Aylesbury Canal Society

The society was launched in 1971 to promote the use of the Aylesbury Arm, and to run moorings leased from British Waterways.

The new site has a Dry and Wet dock for boat blacking, painting and maintenance along with a meeting/function room with bar and dance floor.. Construction of the 6.25-metre (20.5 ft) Aylesbury canal from Marsworth on the Grand Junction (now Grand Union) Canal into Aylesbury started in 1811.

[1] It is a narrow beam canal, the maximum length of boats is 72 feet (22 metres) and the width of the locks is 7 feet (2.1 metres).

The canal falls a total of 94 feet 8 inches (28.85 metres) between Marsworth Junction and Aylesbury via 16 locks: There are 19 numbered over-bridges on the canal carrying roads, footpaths and farm accommodation bridges.

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