Central England

View some of the places of interest along the delightful waterways of the Shropshire Union Canal, Trent & Mersey Canal, Staffs & Worcester Canal and the Caldon Canal

  • Old wharf crane Audlem Shropshire Union Canal

  • Inn sign at Audlem Shropshire Union Canal

  • High Bridge at Norbury Shropshire Union Canal

  • Tyrley Locks Shropshire Union Canal

  • Milepost Shropshire Union Canal

  • Heron at Autherley Junction Staffs Worcester Canal

  • Hazelhurst Locks Caldon Canal

  • Hazelhurst Aqueduct Caldon Canal

  • Cheddleton Flint Mill Caldon Canal

  • Consall Forge Caldon Canal

  • Bridge at Great Haywood Trent Mersey Canal

  • Great Haywood Trent Mersey Canal

  • Great Haywood Trent Mersey Canal

  • Packhorse Bridge Great Haywood Trent Mersey Canal

  • Great Haywood Junction Trent Mersey Canal

  • Middlewich Trent Mersey Canal

  • Turnover bridge Shropshire Union Canal

  • Inn at Gnosall Shropshire Union Canal

  • Norbury Junction Shropshire Union Canal

  • Tyrley Locks Shropshire Union Canal

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Explore the canals and inland waterways of central England. Here are some photographs of this diverse region including the Grand Union Canal, Stratford Canal, Staffs & Worcester Canal, Birmingham Canal Navigations, Worcester & Birmingham Canal, River Severn and the River Avon.

  • Astwood Worcester Birmingham Canal

  • Astwood Locks Worcester Birmingham Canal

  • Autherley Junction Staffs and Worcester Canal

  • Bancroft Basin at Stratford upon Avon Stratford Canal

  • Dragonfly sculpture at Hatton Locks Grand Union Canal

  • Dudley tunnel and Black Country Museum Birmingham Canal Navigations

  • Eckington Bridge River Avon

  • Edstone Aqueduct Stratford Canal

  • Edstone Aqueduct Stratford Canal

  • Foxton Locks Grand Union Leicester Canal

  • Gloucester Docks River Severn

  • Gloucester Docks River Severn

  • Hatton Locks Grand Union Canal

  • Lock cottage at Lowsonford Stratford Canal

  • Lowsonford Stratford Canal

  • Preston Bagot Stratford Canal

  • Pub at Stoke Prior Worcester Birmingham Canal

  • Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford upon Avon Stratford Canal River Avon

  • Split Bridge at Lapworth Stratford Canal

  • Split Bridge at Lapworth Stratford Canal

  • Split bridge at Preston Bagot Stratford Canal

  • Stourport Basin Staffs Worcester Canal

  • Stourport Basin Staffs Worcester Canal

  • Strensham Lock River Severn

  • Tardebigge Locks Worcester Birmingham Canal

  • Tardebigge Locks Worcester Birmingham Canal

  • Wolverhampton Birmingham Canal Navigations

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Slides of the waterways of the Oxford Canal and the Grand Union Canal

  • Artifacts at the museum in Stoke Bruerne Grand Union Canal

  • Bascote Locks Grand Union Canal

  • Braunston Church Grand Union Canal

  • Claydon Oxford Canal

  • Cropredy church Oxford Canal

  • Fenny Compton Oxford Canal

  • Fotheringhay church River Nene

  • Heron at Berkhampstead Grand Union Canal

  • Napton Locks Oxford Canal

  • Napton Locks and windmill Oxford Canal

  • Newbold Tunnel Oxford Canal

  • Radford Lock Grand Union Canal

  • Red Lion Inn Oxford Canal

  • Stoke Bruerne Grand Union Canal

  • Stoke Bruerne Grand Union Canal

  • The Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne Grand Union Canal

  • Waterside wild flowers Oxford Canal

  • Welcoming pub at Stoke Bruerne Grand Union Canal

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If you enjoyed these photos, please feel free to view all the other areas covered by Drifters Canal and Narrowboat Holidays.

We also have photos of the Drifters Canal boat interiors and you can read about canal boat holidays in German if you wish.

Central England Canals and inland waterways