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DIRECTIONS Snarestone BY ROAD From South A5 • Leave the M6 at J3 and turn right at the roundabout onto the A444. • Con�nue, passing over one roundabout and take the 2nd exit at the next roundabout to remain on the A444. • Con�nue, taking the 2nd exit at the next roundabout. B4111 • At the next roundabout take the 1st exit onto College Street. • At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Greenmoor Road. • Turn right onto Cro� Road. • At the roundabout con�nue straight to Manor Ct Road. • Turn le� onto Midland Road (B4144). A444 • A�er crossing over the Coventry canal, take the next right turn, B4111 then take the first exit (le�) at the roundabout. • Follow the road to the end, turn right, and then take the next 2 le� turns.

BY ROAD From North (A444 & A5)

• Leave the A444 turning onto Old Forge Road. • Turn right onto Drayton Lane. • Turn le� onto Watling Street (A5). • Exit the A5 onto Woodford Lane. Coventry • Turn le� onto Nuneaton Road (B4111). • Con�nue for 1.4 miles. • Next le� a�er the Windmill Sports & Social Club. • Take the next 2 le� turns.

FROM AIRPORTS TRAVEL & PLANNING The closest airport to the marina is Birmingham Interna�onal Airport which is a 30 minute drive away LOCAL ACCOMMODATION (approximately 19 miles). Please check www.airbnb.co.uk or www.laterooms.com From London Airports: Make your way via the London for local availability. Underground, bus or taxi to London Euston train sta�on. From there take a train to Nuneaton which is 2 LOCAL TAXI COMPANIES miles from the marina. ABA Taxis: 02476 641700 Direct Taxis: 02476 398686 BY RAIL NEAREST GROCERY STORES The nearest rail sta�on is Nuneaton Sta�on where we are just a There is a Sainsbury's Local 10 minutes drive from the short distance away (2 miles). Nuneaton rail sta�on can be marina. reached from all the major train sta�ons.

FOR MORE INFORMATION You can buy rail �ckets online at ON WHATS NEARBY... thetrainline.com or gwr.com Visit our website - springwoodhaven.co.uk/nearby

ADDRESS: Springwood Haven, Mancetter Rd, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0RZPHONE : 02476 393676 E-MAIL: [email protected] : www.springwoodhaven.co.uk FeAtUrEd RoUtEs 7 Nights +

BANBURY & RETURN, 7 Nights MARKET HARBOROUGH & RETURN,7 Nights Cruising Time Per day: 8.5Hrs • Total: 54 Hrs • Locks:50 Cruising Time Per day: 9Hrs • Total: 59 Hrs • Locks:54 A�er a sporty encounter, this is a journey of trade and heritage, A relaxing cruise, as the canal winds through unclu�ered accompanied by the rhythms of poetry, music and nursery countryside. rhymes. This route offers the rare chance to revel in remote landscapes Meandering along one of engineer James Brindley’s renowned with the drama of an idyllic lock flight and the heritage of two contour-hugging canals, the peaceful countryside calls out with of Britain's canals’ most loved marinas. symbolic windmills, quirky huts and buildings which hold MAPS N3, P6, P7, L14 war�me memories.

MAPS N3, N1, P6, P7, L14, L17 SHARDLOW & RETURN, 7 Nights Cruising Time Per day: 7.5 Hrs • Total: 49 Hrs • Locks:58 STOKE BRUERNE & RETURN,7 Nights A route with tales of medieval �mes and reeds, special water Cruising Time Per day: 7.5 Hrs • Total: 49 Hrs • Locks:34 used by monks to change a town’s fortunes and a vital inland Your rural cruise leads from iron bridges to idyllic thatched port with links to po�ery, the Industrial Revolu�on and ‘canal co�ages, from sport to shoes. On a journey which tells of world- mania’. This journey is rural and even remote at �mes, yet trips renowned engineering and mathema�cs, you will discover more in and out of bustling hubs that tell stories of canal-life to the of the heritage of the canals and ironically of our modern world. passing traveller.

MAPS N3, N1, P6, P7, L14, L18 MAPS N3, P6

EAST MIDLANDS / LEICESTER RING, 10-14 Nights WARWICKSHIRE RING, 10-14 Nights Cruising Time Per day: 6-8.5Hrs • Total: 78 Hrs • Locks:100 Cruising Time Per day: 4.5-6.5Hrs • Total: 60 Hrs • Locks:120 This is a varied route which takes in the Coventry Canal, parts of This route takes in parts of the Oxford Canal, the Coventry the Oxford Canal, Grand Union Canal Leicester Line, the River Canal, the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, Stra�ord Canal, Soar, a short sec�on of the River Trent and part of the Trent & Worcester & Birmingham Canal and the Grand Union Main Line. Mersey Canal. A great mix of rural and urban cruising.

MAPS N3, P6, P10 MAPS N3, P6, L13

TIXALL WIDE & RETURN, 7 Nights Cruising Time Per day: 5Hrs • Total: 37 Hrs • Locks:36 This is a journey which takes you through landscapes of outstanding beauty.

With stories of canal companies, po�ery makers, and aristocrats who shaped their surroundings for their pleasure, you’ll meet wildlife and learn about language and perhaps new �ller skills!

MAPS N3, P4, P6, L10, L13

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ABCBOATHIRE - CALLUSON0330 333 0590 ORVISITABCBOATHIRE.COM ShOrT BrEaKs 3/4 Nights BRAUNSTON & RETURN,4 Nights FRADLEY JUNCTION & RETURN,3/4 Nights Cruising Time Per day: 7.5 Hrs • Total: 26 Hrs • Locks:8 Cruising Time Per day: 7Hrs • Total: 25 Hrs • Locks:26 A relaxing cruise through mostly open countryside, this is a Treading a rural route through nature reserves and pools le� journey of junc�ons and ba�les between two rival canals, the behind by industry, this cruise winds gently through beau�ful Oxford and the Grand Union. countryside.

With tales of trade and heritage, sport and poetry, and the You’ll hear stories of mining and hat making, money troubles, charisma of one of Britain's canals’ most loved hubs. medieval angels and the English language.

MAPS N3, P6, L14 MAPS N3, P6

NAPTON JUNCTION & RETURN,4 Nights SNARESTONE & RETURN,3 Nights Cruising Time Per day: 9Hrs • Total: 30 Hrs • Locks:8 Cruising Time Per day: 8.5 Hrs • Total: 20 Hrs • Locks:0 This is a peaceful journey of junc�ons and ba�les between two This peaceful lock-free route meanders through countryside rival canals, the Oxford and the Grand Union through one of and mingles pleasantly with wildlife, while whispering old Britain’s canals’ most loved hubs. stories of stockings, steam engines and fancy teapots

A relaxing mostly lock-free cruise through open countryside, Yet it secretly harbours deathly histories of Richard III and you’ll discover spor�ng history, Horseley iron bridges and bloody ba�les too. symbolic windmills. MAPS N3, P6 MAPS N3, P6, L13

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