How do you lift a fully loaded narrowboat up a 75ft hill? Simple build a flight of locks of course and Foxton is home to Britain’s longest set of staircase locks.
Foxton is a few mile3 west of Market Harborough on the Leicester branch of the Grand Union Canal.
For more info
https://www.visitleicester.info/see-and-do/foxton-locks-p721241
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/things-to-do/museums-and-attractions/foxton-locks-leicestershire
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