Easy as Wrenbury on a sunny Sunday morning

Wrenbury on the Llangollen Canal, 28th May 2023.

Wrenbury on the Llangollen Canal, 28th May 2023.

Wrenbury in Cheshire, Sunday 28th May 2023 (Author’s Collection).

The stretch of the Llangollen Canal running through the Cheshire village of Wrenbury had long been on my “visiting list” and with the UK in the middle of the first “mini-heatwaves” that pockmark our Summers these days, I had the very real pleasure of taking the images that follow in this brief pictorial stroll alongside a canal in the north west of England. Walking along both the Shropshire Union and here, the Llangollen Canal, many boats originate from or are moored here at Wrenbury so I had to pay a visit and I was pleasantly surprised at what I found.

Take for example the picture above that accompanies the headline of this article. It would appear to be “staged” at first glance with an old fashioned car permanently stationed at the side of a road running alongside the canal. But no, the car is in full working order with the owner, having passed through the “Stop” Junction separating vehicular and human foot traffic from the canal (a picturesque and unique selling point of this particular stretch of canal) stopping to admire the canal boats passing through the very same Junction scored through the village by the “cut” of the canal.

What follows is a two mile loop of the Llangollen Canal running through Wrenbury (or Wrenbury-cum-Frith to give the village its full title) with all images captured on Sunday 28th May 2023.

I hope you enjoy this pictorial stroll beside a canal in the north west of England in the most pleasant of Sunday sunshine:

Welcome to Wrenbury and the “Stop/Lift” bridge known simply as “Wrenbury Bridge”, the scene of the image that accompanies the headline to this article.

View from the bend in the canal between bridges numbered 20 and 21 of the Llangollen Canal, or “Wrenbury Bridge” (see above) and “Wrenbury Frith Bridge” (see below).

The Stop/Lift bridge known as “Wrenbury Frith Bridge” and the beginning of our return stroll and looping of this stretch of the Llangollen Canal.

The lifetime Pink Floyd fan in me was mighty pleased to see this!

Back at a busy Wrenbury Junction, “Invincible” prepares to leave as two boats approach the “Stop/Lift” Bridge.

Say hello to the “Celia Fiennes”, a fisherman and two boats approaching the Stop/Lift Bridge at Wrenbury.

A return view as “Mischief” slowly makes her way towards “Wrenbury Bridge”.

Bridge Number 19 or the Stop/Lift Bridge otherwise known as “Wrenbury Church Bridge”.

Bridge 18 or “Starkeys Bridge”.

View from Starkeys Bridge and onward north west to beautiful “Hurleston Locks” where the Llangollen Canal meets and merges with the Shropshire Union Canal.

View from Starkeys Bridge and back from whence we came.

Say hello to “Water Dragon” as she approaches Starkeys Bridge.

Say goodbye to “Half Pint” as she continues north west along the Llangollen Canal.

“Wrenbury Church Bridge” in full working order. Under the direction of the huge dog, obviously!

“Clarinnish” approaching the Stop/Lift Bridge at Wrenbury.

Thanks for reading. There are now over 100 separate articles contained within my “UK Travel” library for you to enjoy from the canals of England and Wales through to castles, cathedrals and centuries old ruins that dot the border between these two countries. Alternatively, here are my three most recently published articles:

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