The Canal Museum - Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 52° 08.548 W 000° 54.901
30U E 642672 N 5778933
The Canal Museum is a colourful, popular location situated in an old corn mill by the Grand Union Canal in Stoke Bruerne.
Waymark Code: WMEY4D
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/21/2012
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Wikipedia describes the museum:
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'Canal Museum
The village is home to The Waterways Trust's canal museum (part of the National Waterways Museum), housed in a restored corn mill at the top of a flight of canal locks. The museum vividly tells the story of Britain's inland waterways and the people who worked on them. It provides a fascinating insight into the transport system which was fundamental to the industrial revolution in Britain. There are working models and 3-D displays including a model of the short-lived inclined-plane mechanical lift at Foxton in Leicestershire. The museum has a shop and café. Admission to the museum is £4.75 (ca.€8) with reduced rates for children, school parties, groups etc. It has a school/activity room available for educational visits. The museum is closed on Mondays in winter.
About half a mile north of the village is the south portal of Blisworth tunnel - accessible by a walk along the old towpath (on the eastern side of the canal - north of the village, the western side is either private property or inaccessible.) The tunnel is 3,056 yards (2,794 m) long and is one of the longest in the UK.'