The first part of our guide to the Shropshire Union ended at Nantwich, where the southern section built by Thomas Telford as the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal ends. This month our northward journey continues on the much older Chester Canal. Nantwich Basin was the terminus of the Chester Canal, which opened between there and Chester in 1779. Known today as the Nantwich Canal Centre, the basin is home to a busy marina, a boatyard with hire craft, and a waterside cafe. As we mentioned last time, there is a lot to see in Nantwich, whose historic town centre can be reached from here by walking along the road that passes beneath the aqueduct.
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