Canal ring

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A canal ring is the name given to a series of canals that make a complete loop. The term has become particularly prevalent since the use of canals for pleasure cruising. A boat hire company benefits from being on a canal ring because its customers do not have to return on the same waterways they went out on.

[edit] Notable rings

[edit] The Netherlands

• Ringvaart

[edit] England

• Cheshire Ring
  • Rochdale Canal, Ashton Canal, Peak Forest Canal, Macclesfield Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Bridgewater Canal
• Four Counties Ring
  • Trent and Mersey Canal, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Shropshire Union Canal
• Warwickshire ring
  • Birmingham Canal Navigations, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Coventry Canal, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Coventry Canal, Grand Union Canal
  • The "Pure Warwickshire" (it isn't really) version omits last two, heading directly into Birmingham from Fazeley
• Great Ring
  • River Thames, Oxford Canal, Grand Union Canal
• South Pennine Ring
  • Rochdale Canal, Aire and Calder Navigation, Huddersfield Broad Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Ashton Canal
• Yorkshire Ring (Currently incomplete)
  • Aire and Calder Navigation, Dearne and Dove Canal, Barnsley Canal, River Don Navigation, New Junction Canal
• Stourport Ring
• Avon Ring
• Leicestershire Ring
  • Trent and Mersey Canal, River Soar, Grand Union Canal, Coventry Canal, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Coventry Canal (isolated section)