Why is a canal that crosses staffordshire and cheshire called the shropshire union. At the north end of the pools there is an information board though it marks the canal as the shropshire union canal. Canal and waterway books, maps and guides nearly 500 titles, from audlem mill by the shropshire union canal. Art courses shropshire whitchurch hadley park whitchurch. Audlem mill by the shropshire union canal in cheshire canal shop, canal books, giftware, needleworkknitting, craft courses. We also have a very wide selection of secondhand books. Shropshire union canal cheshire cycleway route 70, uk. The shropshire union canal is a charmingly rural and isolated waterway for much. For tranquillity and beauty, start from whitchurch marina and meander along the llangollen and shropshire union canals, enjoying the wide open spaces and hillsides of wales.
Knighton wharf was used by the cadbury chocolate company to ship chocolate crumb from its adjoining factory along the canal system. This canal, affectionately known as the shroppie, was built by telford in 1828 and links wolverhampton with ellesmere port. The bridgewater canal holiday guide and map from canal. Interactive map with local information for each section of the su network.
Shropshire union canal walks for all visit cheshire. Cruising into the sunset on the shropshire union canal. Shropshire union, llangollen, brecon and montgomery canals pearsons canal companions michael pearson on. Shropshire union canal waterways world cruising guides. Shropshire union, llangollen, brecon and montgomery canals pearsons canal. The shropshire union canal is a charmingly rural and isolated waterway for much of its length. The shropshire union was formed by the union of a number of canals, that from nantwich to chester was built to broad barge standards, and many miles of little used branches through shropshire. Canalside pubs there are many public houses near this canal, some are next to the. Icebreaking, battery bank failure and a rocky canal. Its an economic and social history of the canal company, its. With stretches where there are no towns for miles, it is a great place to take time out.
Canalside home was a must for author peter shropshire star. We also have a very wide selection of secondhand books, usually at least 900 titles. Shropshire union canal photos, maps, books, memories. A map showing the canals through shropshire can be found on the canal and river trust website. The picturesque river calder, set in the valleys of lancashire, is a major. The llangollen and montgomery canals are modern names for two branches of the canal. Canal and the mersey, it went on to become part of the shropshire union and. These two ledgers were written by the clerks of the shropshire union canal norbury district and the first entry being in 1901, the last roughly 1951 surprisingly, entry dates did not feature. From the mersey to the midlands and midwales hardback. Learn to paint like the old masters such as claude monet, en plein air. His book called simply the shropshire union canal is not just a history, but looks at the bustling canal network now and various restoration schemes which are at various. Run by canal enthusiasts, we stock probably the most comprehensive range of canal and waterway books.
Caravan and camping whitchurch hadley park whitchurch. The shropshire union canal runs from autherley junction, pendeford, wolverhampton where it leaves the staffordshire and worcester canal where it heads north bound for chester and eventually ellesmere port where it meets with the river dee. Shropshire has been depicted and mentioned in a number of works of literature. The shropshire union canal, nicknamed the shroppie is a navigable canal in england. Shropshire union canal, including the middlewich branch. Canal view is an immaculate property inside and out. Shropshire union canal waterways world canal guides. Cruising on the shropshire union canal british waterways. Buy your canal and inland waterways books cg from the canal shop company.
Map of the shropshire union canal uk waterways guide. On this site, you can hire a canal boat from our shropshire bases. We are an agent for many different canal boat companies offering some of the best priced canal boat holidays on the internet. The waterway links llangollen in denbighshire, north wales, with hurleston in south cheshire, via the town of ellesmere, shropshire. The staffordshire and worcestershire canal is a navigable narrow canal in staffordshire and worcestershire in the english midlands. This level canal towpath offers an elevated position for views over nantwich town and the surrounding cheshire plain. This was my first proper cruise in orient and what an adventure it was.
Media in category bridges over the shropshire union canal the following 200 files are in this category, out of 393 total. Canalbookshop is based at audlem mill, by the shropshire union canal in cheshire. Because that was the name of the company that owned this and other canals including those in shropshire. Browse and buy a vast selection of canals books and collectibles on. The shropshire union canal from the mersey to the midlands and. A list and map of canalside pubs on or near the shropshire union canal. It links the canal system of the west midlands, at wolverhampton, with the river mersey and manchester ship canal at ellesmere port, cheshire, 66 miles distant. The llangollen and montgomery canals are the modern names of branches of the shropshire union system and lie partially in wales.
Thomas telfords aqueducts on the shropshire union canal by quenby, ron. The shropshire union canal and runs from ellesere port on the river mersey to autherley junction, near wolverhamption, where it meets the staffordshire and worcestershire canal. The canal lies in the counties of staffordshire, shropshire and cheshire in the northwest english midlands. I was on the shropshire union canal the shroppie to its friends a year ago today. The middlewich branch connects the shropshire union canal to the trent and mersey canal. Four canals totalling 200 miles were combined in the 1840s. Its set in the shropshire countryside on the border with wales, next to the shropshire union canal, and a handsomely scenic walk from whitchurch, shropshire s oldest market town. Thomas telfords aqueducts on the shropshire union canal. The shropshire union canal stretches 107 km from the english midlands town of wolverhampton to the river mersey at ellesmere. Water ended up gushing down the shropshire union canal. The name, which was coined in the 1980s, is a modern designation for parts of the historic ellesmere canal.
The shropshire union canal, nicknamed the shroppie, is a navigable canal in england. Find the perfect shropshire union canal locks stock photo. Whitchurch marina whitchurch boat hire abc boat hire. Camlas llangollen is a navigable canal crossing the border between england and wales. Housman used shropshire as the setting for many of the poems in his first book, a shropshire lad, and many of malcolm savilles childrens books are set in shropshire. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Tetchill is a quiet shropshire hamlet located between the market town of oswestry whittington with its thcentury castle set. The shroppie is in fact a collection of canals built at different dates by various companies. Shropshire union canal, including the middlewich branch waterways series. The shropshire union canal by peter brown waterstones. Cadbury wharf shropshire union canal knighton wharf was. The llangollen canal of the shropshire union canal and the short prees branch of the ellesmere canal run through the parish. The shropshire union canal the shropshire union canal runs from the edge of urban wolverhampton through some of the most underpopulated areas of england to the river mersey at ellesmere port, about sixty miles in all and taking a fairly leisurely four days to cruise.
The llangollen and montgomery canals are the modern names of branches o. The bridgewater canal was built wide and deep, dont be surprised if you find you can boat much faster than on other canals. I was racing birmingham stoppages and a rapidly dwindling bank balance. Shropshire canal boat holidays on the llangollen and. Shropshire union canal waterways world cruising guides on. Buy shropshire union canal waterways world canal guides by euan corrie isbn. Run by canal enthusiasts, we stock the largest range of canal and waterway books, maps, guides and dvds anywhere in britain typically around 500 titles.
We set out on another long day of cruising along the shropshire union canal, tackling the adderley locks and tyrley locks and cruising through the town of market drayton. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of shropshire union canal. The middlewich branch connects the shropshire union canal. The shropshire union canal peter brown four canals totalling 200 miles were combined in the 1840s. Evening over whixall marina prees was the intended destination. It is 46 miles 74 km long, linking the river severn at stourport in worcestershire with the trent and mersey canal. Although the east shropshire tubboat canals did eventually belong to the same company as todays shropshire union canal, the shropshire canal was built over 40 years before the shropshire union canal. Buy shropshire union canal, including the middlewich branch waterways series by heron maps isbn. It joined the river severn at coalbrookdale and enabled coal, ore and limestone to be transported to the industrial region of east shropshire.