Duration: 7 Nights
TOTAL LOCKS: 66
CRUISING TIME PER DAY: 5 HOURS (35 HOURS IN TOTAL)
Maps & Guides for this route: P3, N4, L8 | Click here buy maps
Visit the historic city of Chester with its shopping, restaurants, the River Dee and its spectacular cathedral.
This route can also be completed from our Wrenbury, Blackwater or Anderton marinas.
This fascinating route will take you back in time to the Romans, and will also uncover stories of bishops and monks, bickering aristocracy, speeding canal boats and government secrets – and the generosity of a Queen. From Shropshire to Cheshire and back, you’ll be treated to lock staircases and lift bridges, historic aqueducts, and glorious sweeping landscapes.
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