Brindley’s Bends – Braunston Junction Traditional Cache
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Brindley’s Bends – Braunston Junction
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This is a nano cache located near to the entrance to Braunston Marina. The area can be muggle central with boaters and gongoozlers, so extreme stealth should be employed. Please replace exactly as you find it. Bring your own pencil and only enter the date and your initials.
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.
The canal approaches the village of Braunston from the north, before turning east to pass twice under the turnpike road that has now become the A45. The canal next turned south for a short distance before passing yet again beneath the turnpike road. In 1793, work started at this point on the Grand Junction Canal (now the Grand Union) towards London. The current Braunston Turn with its distinctive double bridge was made as part of the canal-straightening programme. Since the 1830’s the remainder of this truncated part of the Oxford canal has been a boatyard under a number of owners.
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