{"id":235,"date":"2020-07-15T10:56:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T10:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2020-08-19T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T10:45:56","slug":"potteries-and-peak-district-canals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/potteries-and-peak-district-canals\/","title":{"rendered":"Potteries and Peak District canals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-n9pl7-591a0775d2b9c69d16eb79a267fcb506 main_color  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  av-sticky-submenu container_wrap fullsize' style='z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled av-submenu-pos-center'><ul id='av-custom-submenu-1' class='av-subnav-menu'>\n<li class='menu-item av-xqn1j-6dbd4c463b520cca8055c2feac03c2c1 menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1'><a href='https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/heart-of-england-canals\/' ><span class='avia-bullet'><\/span><span class='avia-menu-text'>Heart of England Canals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class='menu-item av-sm1zb-cf8c9cc50123d93f75a1d04bf50d95ef menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-2'><a href='https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/south-midlands-canals\/' ><span class='avia-bullet'><\/span><span class='avia-menu-text'>South Midlands Canals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class='menu-item av-7g0bv-f19b2cd34b7f2e4e985636a14acbfc6a menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-3'><a href='https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/welsh-border-canals\/' ><span class='avia-bullet'><\/span><span class='avia-menu-text'>NW England and Welsh Canals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class='menu-item av-gubcn-9b8e973f606cfc7b6860334cb34cd132 menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-4'><a href='https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/yorkshire-canals\/' ><span class='avia-bullet'><\/span><span class='avia-menu-text'>Yorkshire Waterways<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class='menu-item av-8lp3z-38511f1b0e8bb4664d12ef18a54ad8a1 menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-5'><a href='https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/potteries-and-peak-district-canals\/' ><span class='avia-bullet'><\/span><span class='avia-menu-text'>Potteries &amp; Peak District Canals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class='menu-item av-aedtb-fbb3f56df258923686f11c790549b0ba menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-6'><a href='https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/where-to-go-on-the-canals\/' ><span class='avia-bullet'><\/span><span class='avia-menu-text'>Map of the UK Canals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kcnfyqr2-495fcea207ba8a251108b2642bd9acc6\">\n.avia-section.av-kcnfyqr2-495fcea207ba8a251108b2642bd9acc6{\nbackground-color:#175c6f;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n.avia-section.av-kcnfyqr2-495fcea207ba8a251108b2642bd9acc6 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.3;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold\/images\/background-images\/diagonal-thin-light.png);\nbackground-repeat:repeat;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-kcnfyqr2-495fcea207ba8a251108b2642bd9acc6 footer_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_submenu  el_before_av_textblock  avia-bg-style-scroll av-section-color-overlay-active container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-235'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kdfps76u-b239a6dc9883ca9bd45cce495cc8f995\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-kdfps76u-b239a6dc9883ca9bd45cce495cc8f995{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-kdfps76u-b239a6dc9883ca9bd45cce495cc8f995 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kdfps76u-b239a6dc9883ca9bd45cce495cc8f995 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kdfps76u-b239a6dc9883ca9bd45cce495cc8f995 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-kdfps76u-b239a6dc9883ca9bd45cce495cc8f995 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Potteries and Peak District Canals (Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire).<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-235'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-97smj-047b8ee60015bc2f4a09ed08ff3e03ff'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div align=\"center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-552 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/waterways-uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/north-midlands-canal-map.gif\" alt=\"canals of the north midlands map\" width=\"448\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"titlebold\"><strong>The Four Counties Ring\u00a0\u00a0 (One week)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p align=\"left\">The popular 109 mile Four Counties Ring encompasses the industrial heritage of the Potteries, the rolling countryside of Shropshire, Staffordshire and the Cheshire Plains, plus a wide variety of handsome market towns such as Nantwich.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Cheshire is a county of big pastures, rolling countryside and wide skies, and passing though Roman Chester and the market town of Nantwich will bring you to Middlewich, dominated by its musket scarred church where Cavaliers sought refuge during the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Potteries come next, reached by burrowing under Harecastle Hill for over 1.5 miles through Harecastle Tunnel. You emerge to a changed landscape, for open fields have given way to Staffordshire industry, and here are the homes of Wedgwood, Spode, Minton and other renowned porcelain and pottery manufacturers.<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"left\">Open Countryside<\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\">At Great Heywood, cruising beneath the slender arch of the junction roving bridge, you turn off the Trent and Mersey canal onto the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal. Soon, the canal flows into the Tixall Wide lagoon before skirting Cannock Chase, where you can walk in woods inhabited by deer, and then slip almost secretly through the suburbs of the county town of Stafford. Climbing through locks to Gailey Wharf, you will find the distinctive circular toll-keeper\u2019s house which has been opened as a craft shop.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The final lap is on the Shropshire Union Canal, an extraordinary landscape of rolling countryside and big farms. One typical \u2018Shroppie\u2019 cutting brings you to Tyrley Wharf with its picturesque Tudor-style cottages, at one of which you can buy mouth-watering home cooking and produce from the garden.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The locks at Adderley are as beautiful as any in Britain. To prove this they regularly win the \u2018Best Kept Lock\u2019 prize from British Waterways. Bright flowerbeds border each chamber, and there is a rumour that the studious lock-keeper washes the gravelled towpath each morning before the rest of us are up!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"titlebold\">Not to be missed<\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\">Wedgwood Visitor Centre, Staffordshire; just a few yards from the canal, and a haven for fine china lovers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Etruria Industrial Museum, Etruria; a restored potter\u2019s mill and bone mill, right on the canal, with blacksmith\u2019s workshop and working steam-powered machinery.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Stoke City Museum, &amp; Art Gallery; an excellent museum ranking with the best in the country, with a world class ceramic collection.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Tixall Wide, Staffordshire; the canal passes through this broad lake, home to kingfishers and abundant wildfowl, reputedly the place where Izaak Walton learnt to fish.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span class=\"titlebold\">Boating Holidays in Britain<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Potteries and Peak District canals in the North Midlands of England<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore the Potteries and Peak District canals by boat on a waterways holiday. 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