Market Drayton and the Shroppie
A loop along the Shropshire Union Canal and through the old market town, on a glorious autumn morning.
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Market Drayton has had a market since the 13th century and it's a nice place to wander round. This route runs down the Shropshire Union Canal (the Shroppie, as everyone calls it), then loops round and back through the town.
I did it on a stunning November morning with the autumn colours at their best, and was drawn by invisible tendrils of desire to Wetherspoons at the end. It's 4.25 miles, flat and easy.
Highlights
- Shropshire Union Canal
- Market Drayton old town
- Distance
- 4.25 miles (6.8 km)
- Route
- circular
- Difficulty
- easy
- Start
- Bridge on Beresford Road
- Parking
- By the bridge on Beresford Road, or in town
- Terrain
- Canal, Town, History
