Cruising Route

Start From Anderton Marina

From Anderton Marina

Beeston & Return
Cruising days : 3
Cruising hours : 21 hours
Locks : 16

Nantwich & Return
Cruising days : 3
Cruising hours : 18 hours
Locks : 16

Cruise south along the Trent & mersey canal, turning down the Middlewich canal along fine stretches of countryside. At the Barbridge Junction either turn towards Beeston and it's impressive & massive 14th century Castle ruin standing on a high crag dominating the landscape.

Or turn & head for Nantwich, a lovely market town dating back to the Romans, with some lovely timber framed or black & white fine buildings dating from the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Useful Information

Beeston castle Website

Nantwich Tourist informationWebsite

Nantwich Museum Tel. 01270-627104

Dorfold Hall- ¼ mile south west of Nantwich Basin – a Jacobean Country House built in about 1616 www.aboutbritain.com/DorfoldHall

Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, a unique & quite exciting day out - beside bridge 85 south of Nantwich www.hackgreen.co.uk