Bancroft Basin loop from Stratford-upon-Avon

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Bancroft Basin loop from Stratford-upon-Avon

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Bancroft Basin loop from Stratford-upon-Avon

01:26

13.7km

50m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 14, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes a ferry crossing

Check ferry timetable.

After 13.4 km for 43 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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738 m

Bancroft Basin

Highlight • River

4.70 km

Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Lock Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Wilmcote Lock No 44 is a minor waterways place on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) between Featherbed Bridge No 59 (Wilmcote village on east bank) (1 mile and ¼ furlongs …

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4.80 km

Wilmcote Bridge No. 61 (Stratford-upon-Avon Canal)

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Wilmcote Bridge No 61 is a minor waterways place on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) between Featherbed Bridge No 59 (Wilmcote village on east bank) (7½ furlongs and 4 locks …

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7.04 km

Wilmcote Wharf, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

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The site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was located 150m west of the station at Wilmcote.

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10.1 km

Timothy's Bridge (Bridge 64), Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

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12.8 km

Bancroft Basin, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

Highlight • Rest Area

From here it is 'just' 185 locks to get to London ;-)

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12.9 km

Warwickshire Firefighters Memorial, Bancroft Gardens

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More often than not there is someone performing here as it makes an intimate little ‘theatre’. Musicians, a man dressed as Shakespeare reading monologues off by heart or as in …

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13.0 km

Tramway Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon

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On August Bank Holiday Monday, 1874, despite a “dull threatening sky”, many Stratfordians and visitors flooded down to the Avon to watch a Regatta, the first to be held in …

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13.7 km

End point

Bus stop

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