This is a trip of 3 miles, 5½ furlongs and 3 locks from Redhill Lock No 59 to Shardlow.

This will take 1 hour and 54 minutes.

From Redhill Lock No 59 travel north on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) for 4¾ furlongs to Trent Junction ;
 west on the River Trent (Western End) for 2 miles and 2 locks to Derwent Mouth ;
 and west on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton) for 1 mile, ¾ furlongs and 1 lock to Shardlow .

Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation)
From Redhill Lock No 59 (Used as a flood lock so both sets of gates may be open. Bridge (No 47) is over the middle of the lock.) to:
	Soar Mouth Red buoys protect Thrumpton Weir	3¼ furlongs, 0 locks
	Trent Junction Junction of River Trent, Grand Union Leicester Section and Erewash Canals	1½ furlongs, 0 locks
River Trent (Western End)
From Trent Junction (Junction of River Trent, Grand Union Leicester Section and Erewash Canals) to:
	Sawley Locks No 2    [see navigational note 1] A pair of locks side by side, both electrically operated - follow the lock keeper's instructions.	7 furlongs, 0 locks
	Sawley Marina Entrance No 2	2¼ furlongs, 1 lock
	Derwent Mouth Junction of the River Trent with the Trent and Mersey Canal	6¾ furlongs, 1 lock
Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton) [see navigational note 2]
From Derwent Mouth (Junction of the River Trent with the Trent and Mersey Canal) to:
	Chapel Farm Marina Entrance No 2	3¾ furlongs, 1 lock
	New Inn (Shardlow)	3¾ furlongs, 0 locks
	The Malt Shovel (Shardlow)	¼ furlongs, 0 locks
	Shardlow	1 furlong, 0 locks

Total distance is 3 miles, 5½ furlongs and 3 locks (not counting Redhill Lock No 59)

This is made up of 1 mile, ¾ furlongs of broad canals; 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs of small rivers; 3 broad locks.

This will take 1 hour and 54 minutes. For initial calculation purposes (before adjusting for such things as overnight stops) this is taken as 1 day of 1 hour and 54 minutes.

Waterway Guides Relevant to This Trip

Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England

Covers the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) from Redhill Lock No 59 to Trent Junction; and the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton) from Derwent Mouth to Shardlow

Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals

Covers the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton) from Derwent Mouth to Shardlow

Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 6 - Nottingham, York and the North East

Covers the River Trent (Western End) from Trent Junction to Derwent Mouth

Pearson's Canal Companion: East Midlands

Covers the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) from Redhill Lock No 59 to Trent Junction; and the River Trent (Western End) from Trent Junction to Derwent Mouth

Pearsons Canal Companion: South Midlands and Warwickshire Ring & Ashby and Connecting Canals

Covers the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton) from Derwent Mouth to Shardlow

Waterway Maps Relevant to This Trip

Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruerne to Leicester with the River Soar and the Erewash Canal

Covers the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) from Redhill Lock No 59 to Trent Junction

Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map

Covers the whole trip

Waterway Routes 20M - River Trent Map (Downloadable)

Covers the River Trent (Western End) from Trent Junction to Derwent Mouth

Waterway Routes 28M - Trent and Mersey Canal Map (Downloadable)

Covers the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton) from Derwent Mouth to Shardlow

Waterway Routes 49M - Grand Union Canal (Leicester) Map (Downloadable)

Covers the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) from Redhill Lock No 59 to Trent Junction

Waterway Routes 50M - Grand Union Canal (All) Map (Downloadable)

Covers the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) from Redhill Lock No 59 to Trent Junction

Waterway Routes 86M - East Midlands (Leicester) Ring Map (Downloadable)

Covers the whole trip