I had a walk into Stafford from Tixall Wide, a good walk of four miles, all of which is along towpaths and footpaths right into Stafford town, terminating at the 24 hour Asda supermarket.
As you turn off the canal at Baswich you walk along a long gone branch that linked the Stafford and Worcester canal with Stafford town centre between 1816 and 1920. This link consisted of a basin, aqueduct into a lock down onto the river Sow.
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| Foot path along the River Sow |
Restoration of the link is under way, so far the basin has been excavated, brick walls are being repaired and the lock house foundations uncovered.
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| Footbridge used to span the realigned river Penk |
Snaps below are from The Stafford Riverway link
web site
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| Roving bridge entrance to the basin from canal |
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| Lock cottage, pig sty in foreground. |
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| Ordinance survey map 1880 showing link between canal and river Sow |
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