Ashby Canal: Basin Bridge Winding Hole
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Ashby Canal: Basin Bridge Winding Hole
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 11 Jul 2013
A winding hole is a short widened reach of canal that enables long narrowboats to be turned through 180 degrees. This one is shown on the earliest currently available edition of the large scale Ordnance Survey mapping from 1888, and is just to the north of Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.561142
Longitude
-1.421705