Wardle Canal, Middlewich

Name: Wardle Canal
Address: Middlewich, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Middlewich

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The Wardle Canal is the shortest canal in the UK, at 154 feet. The canal, in Middlewich, Cheshire, connects the Trent and Mersey Canal to the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, terminating with a single lock known as Wardle Lock. It was built in 1829 so that the navigation authority of the Trent and Mersey Canal could maintain control over the junction. ()

Coordinates: 53°11'15"N, 2°26'29"W

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Middlewich United Kingdom

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Wardle Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sandbach Town Hall, Sandbach Crosses, Winsford Cross Shopping Centre, St Michael and All Angels.

4.4 miSE
City hall
Sandbach Town Hall, Sandbach
112 min walk • Sandbach Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Sandbach, Cheshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Sandbach Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
4.4 miSE
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Sandbach Crosses, Sandbach
114 min walk • The Sandbach Crosses are two 9th-century stone Anglo-Saxon crosses now erected in the market place in the town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England.
3.6 miW
53°11'30"N • 2°31'45"W
Winsford Cross Shopping Centre, Winsford
93 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
~1950 ftN
Church, Gothic architecture
St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich
10 min walk • St. Michael and All Angels is the parish church for the town of Middlewich in Cheshire, England. It stands at the junction of the A54 and A533 roads. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
4.5 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St Mary's Church, Sandbach
115 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.6 miE
Church, Gothic architecture
St Luke's Church, Holmes Chapel
93 min walk • St Luke's Church is in the village of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England on the A50 road at its junction with the A535 road. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
3.5 miW
Church, John Douglas, Gothic Revival architecture
St Chad's Church, Winsford
89 min walk • St Chad's Church, Over, is in the town of Winsford, Cheshire, England. It was formerly in the separate town of Over, but with the growth of Winsford it has become part of that town. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
4.4 miNW
Church
St Wilfrid's Church
111 min walk • St Wilfrid's Church is in the village of Davenham, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
4.3 miSE
Church
Sandbach Methodist Church, Sandbach
110 min walk • On 1 September 2020, Sandbach Methodist Church joined together with Sandbach Heath Methodist Church and Wheelock Methodist Church to become a new body called Unity Methodist Church. All three sites remain. This pages relates to the site on Wesley Avenue, Sandbach, Cheshire, England. Unity Methodist Church is in the Sandbach Mission Area.
4 miNW
Church
St Stephen's Church
101 min walk • St Stephen's Church is in the village of Moulton, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.
2.7 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church, Winsford
70 min walk • Christ Church, Wharton, is in the town of Winsford, Cheshire, England. It is an active evangelical Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.