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