Foxton Canal Museum

Foxton Canal Museum is a museum in Foxton, Harborough District, England. Foxton Canal Museum is situated nearby to Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line), as well as near the canal Foxton Inclined Plane lower arm.

Type: Museum
Description: independent Museum in the East Midlands, England
Also known as: “Boiler House at Foxton Locks”, “Foxton Inclined Plane Trust Museum”, and “The Boiler House at Foxton Locks”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Helen and Church of All Saints.

Church of St Helen

Church

Photo: Stephen Daglish, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Helen is situated 1 mile northwest of Foxton Canal Museum.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of All Saints is situated 2 miles southeast of Foxton Canal Museum.

St Nicholas’ Church, Marston Trussell

Church

Photo: Richard Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Nicholas's Church is an Anglican church and the parish church of Marston Trussell in Northamptonshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and stands on the south side of Lubenham Road at the eastern edge of the village. St Nicholas’ Church, Marston Trussell is situated 2½ miles south of Foxton Canal Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foxton Locks and Kibworth Beauchamp.

Foxton Locks

Locality

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 3 miles west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough.

Kibworth Beauchamp

Village

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kibworth is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, that contains two civil parishes: the villages of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt. Kibworth Beauchamp is situated 2½ miles north of Foxton Canal Museum.

Market Harborough

Photo: G-Man, Public domain.

Market Harborough is a market town of 25,000 people on the River Welland in Leicestershire, England.

Foxton Canal Museum

Categories: independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Foxton, Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.49986° or 52° 29′ 60″ north

Longitude

-0.98242° or 0° 58′ 57″ west

Roof shape

flat

Operator

Foxton Incline Plane Trust

Open location code

9C4XF2X9+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 233007345

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q116738967

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line) and Foxton Inclined Plane.

Nearby Places

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