Photos, tagged [canal winding hole] , by Nigel Cox, in reverse order

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	Wey and Arun Canal: Long Meadow Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square TQ0630 This is a repeat of Janine's [[166077]] from May 2006. It has to be said that the winding hole is large enough to turn the Queen Mary in, let alone a narrowboat...
	Grand Union Canal: Aylesbury Arm: Merrymead Farm Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8714 A winding hole is a large basin cut into the side of a canal that enables long narrow boats to turn through 180 degrees. This one has an overspill weir at the end, obscured by the reeds in this view. The winding hole is shown on the earliest large scale Ordnance Survey map available on line, dating from around the 1880s, suggesting it was part of ...
	Grand Union Canal (Wendover Arm): Tring Mill Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP9212 The Nicholson's Waterways Guide ahows a winding hole here, these usually being a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Usually these are found next to old wharves where working boats might have had a reason to need to turn, and its proximity to [[3736472]] suggests the reason why there ...
	Grand Union Canal: Cowroast Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP9510 A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Usually these are found next to old wharves where working boats might have had a reason to need to turn, and this one is no exception being shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1877. However the widening here is quite small, and if ...
	Grand Union Canal: Reach in Slapton (5) by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP9320 On the right by the bridge is the Slapton Winding Hole that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Usually these are found next to old wharves where working boats might have had a reason to need to turn, and this one is no exception as it on the site of Slapton Wharf which served a small brick field by the present-day Hill Farm.
	Grand Union Canal: Old Linslade Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP9027 A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Usually these are found next to old wharves where working boats might have had a reason to need to turn, but there never was a wharf here and this one is modern, post-dating the main commercial use of the canal, as it is not shown ...
	Grand Union Canal: Soulbury Three Locks by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8928 This is the pound between the middle and top locks of the Soulbury Three. The pound is also a formal winding hole, where long narrowboats can turn round through 180 degrees. It is unlikely today that anyone would come down through the top lock, or come up through the bottom and middle locks, only to turn round and immediately reverse the manoeuvre, ...
	Grand Union Canal: Southlands Farm Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8830 A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Usually these are found next to old wharves where working boats might have had a reason to need to turn, but there never was a wharf here and this is one is modern, not even being shown on the 1970s large scale Ordnance Survey ...
	Grand Union Canal: Bridge Number 83 & Woolstone Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8739 Bridge Number 83 was once a farmers' accommodation bridge taking tracks south-west from Little Woolstone over the canal. Today it links the old village with the Springfield area of Milton Keynes. A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Usually these are found next to ...
	Grand Union Canal: Campbell Park Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8639 A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Usually these are found next to old wharves where working boats might have had a reason to need to turn, but there never was a wharf here and this is one is modern. Bridge Number 82 is visible to the right. This used to carry ...
	Grand Union Canal: Linford Wharf Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8542 A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. This is the original one at Linford Wharf, but there is another newer but smaller one on the other side of [[3674735]] visible in the distance.
	Grand Union Canal: Old Wolverton Wharf Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP8041 A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. These were originally usually provided at wharves where boats undertaking business at the wharf might need to turn.
	Grand Union Canal: Thrupp Wharf Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SP7843 A winding hole is a deliberately widened reach of the canal that enables long narrowboats to turn through 180 degrees. Old Ordnance Survey maps show that this one at Thrupp Wharf has been in existence since at least 1884, when the site was known as Castlethorpe Wharf after the nearby village to the north-east. The entrance to the newly constructed ...
	Ashby Canal: Carlton Bridge Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SK3804 The winding hole is just to the west of [[3571257]] which is visible in the background on the right. 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 large scale Ordnance Survey map of 1886 so evidently has been part of the fabric of the canal for many years.
	Ashby Canal: Market Bosworth Winding Hole by Nigel Cox geograph for square SK3903 The winding hole is just to the north of [[3571137]]. A winding hole is a short widened reach of canal that enables long narrowboats to be turned through 180 degrees.