Shropshire Canals

North Shropshire is home to 46 miles of canals, including the Shropshire Union Canal and the Llangollen Canal. The county also includes an 11-mile stretch of the Montgomery Canal, which joins the Llangollen Canal at Lower Frankton, near Ellesmere.

Some of these images also appear in our book, A Year in Shropshire, which is published by Merlin Unwin Books and is available to buy through this website (large format, £20).

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Llangollen Canal photographs

Llangollen Canal

Montgomery Canal photographs

Montgomery Canal

Shropshire Union Canal photographs

Shropshire Union Canal


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Canal boats on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, north Shropshire.
A peaceful scene on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire.
Late afternoon sunlight glistens on the winter snow along the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Winter on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Trees reflected in the water of the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire.
A canal boat reflected in the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Springtime on the Llangollen Canal at Whitchurch, North Shropshire.
A narrowboat passes under Morris's Lift Bridge on the Llangollen Canal near Whixall Moss, north Shropshire.
Autumn reflections on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Autumn colour along the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Oilseed rape grows in a field alongside the Montgomery Canal at Maesbury, Shropshire, England.
A canal boat passes through one of the locks on the Shropshire Union Canal at Tyrley Locks, Shropshire.
A narrowboat on the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire near Chirk, England.
A narrowboat on the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire near Chirk, England.
A lone figure on the towpath along the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats moored outside homes alongside the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
A craft shop on board a canal boat moored on the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
A canal boat reflected in the ripples of the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
A canal boat and bridge are reflected in the waters of the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Homes and canal boats reflected in the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats and homes reflected in the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Homes and canal boats reflected in the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
A canal boat reflected in the waters of the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Homes reflected in the Shropshire Union Canal at Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Houses and canal boats at the Shropshire Union Canal in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Winter snow and sunshine on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Winter on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Walkers in the winter snow on the towpath along the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Winter ice and snow on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Winter snow covers the towpath alongside the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Winter snow and ice on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Winter on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere Wharf, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere Wharf, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere Wharf, Shropshire, England.
A bridge across the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere Wharf, Shropshire, England.
Walkers on the towpath alongside the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere Wharf, Shropshire, England.
Autumn reflections on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Industrial remains on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere Wharf, Shropshire, England.
Swans on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere Wharf, Shropshire, England.
Industrial remains at Ellesmere Wharf on the Llangollen Canal, Shropshire, England.
Winter sunset on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Winter sunset on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Traditional canal ware on a narrowboat at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Winter on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Footprints in the winter snow along the towpath of the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats at Ellesmere Wharf on a busy stretch of the Llangollen Canal, Shropshire, England.
Footprints in the winter snow along the towpath on the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats and spring blossom at Ellesmere Wharf on the Llangollen Canal, Shropshire, England.
Oilseed rape grows in a field alongside the Montgomery Canal at Maesbury, Shropshire, England.
A narrowboat on the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire near Chirk, England.
A canal boat crossing Chirk Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal, on the English/Welsh border.
Thomas Telford's aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern, Shropshire, England.
Thomas Telford's aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern, Shropshire, England.
Thomas Telford's aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats on the Shropshire Union Canal at Tyrley Locks, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
A canal boat on the Shropshire Union Canal at Tyrley Locks, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
A canal boat on the Shropshire Union Canal at Tyrley Locks, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats on the Shropshire Union Canal at Tyrley Locks, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Canal boats on the Shropshire Union Canal at Tyrley Locks, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.
Lift bridge on the Llangollen Canal near Whixall Moss, north Shropshire.
A narrowboat negotiates Morris's Lift Bridge on the Llangollen Canal near Whixall Moss, Shropshire.
A narrowboat at Morris's Bridge on the Llangollen Canal near Whixall Moss, Shropshire.
A narrowboat negotiates a lift bridge on the Llangollen Canal at Whitchurch, Shropshire.
Canal boats moored on the Whitchurch arm of the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire.
Cyclists cross the Llangollen Canal on the lift bridge at Whitchurch, Shropshire.
A narrowboat negotiates a lift bridge on the Llangollen Canal at Whitchurch, Shropshire.
A narrowboat negotiates Morris's Lift Bridge on the Llangollen Canal near Whixall Moss, north Shropshire.
A canal boat passing through Ellesmere Tunnel on the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire.
Trees reflected in the water of the Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere, Shropshire.
Swans on the Shropshire Union Canal at Talbot Wharf, Market Drayton, Shropshire.
A narrowboat negotiates Adderley Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal, Shropshire.
A narrowboat negotiates Adderley Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal, Shropshire.
A mallard beside the Shropshire Union Canal at Adderley, Shropshire.

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