Explore Towpath through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like path. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Towpath meaning
A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.
Synonyms of Towpath
Using Towpath
- The main meaning on this page is: A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath.
- Useful related words include: towing path, path.
- In the example corpus, towpath often appears in combinations such as: the towpath, canal towpath, towpath in.
Context around Towpath
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Towpath
- In this selection, "towpath" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, canal, popular, team, routes and near stand out and add context to how "towpath" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on the towpath and a canal towpath in west. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "towpath" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with towpath
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There is also a quest on offer by the Towpath Explorers. (11 words)
River traffic under Hammersmith bridge has also been suspended and the towpath closed. (13 words)
The former soldier was arrested on a canal towpath in west London on Saturday morning. (15 words)
A spokesman said: ‘We’re obviously pleased that this incident had a happy, if soggy, ending, but it could have been a lot more serious and we’d definitely urge people to keep their wits about them when they’re on the towpath. (43 words)
The driver (or "hoggee", pronounced HO-gee) of the privileged boat kept his towpath team by the canalside edge of the towpath, while the hoggee of the other boat moved to the outside of the towpath and stopped his team. (40 words)
Polly Friedhoff was “catapulted with incredible force” after being hit during a lunchtime walk as she and a friend made their way along a towpath near Iffley Lock, south of the centre of Oxford on November 20 2022. (38 words)
Perhaps one should ask how many hotel residents and drive-thru customers are going to walk along the towpath to spend money in the town? (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
The driver (or "hoggee", pronounced HO-gee) of the privileged boat kept his towpath team by the canalside edge of the towpath, while the hoggee of the other boat moved to the outside of the towpath and stopped his team.
Council’s executive member for sustainable development and economy, said: “The upgrading of the canal towpath has made a huge difference along this stretch of the canal and it’s great to see it completed.
Perhaps one should ask how many hotel residents and drive-thru customers are going to walk along the towpath to spend money in the town?
The former soldier was arrested on a canal towpath in west London on Saturday morning.
Councillor Garry Perry, Leader of Walsall Council, said, “It’s a relief that we’re now in a position to announce the re-opening of the last kilometre of canal towpath.
It is already part of popular towpath routes joining market towns and historic locations and has a remarkable collection of canal-age locks bridges and other structures.
Polly Friedhoff was “catapulted with incredible force” after being hit during a lunchtime walk as she and a friend made their way along a towpath near Iffley Lock, south of the centre of Oxford on November 20 2022.
Polly Friedhoff was ‘catapulted with incredible force’ on a towpath in Oxford on November 20 2022, a jury heard.
There is also a quest on offer by the Towpath Explorers.
The towpath can get very busy with people cycling, so be aware of this to avoid being run over.
River traffic under Hammersmith bridge has also been suspended and the towpath closed.
The toddler had strayed from his backyard through a makeshift gate, unaccompanied, and onto the canal towpath.
Sunday offers more highlights such as the Tour de Towpath Bicycle RideBlueberry Pancake Breakfast Melting and Bead Curling.
Although the body spends around £1 million per year policing water waste, with 40 ‘Towpath Taskforces’ it admitted that “the problem just seems to be getting worse”.
A spokesman said: ‘We’re obviously pleased that this incident had a happy, if soggy, ending, but it could have been a lot more serious and we’d definitely urge people to keep their wits about them when they’re on the towpath.
In more recent times, this has provided difficulties for walkers, where an attractive river-side walk cannot be followed because the towpath changes sides and the ferry is no more.
Profile of the original canal Operation Operations at Lockport, New York in 1839 Canal boats up to convert in draft were pulled by horses and mules on the towpath.
The boats on the canal were horse-drawn with a towpath alongside the canal for the horse to walk along.
The Great Allegheny Passage and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath connect the city directly to downtown Washington, D.C. (some convert away) with a continuous bike/running trail.
The South Downs Way in England and the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail, in the USA would be examples.
Common combinations with towpath
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the towpath 11×
- canal towpath 6×
- towpath in 2×
- with towpath 2×