Waterway linking London and Birmingham (5)

I believe the answer is:

grand

(Other definitions for grand that I've seen before include "principal" , "1000, colloquially" , "Marvellous" , "1,000 GBP" , "A slangy PS1,000" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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