Kilby to King's Lock along The Leicester Canal.

As is often the case with the Leicester Canal, the route goes through really nice countryside - plus there is plenty to look at on the way with some really nice bridges and quite a few canal locks. Several of the canal locks are really quite tight against their respective bridges - for instance at Kilby Lock and Whetstone Lane Lock. To start off the towpath is generally a quite narrow grass and dirt surface and therefore does suffer from muddy stretches after wet weather. However from Whetsone Lane Lock onwards the towpath is somewhat wider and does have a fairly firm surface.
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Ellis's Bridge no 86 crossing The Leicester Canal.
Ellis's Bridge 86
Ellis's Bridge and The Leicester Canal in England.
Ellis's Bridge
Leicester Canal Section - Kilby Bridge 87
Kilby Canal Bridge 87
Kilby Bridge crossing over The Leicester Canal, England.
Kilby Bridge
Lock Gates at Kilby Lock, Leicester Canal, England.
Lock Gates Kilby Lock
Kilby Lock no:30 on The Leicester Canal.
Kilby Lock 30
Leicester Canal and Kilby Lock Bridge no88
Kilby Lock Bridge 88
The Leicester Canal and Taylor's Bridge 89
Taylor's Bridge 89
Taylor's Bridge going over The Leicester Canal, England.
Taylor's Bridge
Double Rail Lock no31 on The Leicester Canal.
Double Rail Lock 31
Lockgates as you approach Double Rail Lock (Leicester Canal)
Double Rail Lock
Knight Bridge no90 crossing The Leicester Canal, England.
Knight Bridge 90
Leicester Canal and Knight Bridge 90
Knight Bridge 90
Pochin's Bridge no91 crossing over The Leicester Canal, England.
Pochins Bridge 91
Leicester Canal's Pochins Bridge
Pochin's Bridge
Ervine's Lock on The Leicester Canal.
Ervine's Lock
Ervine's Lock no32 canal lock gates
Ervine's Lock gates
Leicester Canal and Crow Mills Bridge 92
Crow Mills Bridge 92
Crow Mills Bridge over The Leicester Canal.
Crow Mills Bridge
Vice's Bridge crossing The Leicester Canal, England.
Vice's Bridge
Leicester Canal and Vice's Bridge 93
Vice's Bridge 93
Bush Lock 33 on The Leicester Canal, England.
Bush Lock 33
Leicester Canal Locks - Bush Lock.
Bush Lock
Little Glen Bridge crossing The Leicester Canal, England.
Little Glen Bridge
Leicester Canal Footbridge and Bridge 94
Bridge 94
Leicester Canal and Knight's Bridge 95
Knights Bridge 95
Knight's Bridge going over The Leicester Canal.
Knight's Bridge
Leicester Canal going under Simpkins Bridge 96.
Simpkin's Bridge 96
Simpkin's Bridge crossing The Leicester Canal, England.
Simpkin's Bridge
Beautiful railway bridge on the Leicester Canal
Railway bridge
Railway Bridge 96a going across The Leicester Canal
Railway Bridge 96a
Dunn's Lock no34 on The Leicester Canal.
Dunn's Lock
The Lockgates at Dunn's Lock, Leicester Canal, England.
Dunns Lock Gates
Leicester Canal being crossed by Blaby Bridge
Blaby Bridge
Blaby Bridge no98 goes over The Leicester Canal in England.
Blaby Bridge
Leicester Canal Locks - Whetstone Lane Lock 35
Whetstone Lane Lock 35
Whetstone Lane Lock on The Leicester Canal, England.
Whetsone Lane Lock 35
View of Whetstone Lane Lock and Bridge on The Leicester Canal.
Whetstone Lane Bridge
Whetstone Lane Bridge 99 crossing The Leicester Canal.
Whetstone Lane Bridge 99
Leicester Canal Bridge no99a
Bridge 99a
Bridge 99a going over The Leicester Canal, England.
Bridge 99a
Site of a demolished railway bridge on the Leicester Canal.
ex railway bridge
Mostly demolished Railway Bridge beside The Leicester Canal.
ex railway bridge
Handford Bridge 100 crossing The Leicester Canal, England.
Handford Bridge
Leicester Canal going under Handford Bridge
Handford Bridge 100
Gee's Lock no36 on The Leicester Canal.
Gees Lock
Lock apparatus at Gees Lock, Leicester Canal, England.
Gees Lock
View into Gee's Lock no 36 on The Leicester Canal.
Gees Lock 36
Gees Bridge going across The Leicester Canal, England.
Gees Bridge 101
Canal bridge no 101 (Gee's bridge), Leicester Canal.
Gees Bridge
Blue Bank Bridge 102 going over The Leicester Canal.
Blue Bank Bridge
Leicester Canal going under Blue Bank Bridge
Blue Bank Bridge
Blue Bank Lock 37, Leicester Canal, England.
Blue Bank Lock 37
Leicester Canal Locks - Blue Bank Lock
Blue Bank Lock
Blue Bank's Lockgates, Leicester Canal, England.
Blue Bank Lock Gates
Soar Valley Roadbridge 103a, Leicester Canal, England.
Soar Valley Bridge 103a
King's Lock 38 on The Leicester Canal.
Kings Lock
Looking into King's Lock - Leicester Canal.
King's Lock
Another view into King's Lock on The Leicester Canal, England.
King's Lock
King's Lock Bridge no104, Leicester Canal.
Kings Lock Bridge 104
The section of the Canal preceding the above can be found on our
The Leicester Canal Section - Pywells Lock to Bumble Bee Lock
and the next part of the Canal is covered on our
The Leicester Canal Section - Aylestone Pack Horse Bridge into Leicester
All of our items about The Leicester Canal Section (including Foxton Locks) as well as The Grand Union Canal and it's Arms can be found on our Grand Union Canal in England Home Page. Also find on the Home Page links to our topics on other Canals and Rivers in England i.e. The Stratford-on-Avon Canal, The Kennet and Avon Canal, The River Thames and Thames Path, The Regents Canal, River Stort and River Lee.
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