Shropshire Union / Llangollen Canals
Cruise north on the Shropshire Union. At Hurleston Junction turn onto the Llangollen Canal to Llangollen and return.

•   Brewood – pretty canalside village, ideal first night stop.
•   Market Drayton – gingerbread has been baked here for 200 years.
•   Whixall Moss – flora and fauna, dragonfly habitat.
•   Ellesmere – Wildlife Visitor Centre for the seven meres.
•   Frankton Junction – joins the Montgomery Canal, now under restoration.
•   Chirk – Aqueduct and Castle.
•   Pontcysyllte Aqueduct – perhaps the most spectacular aqueduct of them all.
•   Llangollen – Steam Railway up to Horseshoe Falls.

174 Miles, 100 Locks, 82 Hours

Four Counties Ring
This Ring comprises the Shropshire Union, Staffordshire & Worcester and Trent & Mersey Canals, and the Middlewich Arm.•   Cruise through exceptionally lovely countryside

•   Great Haywood – Shrugborough Hall, seat of the Earls of Lichfield, now in the care of the National Trust.
•   Barlaston – Wedgwood Visitor Centre.
•   Nantwich – close to canal, a lovely old market town, dotted with half-timbered houses.
•   Market Drayton – famous for its gingerbread, baked here for past 200 years.
•   Brewood – pretty canalside village, ideal overnight stop.

110 Miles, 94 Locks, 56 Hours