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Dist:0.3km north<br/>The 10-mile Middlewich Branch links the Shropshire Union Canal with the Trent and Mersey Canal. There are four locks, falling towards Middlewich.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
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Dist:0.5km west<br/>Entrance to Wallange Paddocks Farm
©Dan Haigh
Dist:1.0km northeast<br/>Main street through Middlewich. this area as been important since Roman times.
©Stephen Burton
Dist:1.0km east<br/>The lock has emptied and a cruiser emerges. Once it has cleared the narrow space an passed under Bridge 168, where the photographer is standing, the narrowboat will enter and ascend the lock. The waiting butty will come up separately afterwards; of course it will have to be roped into and out of the lock.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:1.0km east<br/>There are four locks in all on the Middlewich Branch, which fall from the Shropshire Union at Barbridge to the Trent and Mersey at Middlewich. Three of the locks are on the Middlewich Branch proper, but the last one, shown here, was technically part of the Trent and Mersey system, although not on the main line. Curiously this lock is called Wardle Lock - curious because Wardle is actually a village at the OTHER end of the Middlewich Branch! The bridge visible here is No 31.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:1.0km northeast<br/>Middlewich fire station, Lewin Street, Middlewich, Cheshire.
©Kevin Hale
Dist:1.1km north<br/>
©Ian Warburton
Dist:1.1km east<br/>The full-length narrowboat has made the sharp turn through Bridge 168 and is waiting to ascend Wardle Lock. Its empty butty is held on the other side. But the lock is still emptying with a descending boat inside.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:1.1km east<br/>The cruiser seen [[521805]] emerging from Warle Lock has now passed under Bridge 168 and is turning northwards where it will begin the descent of the Middlewich Three locks. The 'Kings Lock' pub is seen on the right and to the right of that, the Trent and Mersey canal ascends the eponymous lock. The Three Locks and the descent towards the Mersey lie to the far left, while the section of canal, centre, under the POCHIN building, is a blind end used for mooring only.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:1.1km east<br/>A full-length narrow boat has just made the sharp turn under the roving bridge with the intention of ascending Wardle Lock onto the Middlewich Branch. The roving bridge is actually numbered 168 although it is not on the main line. The view is looking southwards down the Trant and Mersey, with the 'Kings Lock' pub. prominent on the far bank. The white-painted bridge visible next to it is Bridge 167.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:1.1km east<br/>This basin below Kings Lock is also the junction, on the left, for the 10-mile branch linking with the Shropshire Union Canal.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:1.1km east<br/>
©Roger Kidd
Dist:1.1km southwest<br/>Photo is of Leahouse farm, on the A530 Nantwich rd, close to Middlewich & Winsford, the next large town further along the road is Crewe.
©john mcguire
Dist:1.1km east<br/>
©Peter Whatley

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