Moorings (38) : Wrenbury Church Visitor Moorings

Moor here, especially if you wish to pray.

Across Wrenbury Church Lift Bridge

This way across.

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At Wrenbury.

Wrenbury Church Lift Bridge 19

A highly interesting lift bridge.

Return to Wrenbury

This week we return to the Llangollen Canal in Wrenbury.

Acton Swing Bridge

A side view of this bridge.

Down the river

A view down the Weaver.

The mechanism

Acton Swing Bridge was built in 1933 to replace an earlier stone bridge. This mechanism is used to swing the bridge open to allow large vessels to pass along the river.

The bridge

Acton Bridge is so-called because of a bridge! This is an impressive swing bridge which carries the A49 across the Weaver.

Acton Bridge

This week we visit the Weaver Navigation at Acton Bridge.

Nantwich & Border Counties Yacht Club

Also located at Nantwich Basin.

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Another boat at Nantwich Basin.

Narrows (5) : Nantwich Basin

Controlling boat speed.

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At Nantwich Basin.

Return to Nantwich

This week we return to the Shropshire Union Canal in Nantwich.

Little Venice

Having family in London, i visit the capital a lot. The first part of the capital's canal network i visited was Little Venice. Over a couple of years i ended up walking every metre of the canals of London, but it started here.

On the Stratford

The Stratford Canal is a favourite. When i was doing my masters i visited the town a lot to use the archives (as the subject of my thesis was on the economic development of the town due to the coal trade in the early 19th century). Here is a boat on the canal.

Perrywell Road Bridge

My interest in canal walking really began when i worked close to the Tame Valley Canal in Perry Barr and visited the canal at lunchtime. So, this stretch of canal is where it all began.

Post 3000

When i started this blog many years ago, post 3000 seemed so far away but here it is, and it is Curdworth Tunnel.

Approaching a milestone

Well, if you travel the canals you will reach and pass many milestones. However, this blog is reaching a big milestone this week (tomorrow in fact), 3000 posts! So, this week we will not feature any one waterway as a theme but instead will feature some interesting photos we may have missed earlier, and do a bit of reminicing.

Starting with a narrowboat about to pass below Brace Factory Bridge, the feature on the waterway network closest to where i live!

Bath Row

We reach Bath Row, soon we will be entering Edgbaston but for now we'll leave the canal here.

Mailbox Footbridge

A more modern kind of bridge.

Holliday Wharf revisited

A former wharf, now with other more modern usage.

Granville Street Bridge 88 again

Another view of this bridge.

Leaving Birmingham

This week we look at the Worcester & Birmingham Canal as we head away from the Mailbox.

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At Market Harborough.

Wharfs (33) : Market Harborough

At the terminus of the Market Harborough branch of the canal.

Pubs (59) : The Waterfront

Bar and restaurant at Market Harborough Wharf.

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At Market Harborough.

Market Harborough

We stay with the Grand Union Canal this week, but we have now moved up to Leicestershire and the Market Harborough branch.

Introducing our new sister site

While this blog will continue with a daily photograph from the waterways of Britain, we also wanted a chance to go more in depth sometimes. So, we have created a British waterways section on our web site. It will have maps, historical information and of course photos! Please check it out!

Boats on the canal (420)

At Leighton Buzzard.

Canal side property

With a great view!

Moorings (37) : Leighton Buzzard Supermarket Moorings

For when you need to pop into Tesco.

Leighton Buzzard Bridge 114

Road crossing.

Leighton Buzzard

This week we are at the Grand Union Canal in Leighton Buzzard.

Moorings (36) : Nantwich Leisure Area

Moor here.

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At Nantwich.

Marker post

You are in Nantwich, but Autherley and Norbury junctions are some way away.

Basins (20) : Nantwich

By the visitor moorings that we'll see later in the week.

Return to Nantwich

This week we return to the Shropshire Union Canal in Nantwich.

Junctions (57) : Meadow Lane

The end of the Nottingham Canal, any further progress will be on the Trent.

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In Nottingham.

Meadow Lane Lock 7

Lock with the river.

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In Nottingham.

Nottingham to Trent

We return to the Nottingham Canal this week, and the final stretch up to the mighty river Trent.

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In Rugby.

Boughton Road Bridge 59

Crossing over.

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In Rugby.

Brownsover Aqueduct 60

In Rugby, there are a number of aqueducts in the area.