STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CANAL

The Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal, opened in 1816, links Stratford (and Avon and Severn down to Bristol) to the Birmingham and Worcester Canal on the Southern outskirts of Birmingham. This is the Stratford-upon-Avon Basin at the Stratford end of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. This is where the canal joins with the River Avon.

The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal near Preston Bagot.

The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal between Preston Bagot and Yarningdale.

The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal between Preston Bagot and Yarningdale.

On the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal at Lowsonford. At the right is a barrel-roofed lockkeeper's cottage. The boats moored in the background are moored opposite the Fleur de Lys canalside inn.

Looking across the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal at Lowsonford, towards the gardens of the Fleur de Lys canalside inn.

Boats moored along the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, at Lapworth.

A holiday houseboat on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, navigating locks at Lapworth.

Feeding swans on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, at Wilmcote, two hundred yards from Mary Arden's House.

The Wootton Wawen Basin on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal. These ladies were on a "canal boat holiday" touring through Warwickshire, with the narrow boat as a floating hotel. Their boat had stopped overnight at moorings, and they had just visited the Saxon Church, and were now on their leisurely way through the Arden countryside in the direction of Stratford.

The same two boats in tow, navigating one of three aqueducts on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, this one at Wootton Wawen. This aqueduct carries the Stratford canal over the Henley-on-Arden to Stratford road.

See also:
British Waterways
British Waterways - Stratford Canal

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