Wardle Canal

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Junction between the Wardle Canal and the Trent and Mersey Canal, Middlewich, England (2006)
Junction between the Wardle Canal and the Trent and Mersey Canal, Middlewich, England (2006)

The Wardle canal is located in Middlewich, Cheshire, UK, and connects the Trent and Mersey Canal to the Shropshire Union Canal (Middlewich branch). It is the shortest canal in the UK at approximately 100 ft long, terminating with a single lock known as Wardle lock. It was built in 1829 in order so that the operators of the Trent and Mersey canal could maintain control over the junction.

Wardle Lock on the Wardle Canal, Middlewich, England (2006)
Wardle Lock on the Wardle Canal, Middlewich, England (2006)