Tyrley Locks

Just a mile south of the bridge at Market Drayton is the flight of five locks at Tyrley. The strikingly red soil of the cutting indicates red sandstone underlying the area.
Tyrley Castle once stood on a site between here and Market Drayton, now occupied by Tyrley Castle Farm. Above the locks is Tyrley Wharf with its collection of 1840s red brick buildings.
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Chester

The Dee Locks Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal at Chester provides a link between the canal system and the tidal River Dee. The sea lock is operated by British Waterways staff by prior booking.

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Knighton Wharf

Knighton Wharf on the Shropshire Union Canal. The wharf was used by Cadbury's from 1911 to 1961. Chocolate "crumb" was produced in the adjoining factory, using local milk, and was taken by narrow boat to Bourneville in Birmingham.

Cadbury built the crumb factory at Knighton because it was found to be more efficient to take the cocoa to the milk than transport the milk over a long distance.

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Maesbury Marsh

Bridge 79 on the Montgomery Canal at Maesbury Marsh, near Oswestry. A crane still stands on the small wharf. Adjoining the bridge is the Navigation Inn and Warehouse Restaurant. The canal here was built as the Llanymynech Branch of the Ellesmere Canal. Closed following a breach near Frankton in 1936, this section was re-opened in 2003.

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High Bridge

High Bridge across part of Grub Street Cutting on the Shropshire Union Canal. The unusually tall arch has a supporting span, on which is a telegraph pole. The pole is a reminder of the time when a line of telegraph poles lined the route of the canal.

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Grindley Brook

The Grindley Brook flight of locks, on the Llangollen Canal just north of Whitchurch, includes this staircase of three locks.

As the Llangollen is one of the busiest canals, with a large number of hire boaters attracted to the splendid scenery, this staircase can be a bit of a bottleneck, with queues forming at certain times.

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