Buckingham Arm

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The Buckingham Arm is a canal that once ran from Cosgrove, Northamptonshire to Buckingham (in England). The arm is closed at present, with the exception of a short stretch (about 100 metres) running westwards from the junction with the Grand Union Canal at Cosgrove. Beyond this point the canal can still be followed as a trench running through open fields as far as Old Stratford, where a housing estate has been built over the canal's route. Other remnants of the route are decipherable in the landscape as far as Bunckingham.

There is presently a movement underway to have the canal reopened - a volunteer association has been carrying out vegetation clearance and photography. The group intends to initially reopen the stretch as far as the A5 near Old Stratford.