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Ellesmere Boat Yard Unlocked: A Guided Walk Into Canal Heritage

Starts: 19 July 2025

Ends: 19 July 2025

10am-6pm

Ellesmere Yard Birch Road SY12 9AA

As part of the Ellesmere Town Summer Festival, step behind the usually closed gates of one of Shropshire’s most fascinating canal heritage sites.

As part of the Ellesmere Town Summer Festival, step behind the usually closed gates of one of Shropshire’s most fascinating canal heritage sites. Tickets must be pre-booked!

Ellesmere Yard Unlocked invites you on a guided walking tour through a rare and intact canal maintenance yard – a place where lock gates were once built, blacksmiths sparked to life, and stories of working waterways still echo through the buildings.

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Last Edited: 15 July 2025

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