Blisworth Blisworth Blisworth is a village and civil parish in the South Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. The West Coast Main Line, from London Euston to Manchester and Scotland, runs alongside the village partly hidden and partly on an embankment. The Grand Union Canal passes through the village and the north portal of the Blisworth tunnel is near Stoke Road. It is about south of Northampton, north of Towcester and north of Milton Keynes. The M1 motorway junction 15 is about north east. The 1961 census showed a population of 1,192. By the 2001 census there were 1,786 people in the
Rove Tunnel Rove Tunnel The Rove Tunnel is a canal tunnel in France that connected Marseille to the Rhône river. It was opened in 1927 and closed in 1963. With a length of it was a major work of civil engineering and one of the longest such tunnels. The tunnel was the most challenging section of the Canal de Marseille au Rhône, which connected Marseille to the Rhône river. The canal has a total length of . The tunnel starts near the village of Le Rove, and runs through the Chaîne de l'Estaque at sea level. The tunnel is long, wide and