50 January 2018 Canal Boat canalboat.co.uk
THE CRUISE GUIDE
Oxford Canal (North)10
WATERSIDE
PUBS
Canal Boat’s pick of watering holes on the
Northern Oxford CanalBoat House Braunston. 01788 891734.
Canalside just east of Braunston Turn. Large
family-friendly pub and restaurant with real ale
and gardenOld Plough High Street, Braunston.
01788 890000. 10 mins up footpath from
Bridge 89 and left. Traditional village pub with
open fires, selection of real ales, food and gardenRose Main St, Willoughby. 01788 891180.
15 mins west from Bridge 85, left into
Lower St and left. Country pub, locally-sourced
food, real ale from small breweries and gardenStag & Pheasant School Street,
Hillmorton. 01788 331228. 10 mins south
west from Bridge 71, 2nd left and right at
roundabout. Village pub under new management
with good value food, real ale and gardenBell & Barge Rugby. 01788 569466.
Canalside at Bridge 58. Family-friendly food
oriented Harvester pub with real ale and gardenBarley Mow Newbold. 01788 544174.
Just east of tunnel. Modernised old canal
pub with real ale, restaurant food and gardenNewbold Crown Newbold 01788- South of Bridge 50 and left.
Friendly village local with reasonably priced food,
real ale and garden
Raven Broad Street, Brinklow. 01788- 15 mins south of Bridge 30.
Family-friendly traditional village local with real
ale, food, patio and garden
Rose & Castle Ansty. 024 7661 2822.
Canalside near Bridge 14. Family-friendly
pub, emphasis on home-cooked food but caters
for those just wanting a drink. Real ale, gardenGreyhound Hawkesbury. 024 7636- By the junction. Popular canalside
pub with CAMRA award winning real ales, food
and waterside outdoor seating
Pub details are likely to change at short notice:
you are advised to phone ahead to be sure1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910RUGBY
5 2 MILES / NO LOCKS 6 7created the most recent Wetland &
Wildfowl Trust nature reserves.
Afterwards the canal continues
northwards around Barby Hill before
passing beneath the M45 motorway, the
only noisy intrusion on this otherwise
peaceful section of waterway. At bridge 73
there is a waterside pub by a main road on
the outskirts of Rugby.
A backdrop of wireless masts used to
lead into Hillmorton, but all of the tall
ones have been dismantled, and the rest are disappearing to make way for new
developments. At Hillmorton there are
three duplicated locks, some fine old
canal workshops, a boatyard and the
excellent Canal Chef cafe. The old canal
loop which has been derelict and
overgrown for years is being restored by
volunteers as a mooring for historic boats.
The canal continues to Clifton upon
Dunsmore which has a boatyard with all
boating facilities and a hire fleet. One mile
further on comes Brownsover, whereRAINSBROOK
VALLEY RAILWAY
20 minutes walk
north west from
Bridge 78 is Rugby
Model Engineering
Society’s base, which on one Sunday afternoon
every month opens up as a family attraction with
public rides behind miniature steam locomotives.SEE ALSOBraunston Turn during the annual historic boat rallyCruising past Willoughby