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Shropshire Union Canal Cruise north on the Shropshire Union Canal to Chester and return.
• Brewood – pretty canalside village. Ideal first night stop. • Market Drayton – historic home of Gingerbread, baked here for the past 200 years. • Tyrley and Audlem Lock Flights – set in lovely countryside. • Nantwich – close to canal, a lovely old market town, dotted with half-timbered houses. • Beeston Castle. • Chester – plenty of attractions including the Zoo, City Wall Walks, and excellent shopping centre.
112 Miles, 86 Locks, 56 Hours
Staffordshire & Worcester Canal Cruise south from Autherley Junction onto the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal to Stourport and return.
• Wightwick Manor – Victorian house with interior design by William Morris of the Arts & Craft Movement. Bookshop and pottery (National Trust). • Bratch Locks – much photographed. • Wombourne – visit Maypole Gallery's china and pottery gift shop. • Kinver Edge – 50 acres of woodland with fascinating restored rock houses (National Trust). • Kidderminster – Severn Valley Railway, for nostalgic steam train trips.. • Stourport – Fun Fair, amusement arcades, fish & chip shops.
51 Miles, 62 Locks, 29 Hours
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