirts of [[Milton Keynes]].
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