Tuesday, 7 July 2026

HS2 and Marston Doles

 Bright sunny weather again this morning as we set off at 9:00.  The impressive part of the journey was to see the progress which has been made on HS2 since we were last in the area in April 2025.


Railway viaduct crossing the canal


A detailed view of the structure

One can now see a large railway viaductcrossing the canal and a very high embankment dominating the attractive,  gently hilly and very quiet countryside. The next couple of photos shows what has been done in the past year:

A photo from April 2025 - what on earth is this?

Now we know- an underpass through the embankment!

Back to our journey....

The first Marston Doles Lock


Moored below Marston Doles Locks

After leaving the HS2 construction site a further 4.5 miles took us to Marston Doles where 2 locks lower the canal off the summit level.


Daily travel details
Distance: 6.76 miles
Locks: 2
Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes





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