What interesting places have you visited on your canal boat?

[David Floyd]

What interesting places have you visited on your canal boat?

 

I am trying to extend our map of places to visit on the canals.

 

https://floydtilla.co.uk/things-to-see-on-the-canals-rivers-in-the-uk/

 

Would love some polite recommendations.

 

David

[Ken X]

The Lancashire Mining Museum kept us entertained for half a day.  Just off the Bridgwater Canal.  Run by enthusiastic volunteers, some of whom were ex miners.

[Francis Herne]

Black Country Living Museum

Red House Glass Cone, Stourbridge

The Commandery, Worcester

Museum of Royal Worcester

National Waterways Museum, Gloucester

National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas

World of Wedgwood

Lion Salt Works, Middlewich

Anderton Lift + museum & tour

Etruria Industrial Museum

Aldridge Transport Museum

Tettenhall Transport Heritage Museum

 

Lots of stuff in central Birmingham. Directly adjacent to the canal are the Sea Life Centre and Legoland.

 

Many preserved railways near canals - there was a whole thread recently.

 

Lots of cathedrals, big stately homes etc.

 

The free music festivals at Upton-on-Severn are excellent and very popular with boaters.

Edited January 17 by Francis Herne

[PeterF]

Been to many listed in the previous post. In addition

 

National Waterways Museum - Ellesmere Port

Little Moreton Hall, Congleton,

Royal Armouries, Leeds

Cheddleton Flint Mill

Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton

Saddleworth Museum, Uppermill

Hollinsworth Lake, Littleborough

Secret Nuclear Bunker, Hack Green

 

[matty40s]

Pump out.

Pub

Water point

Pub

 

[MrsM]

Armley Mill, Leeds. Probably the best place I've ever been to in the boat was Wightwick Manor near Wolverhampton.

Edited January 17 by MrsM
Boat not bathroom!

[Guest]

I guess it depends what you call interesting but I used to love seeking out abandoned canal infrastructure. Things like.

 

The original Lemonroyd lock on the Aire & Calder

The original lock at Kegworth, alongside Kegworth Deep Lock,

Side locks on the A&C eg Lemonroyd

Coal Chute on Castleford Cut

Abandoned lock at Whitley on the A&C.

The abandoned lock onto the Trent at Beeston.

Various abandoned locks alongside the existing locks on the GU

 

 

Boring I know to some but fascinating to me, and possibly others.

[PeterScott]

 

 

Thurlwood Steel Lock  T&M.

 

My only pic of navigating through the structure from 21Apr1972. Sadly now replaced by a (thoroughly worthy, but  less fun) garden ...

[David Floyd]

Wow thanks, interesting stuff, keep them coming 

[PeterScott]

Chester Weir - and its access ladder

also Chester City Walls

Chester Zoo  (for those who like zoos ...)

 ... or the Chester Falconry

Chester Cathedral, and its detached campanile

 

Chester Racecourse ... and a tourist map

[Mrs Bearwood Boster]

3 hours ago, Ken X said:

The Lancashire Mining Museum kept us entertained for half a day.  Just off the Bridgwater Canal.  Run by enthusiastic volunteers, some of whom were ex miners.

We enjoyed it too & had some interesting interaction with some goats !!

 

Edited January 17 by Mrs Bearwood Boster

[PeterScott]

My Illustrious Namesakes's lighthouse, Sutton Bridge, River Nene.

 

Actually navigationally a tricky visit, which we have never done by boat. It is on the OP waterways map ...

 

or can book a weekend there ..

[booke23]

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Edited January 18 by booke23

[Michael Donning]

Llangollen has some nice little destinations. I.E. there's a steam train running or you could walk to the horseshoe falls and do a picknick.
We very much enjoyed the short (but upwards) hike to Castell Dinas Brân.

 

On "the other end" of the Llangollen Canal. There's Snugburys Ice Cream near Nantwich. Well reachable from the Llangollen Canal over the fields (see dashed lines on the map). Nothing spectacular, but when you travel with small (or old) kids....

Sorry, I already mentioned this recently in a another post: From the "southern end" of the Macclesfield Canal you can reach the "folly" Mow Cop. Nice rock formations and great views from the hill:

[pearley]

Both walked up to Mow Cop before arthritis kicked in which rules Dinas Bran out.

 

Bugsworth Basin and walk up the incline.

Denver Sluice Complex.

Liverpool Docks.

Prickwillow Engine Museum. (If only to see the 1947 flood mark)

Ripon. Minster, Workhouse, Old Court House, Fountains Abbey.

Standedge.

Anglesey Basin. 

 

And I second Mjg's list as I've done all them and passed through three of those locks before disused.

 

 

 

[BEngo]

The Anson Museum.  From Higher Poynton on the Macc.

Tring Museum from Tring Station bridge on the GU.

Tringford pumping station at the end (nearly, and for now) of the Wendover Arm.

Shugborough hall.  Great Haywood.

 

The steam railway adjacent to the Caldon Churnet Valley Railway??

Battlefield line at Shackerstone on the Ashby.

N

 

[Ray T]

The boat museums at Ellesmere Port, Stoke Bruerne and Gloucester Docks.

If you are interested in canal heritage, that is.

eta Foxton and of course Milton Keynes!😳

Edited January 18 by Ray T

[Tim Lewis]

3 hours ago, Ray T said:

The boat museums at Ellesmere Port, Stoke Bruerne and Gloucester Docks.

If you are interested in canal heritage, that is.

… and the London Canal Museum and the one at Foxton locks!

Edited January 18 by Tim Lewis

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Pubs, pubs, pubs, pubs, pubs

 

and more pubs pubs pubs pubs pubs

[David Floyd]

43 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Pubs, pubs, pubs, pubs, pubs

 

and more pubs pubs pubs pubs pubs

 this may help 

https://floydtilla.co.uk/canal-and-riverside-pubs-and-restaurants/

 

D

[IanD]

4 minutes ago, David Floyd said:

 this may help 

https://floydtilla.co.uk/canal-and-riverside-pubs-and-restaurants/

 

D

 

It looks like you're only including ones literally right next to the canal so you're missing a lot very close by, including some very good ones...

 

 

[GUMPY]

Museum of Fenland Drainage Prickwillow 

 

[David Floyd]

9 minutes ago, IanD said:

 

It looks like you're only including ones literally right next to the canal so you're missing a lot very close by, including some very good ones...

 

 

It started like that, but am spreading the net a little wider now, updates every day.

 

Thanks

 

D

[IanD]

10 minutes ago, David Floyd said:

It started like that, but am spreading the net a little wider now, updates every day.

 

Thanks

 

D

Holy Inadequate, Stoke

Aqueduct Inn, Froncysyllte

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

19 minutes ago, David Floyd said:

It started like that, but am spreading the net a little wider now, updates every day.

 

Thanks

 

D

I particularly like the ‘at a glance view’ of canal side pubs (or at least very close)

we’ve often had people on here asking specifically for canal side,

I’ve noticed you’ve missed highlighting the Red Lion on the Weaver?

You can more the boat outside the Red Lion

It’s a good way to plan a route,

I’ll have a look and see if I can spot any more you aint got around to yet