Chester or Ellesmere Port & Return
Featured Routes

Black Country Navigations Loop (BCN)

A refreshing contrast of quiet countryside with the hustle and bustle of the city – with 2 fascinating museums thrown in!

Caldon Canal & Return

An alternative to the Four counties ring, but equally energetic. You will head up towards the Peak District and enter the Churnet Valley with its stunning countryside. 

Nantwich and return

Leaving Gailey, you head south down the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to Autherley Junction then cruise the Shropshire Union with Market Drayton, Audlem and Nantwich along the way.

Stourport & Return

Gailey to Stourport on Severn – through Autherley & Aldersley Junctions, Bratch Locks, Stourton Junction, Kinver, Wolverley, Kidderminster and back

The Black Country Ring (anticlockwise)

The Four Counties Ring

The Four Counties Ring – A varied route taking in parts of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, the Trent & Mersey Canal, the Middlewich Branch and the Shropshire Union Canal. The route includes two tunnels, over 15 aqueducts, and 94 locks - can be done in 7 nights or a more relaxing 14 nights.

The Stourport Ring

A route which takes in the whole of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and parts of the River Severn, the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and the Birmingham Canal Navigations. Can be done in 7 nights or a more relaxing 14 nights.