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St James' Church, Ansty – Sutton Stop Changeline Bridge loop from Coventry Building Society Arena
RoutesHiking trails & RoutesUnited KingdomEnglandWest Midlands RegionWarwickshire
St James' Church, Ansty – Sutton Stop Changeline Bridge loop from Coventry Building Society Arena
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St James' Church, Ansty – Sutton Stop Changeline Bridge loop from Coventry Building Society Arena
03:24
13.3km
40m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Waypoints
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Start point
Bus stop
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377 m
Hawkesbury Canal Junction (Sutton Stop)
Highlight • Historical Site
An important link in England's canal network for around 200 years, Hawkesbury Junction is the northern termination of the Oxford Canal, as it joins the Coventry Canal. If you've just finished the Oxford Canal Walk, you'll have earned yourself a refreshment in the Greyhound Inn, a traditional canalside inn with a higgledy-piggledy interior.
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2
420 m
Hawkesbury Engine House and Footbridge
Highlight • Historical Site
Hawkesbury Engine House Footbridge is a minor waterways place on the Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley) between Hawkesbury Engine House (a few yards to the northeast) and Hawkesbury Junction (Junction of the Coventry Canal Main Line with the Oxford Canal Northern Section.) (¼ furlongs to the southwest).
It is part of Hawkesbury Junction.
The nearest place in the direction of Hawkesbury Junction is Hawkesbury Junction Gauging Stop; a few yards away.
It is part of Hawkesbury Junction.
The nearest place in the direction of Hawkesbury Junction is Hawkesbury Junction Gauging Stop; a few yards away.
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3
507 m
Hawkesbury Visitor Moorings, Coventry Canal
Highlight • Rest Area
Hawkesbury Visitor Moorings (Engine House) is a minor waterways place on the Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley) between Marston Junction (Junction of Ashby and Coventry Canals) (2 miles and 5¼ furlongs to the north) and Hawkesbury Engine House (¾ furlongs to the southwest).
It is part of Hawkesbury Junction.
The nearest place in the direction of Marston Junction is Site of Hawkesbury Basin (Infilled); 3¼ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Hawkesbury Engine House is Hawkesbury Water Point (Engine House); ½ furlongs away.
It is part of Hawkesbury Junction.
The nearest place in the direction of Marston Junction is Site of Hawkesbury Basin (Infilled); 3¼ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Hawkesbury Engine House is Hawkesbury Water Point (Engine House); ½ furlongs away.
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3.17 km
New Wood on new Hills (2006)
Forest
5
7.37 km
St James' Church, Ansty
Highlight • Historical Site
Church. C13 chancel; C14 north arcade. Nave, aisle and tower and restoration1856 by George Gilbert Scott. Chancel of coursed squared red sandstone with some ashlar patching. Nave of regular coursed grey sandstone; aisle and tower of ashlar. Old plain-tile roofs have pierced terracotta ridge cresting. Chancel has C19 coped gable parapet with gablet kneelers and cross finial. Nave has moulded cornice and parapet, and west gable parapet. Chancel, nave, north aisle, west porch tower. 2-bay chancel, 4-bay nave. Diagonal buttresses of 2 offsets throughout. Chancel has splay plinth. C19 east window of 3 stepped trefoiled lancets in chamfered arch with hood mould and foliage stops. Chamfered south doorway has hood mould and C19 plank door with decorative ironwork. Paired C19 trefoiled lancets to east, and western lancet. North side has 2-light chamfered mullioned eastern window and trefoiled western lancet. Nave, aisle and tower have splayed and moulded plinths. Nave has south buttress between eastern 2 bays. 2-light windows have geometrical tracery. Aisle has north buttress. 3-light east window has panel tracery. North-east corner has octagonal stone stack. North side has two straight-headed windows of 3 trefoiled lights. Similar 2-light west window. Porch tower of 2 stages. Upper part of first stage is octagonal. West diagonal buttresses rise into pedestals with seated statues. Doorway of 2 moulded orders has keeled nook-shafts to outer order and double-leaf doors with decorative ironwork. Hood mould with head stops. Elaborate Decorated- style image niche above has crocketed canopy and statue.
North side has shallow stair projection. South side has trefoiled lancet. Upper window of 4 mouchettes to north and south. Weathering between stages. Second stage has elaborately moulded openings with reticulated tracery, hood moulds and head stops to alternate sides. Moulded cornice has gargoyles and foliage bosses. Moulded embattled parapet with blind quatrefoils. Spire has lucarnes and finial.
Interior is plastered. Chancel has elaborate stencil work of 1856. South-east window has trefoiled rere arch. Chancel and nave have queen strut roofs with windbraces; chancel has old moulded tie beam dated 1615. No chancel arch. 3-bay north arcade of 2 chamfered orders has octagonal piers with moulded bases and capitals. West doorway of 3 orders, the outer 2 segmental- pointed, has double-leaf doors. North aisle has queen strut roof, partly of old timbers, with simple bosses to tie beams. Fittings appear to be all of 1856.
Chancel has encaustic tiles. Traceried altar rails. Elaborate Decorated-style traceried wood chancel screen has some Gothic openwork panels above. Stalls, pews and octagonal pulpit have blind tracery. Octagonal stone font has blind tracery. Large C19 triptych painting above shows the Baptism of Prince Peada.
Stained glass: east window 1851; south-east 1851; nave north-west 1846; aisle east 1865; other C19 and early C20 windows. Wall monuments in nave: south-east: Simon Adams 1801.
Neoclassical, with weeping woman and urn.
South wall: John Adaas 1856. Large Gothic marble monument. The inscription records that he was 'a visiting justice of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. It was his happiness to be one of the first promoters of the humane system of the treatment of the insane'.
North side has shallow stair projection. South side has trefoiled lancet. Upper window of 4 mouchettes to north and south. Weathering between stages. Second stage has elaborately moulded openings with reticulated tracery, hood moulds and head stops to alternate sides. Moulded cornice has gargoyles and foliage bosses. Moulded embattled parapet with blind quatrefoils. Spire has lucarnes and finial.
Interior is plastered. Chancel has elaborate stencil work of 1856. South-east window has trefoiled rere arch. Chancel and nave have queen strut roofs with windbraces; chancel has old moulded tie beam dated 1615. No chancel arch. 3-bay north arcade of 2 chamfered orders has octagonal piers with moulded bases and capitals. West doorway of 3 orders, the outer 2 segmental- pointed, has double-leaf doors. North aisle has queen strut roof, partly of old timbers, with simple bosses to tie beams. Fittings appear to be all of 1856.
Chancel has encaustic tiles. Traceried altar rails. Elaborate Decorated-style traceried wood chancel screen has some Gothic openwork panels above. Stalls, pews and octagonal pulpit have blind tracery. Octagonal stone font has blind tracery. Large C19 triptych painting above shows the Baptism of Prince Peada.
Stained glass: east window 1851; south-east 1851; nave north-west 1846; aisle east 1865; other C19 and early C20 windows. Wall monuments in nave: south-east: Simon Adams 1801.
Neoclassical, with weeping woman and urn.
South wall: John Adaas 1856. Large Gothic marble monument. The inscription records that he was 'a visiting justice of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. It was his happiness to be one of the first promoters of the humane system of the treatment of the insane'.
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9.38 km
Carter's Bridge (Bridge 11), Oxford Canal
Highlight • Historical Site
Carters Bridge No 11 is a minor waterways place on the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) between Stretton Stop (Rose Narrowboats) (4 miles and 6¼ furlongs to the east) and Wyken Arm Junction (Old Colliery Branch) (1 mile to the west).
The nearest place in the direction of Stretton Stop is Site of Bridge No 12; 3¾ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Wyken Arm Junction is Sowe Common Sports Ground (No mooring allowed); 1¾ furlongs away.
There is access (unofficial access) to the towpath here.
The nearest place in the direction of Stretton Stop is Site of Bridge No 12; 3¾ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Wyken Arm Junction is Sowe Common Sports Ground (No mooring allowed); 1¾ furlongs away.
There is access (unofficial access) to the towpath here.
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10.8 km
Whiting's Bridge No. 5 (Oxford Canal)
Highlight • Bridge
Whiting's Bridge No 5 is a minor waterways place on the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) between Wyken Arm Junction (Old Colliery Branch) (½ furlongs to the southeast) and Sutton Stop (1 mile and 3 furlongs to the northwest).
The nearest place in the direction of Sutton Stop is Tusses Bridge No 4; 5¼ furlongs away.
There is access (via steps) to the towpath here.
The nearest place in the direction of Sutton Stop is Tusses Bridge No 4; 5¼ furlongs away.
There is access (via steps) to the towpath here.
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12.7 km
Hawkesbury Junction Visitor Moorings
Highlight • Rest Area
Hawkesbury Visitor Moorings (stop lock) is a minor waterways place on the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) between Wyken Arm Junction (Old Colliery Branch) (1 mile and 2¾ furlongs to the southeast) and Sutton Stop (¾ furlongs to the west).
It is part of Hawkesbury Junction.
The nearest place in the direction of Wyken Arm Junction is Site of Substation Footbridge (Not for public use); 2¾ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Sutton Stop is Hawkesbury Water Point (stop lock); ½ furlongs away.
It is part of Hawkesbury Junction.
The nearest place in the direction of Wyken Arm Junction is Site of Substation Footbridge (Not for public use); 2¾ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Sutton Stop is Hawkesbury Water Point (stop lock); ½ furlongs away.
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12.8 km
Sutton Stop Changeline Bridge
Highlight • Bridge
Sutton Stop Changeline Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Oxford Canal (Northern Section - Main Line) between Wyken Arm Junction (Old Colliery Branch) (1 mile and 3½ furlongs to the southeast) and Sutton Stop (a few yards to the west).
It is part of Hawkesbury Junction.
The nearest place in the direction of Wyken Arm Junction is Hawkesbury Water Point (stop lock); ¼ furlongs away.
It is part of Hawkesbury Junction.
The nearest place in the direction of Wyken Arm Junction is Hawkesbury Water Point (stop lock); ¼ furlongs away.
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13.3 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
8.99 km
3.09 km
637 m
467 m
141 m
Surfaces
8.54 km
1.53 km
1.11 km
933 m
730 m
488 m
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