The East Midlands Ring

Also known as the Leicester Ring, this route travels 154 miles through stunning English countryside

Passing through historic villages and market towns, this rewarding ring takes in narrow and broad beam canals as well as two different river sections. It travels sections of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, Coventry Canal, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line, Oxford Canal, River Soar, River Trent and Trent & Mersey Canal. And goes through the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.

Highlights include: Foxton Locks staircase on the Grand Union Leicester Line; the historic village of Shardlow on the River Trent; Coventry Cathedral; and Braunston.

The route can be completed on a two-week break from Great Haywood.  You’ll pass through 117 locks, cruising six or seven hours each day.