Maesbury Walks
Route 5a
Follow the towpath from the Navigation Bridge to park Mill Bridge.
The
Navigation right, above, started as a separate pub before the canal was
built, the area at the rear of the photo being older. A single storey
warehouse was built next to the canal, probably in 1795, and this was
extended upwards over the years and joined to the pub to make the present
L-shaped building(click on the photo
for a bigger picture).
Swans with 12
cygnets next to the Navigation in 2002, before the canal was reopened
in 2003.
Above: the first
industrial area was the section between the Navigation Inn, by the bridge,
and the 'bone manure works' by the chimney on the right. In between were
wharves for coal, timber, bricks etc., mainly for onward tranportation
to Oswestry.:
Lapwing photographed from this stretch of the towpath
Canada
Geese next to the canal . . .
.
. . and a moorhen
a
swan on a nest, next to Park Mill Bridge
You now have a choice of 2 routes:
- Walks
5, 6, 9 & 13 - Route
5b - go over
Park Mill Bridge into the fields
Walk 11 - Route 11a - continue along the towpath to Queens Head