Duration: 3 Nights
TOTAL LOCKS: 20
CRUISING TIME PER DAY: 8.5 HOURS
TOTAL CRUISING TIME: 22 HOURS
Maps & Guides for this route: P3, N4, L8, H2 | Click here buy maps
Travel between our Wrenbury and Whitchurch Marinas and explore Whitchurch before you return. Whitchurch is a quiet market town in rural Shropshire. There is a varety of architectural styles here with narrow streets and pretty gardens.
A four-day return cruise from Wrenbury Mill Marina explores the Llangollen and Shropshire Union canals through quiet countryside. The first night is spent at Swanley Bridge. Day two passes the historic Bunbury staircase locks to Wharton’s Lock, with a nearby pub stop. Day three features a walk to Beeston Castle before cruising to Barbridge. The final day retraces the route via Hurleston Junction to Wrenbury, ending with an evening beside the canalside Dusty Miller pub.
More InformationThis route ambles through a landscape of international renown, sparkling with Ice-Age meres, then winds through big Welsh countryside singing with green fields. Your journey reaches a triumphant meeting point at Chirk Aqueduct, where canal and railway engineering collide. A peaceful break spiced with engineering marvels and natural beauty.
More InformationThis relaxing short break takes you under lift bridges and down a lock staircase then past giant moss-filled bogs, home to wildfowl and exotic plants. A diverse journey, bursting with international importance, leads through lush green fields past Ice-Age lakes to vital canal heritage.
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