Shropshire Union Canal Pubs & Canalside Inns

The Shropshire Union Canal crosses a lot of very rural open countryside, so you might not expect there to be many canalside pubs along its sixty mile length.

canalside pubHowever you’d be wrong! The Shropshire Union was a busy route from the North West to the Midlands and was heavily used by working narrowboats right up to the end of commercial carrying. Along its length were many hostelries, providing overnight stabling for the horses and a place for the boat people to relax and socialise. Many isolated canal pubs still survive, some now relying on their summer holiday boaters to keep them going through the quieter winters.

Please note, this information is provided as a guide only and we cannot guarantee its complete accuracy. Please do let us know if you spot any mistakes or omissions.


Pub Features
food - Food
family friendly - Family Friendly
dog friendly - Dog Friendly
guest beers - Guest Beer
canalside - Close to Canal
accommodation - Accomodation


Shropshire Union Canal

Barbridge Inn
Barbridge.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Boat Inn
Gnosall.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bridge Inn
Brewood.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Bridge Inn
Audlem.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Bunbury Arms
Stoak.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Dysart Arms
Bunbury.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Four Alls
Market Drayton.
Close to the canal
 
Family friendly
 
Guest beerAccomodation
Hartley Arms
Wheaton Aston.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendlyDog friendlyGuest beer
 
Junction Inn
Norbury Junction.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Navigation
Gnosall.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Red Lion
Cheswardine.
 
 
 
 
Guest beer
 
Ring o’Bells
Christleton.
Close to the canal
 
Family friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Royal Oak
Gnosall.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shady Oak
Bates Mill Bridge.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendlyDog friendlyGuest beer
 
Shroppie Fly
Audlem.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Straw Hat
Great Sutton.
 
 
 
Dog friendly
 
 
The Anchor Inn
High Offley.
 
Close to the canalFamily friendly
 
 
 
The Cheshire Cat
Christleton.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendlyDog friendlyGuest beerAccomodation
The Royal Oak
Church Eaton.
Close to the canal
 
 
 
Guest beer
 
The Spital Vaults
Chester.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendly
 
 
 
Three Stirrups
Brewood.
Close to the canal
 
Family friendly
 
Guest beer
 
Wharf Tavern
Goldstone Wharf.
Close to the canalClose to the canalFamily friendlyDog friendly
 
Accomodation

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