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Dist:0.2km<br/>Taken from the bridge at Barbridge Junction.
©Andy Beecroft
Dist:0.4km<br/>
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the Middlewich Branch built in 1833 to link the main Shropshire Union Canal with the Trent and Mersey Canal.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>Narrowboats on the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union Canal at Barbridge junction
©Nigel Williams
Dist:0.5km<br/>Where the Middlewich branch of the canal meets the Chester branch at the Roving Bridge.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.5km<br/>Where two branches of the Shropshire Union Canal meet. This is a roving bridge, which allowed a horse towing a boat to cross the canal when the towpath changes sides.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is where the Shropshire Union Canal meets the Shropshire Union Middlewich Branch.
©Andy Beecroft
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union Canal leaves the main canal at Barbridge Junction.
©Gerald England
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is looking north-westwards along the main line of the Shroppie, with Goodwin Bridge 101 in the distance. As the signpost indicates, the ten-mile Middlewich branch, which connects with the Trant and Mersey Canal, goes off to the east at this point.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.5km<br/>"Eros" on the Shropshire Union Canal at Barbridge Junction.
©Gerald England
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is looking down the Shropshire Union to the south-east. The Middlewich Branch leads off to the north-east at this point.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking north-eastwards along the Middlewich Branch. The roving bridge is Bridge No 1, starting a new sequence along the branch.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.5km<br/>Cows graze in a field at Barbridge.
©Gerald England
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal is entered via Bridge No 1. This link to the Trent and Mersey Canal was built in 1833. The main line of the Shropshire Union Canal to Chester and Ellesmere Port continues off to the left.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Shropshire Union Canal at Barbridge.
©Gerald England

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