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ISIS LOCK, OXFORD.

WINDING HOLE, OXFORD END
OF THE CANAL

THE DUKES CUT LEAVES THE
OXFORD CANAL TO THE LEFT

SHIPTON WEIR LOCK

MARSTON DOLES

HAWKESBURY STOP LOCK

HAWKESBURY FOOT BRIDGE.
START OF THE OXFORD CANAL

The Oxford Canal is seventy-seven miles long with fortyfour locks, all narrow.
The canal is a contour canal, so it winds about around the hills of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, it uses a short section of canal at Braunston with the Grand Union.
James Bridley was the engineer at the start of this canal, he died during its construction in 1772, the canal was completed by his assistant Samuel Simcock and Robert Whitworth.
It was finally to reach the River Thames at Oxford in1790.

COMPTON WYNYATES