Barbridge Junction

#1058 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Barbridge Junction is the name of the canal junction located at Barbridge, Cheshire, where the Shropshire Union Canal Middlewich Branch terminates and meets the Shropshire Union Canal main line. ()

Coordinates: 53°6'33"N, 2°34'43"W

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Barbridge Junction – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beeston Castle, Oulton Park, Sandstone Trail, Peckforton Castle.

4.9 miW
Forts and castles, Historical place
Beeston Castle
126 min walk • Beeston Castle, crowning a rocky crag with sweeping views over the Cheshire countryside, is a fortress steeped in history and legend. This medieval castle, now in ruins, was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, on the site of an earlier...
5 miN
Racetrack, Sport venue, Sport
Oulton Park, Tarporley
127 min walk • Oulton Park is a hard surfaced track used for motor racing, close to the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about 5 miles from Winsford, 13 miles from Chester city centre, 8 miles from Northwich and 17 miles from Warrington, with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line.
5.1 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sandstone Trail
129 min walk • The Sandstone Trail is a 55-kilometre long-distance walkers' path, following sandstone ridges running north–south from Frodsham in central Cheshire to Whitchurch just over the Shropshire border. The path was created in 1974 and extended in the 1990s.
5 miW
Forts and castles
Peckforton Castle
128 min walk • Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills one mile northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
3.7 miSE
Shopping, Bookshop
46 High Street, Nantwich
96 min walk • 46 High Street is a timber-framed, black-and-white Elizabethan merchant's house in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, located near the town square at the corner of High Street and Castle Street.
2.8 miW
Church
St Boniface's Church
73 min walk • St Boniface's Church stands prominently in the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church dates mainly from the 14th century.
5.3 miN
Church
St Peter's Church
134 min walk • St Peter's Church is in the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
2.6 miW
Museum, Historical place
Bunbury Mill
67 min walk • Bunbury Mill is a watermill located to the east of the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. After being at risk of demolition, it has been restored as a working museum. The structure is designated by Historic England as a Grade II listed building.
2.7 miSE
Church, Gothic architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Church, Nantwich
69 min walk • St Mary's Church is an active Anglican parish church located in Monk's Lane, Acton, a village to the west of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. Since 1967 it has been designated a Grade I listed building. A church has been present on this site since before the time of the Domesday Survey.
3.1 miSE
Museum, History museum
Dorfold Hall
80 min walk • Dorfold Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion in Acton, Cheshire, England, considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in the county. The present owners are the Roundells.
1.3 miSE
Canal
Hurleston Junction
34 min walk • Hurleston Junction is the name of the canal junction where the Llangollen Canal terminates and meets the Shropshire Union Canal main line at Hurleston, Cheshire, England.