Shropshire Union Canal

Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, W Midlands

The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal opened in 1835 and later, forming part of the Shropshire Union, was Thomas Telford's last great engineering challenge. The route passes through rural Shropshire and Cheshire via Gnosall, Norbury, Market Drayton, Audlem, Nantwich and Chester to Ellesmere Port.

There is also the 10-mile Middlewich Branch from Barbridge.

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Details:

Path Type:	Other Paths
Waymark:	Chester-Ellesmere Port section named as 'Canalside Trail'
Attributes:	Easy Canal Industrial History
Start:	SJ901020 - Autherley Junction, W Midlands
Finish:	SJ407770 - Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Web Sites:	Canal & River Trust - Shropshire Union Canal Shropshire Union Canal Society - Interactive Map

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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

General Interest Book

Four Counties & the Welsh Canals: Waterways Guide 4 (Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides)  (HarperCollins  - 2023 )

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