Brindley’s Bends – A Swift Exit Traditional Cache
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Brindley’s Bends – A Swift Exit
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A micro cache located a short walk along the towpath from a nearby retail park. Your own pencil should be supplied.
The Oxford Canal, designed by James Brindley and built during the period 1774 to 1790, was one of the earliest canals in England. Built as a contour canal, it slavishly followed a level line and followed a tortuous route from Coventry to Oxford. In the 1830’s, taking advantage of developments in civil engineering, its line was shortened by some 20 miles, and reduce the time it took for boats to travel from the collieries of the Midlands to London.
This series of caches are placed along parts of the now defunct original Oxford Canal line.
From Newbold, the original canal, wound south around what is now Newbold Country Park, before heading north across the current line and along the Swift valley and then turning south again to reach the current canal by Bridge 58. Hire boat companies and some moorers use this part of the canal.
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