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Pete's Montgomery Canal Photo- Arddleen, Poolquay, Buttington (Section10). This section is navigable and will be updated when changes occur. After leaving Burgedin Locks and heading towards Newtown, the canal heads into open countryside before swinging back once more to run parallel with the A483 Trunk road at Tirymynach. |
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(1) On this navigable section, small craft can be launched from a slipway near to the winding point at Red Bridge ( Bridge No.106). Access can be gained by taking the B4392 towards Guilsfield . Turn left over Bridge 104, then immediately turn right to pass by Burgedin Locks. Continue down this narrow lane until you pass over Red Bridge . The access to the slipway is on your right. |
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(2) Adjacent to Red Bridge ( 106 ) is the overflow weir to the river. This was used in the past to power the former Wern Corn Mill by the side of the canal. (Now only a trace of the buildings remain.) Also nearby was a brick and tile works (owned by the canal ) and served by a narrow gauge railway from the nearby clay pits. The clay pits now form part of the Clay Pits Nature Reserve. Picnic table and parking area is by the entrance. |
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(3) Red Bridge (Bridge No.106). Red Bridge seen from the direction of Burgedin. |
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(4) Gwern Middle Bridge (Bridge No.107). The next bridge after leaving the Clay Pits Nature reserve is the Gwern Middle Bridge. |
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(4a) Tanhouse Bridge (Bridge No.108). (Seen from the Tirymynach side). From here the canal follows a straight path before, first, a left and then a right hand bend bring it onto a course running parallel with the A483 trunk road at Tirymynach.
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(5) Bridge No.109 At Tirymynech, framed in the bridge hole of Bridge 109, you will find the bottom gates of Bank Lock. Bank Lock lifts the canal 8'6" from this bottom pound .
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(6) View looking towards the top gates of Bank Lock. The familiar Montgomery paddle gear stands prominently by the lock side. It is possible to turn a small boat at this point. Photo taken during the 2005 Dinghy Dawdle. |
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(7) Cabin Lock. In the summer of 2000, British Waterways carried out major maintenance repairs to this lock, namely the rebuilding of the banking and lock chamber walls.
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(8) Top Gate of Cabin Lock. The area above Cabin Lock showing the top gate and the familiar Montgomery paddle gear. The stop plank store is on the off- The tranquility of this area is well expressed in this scene. |
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(9) View from Cabin Lock. This is the pastoral scene looking across the valley from Cabin Lock. On top of the hill to the left is Rodney’s Pillar. |
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(10) Crowther Hall Lock. In a pleasantly wooded setting, Bridge No.110 frames the bottom gates of Crowther Hall Lock. Crowther Hall Lock has a rise of 9' 2".
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(11) Above Crowther Hall Lock. The lock keepers cottage. To the left of the photo, screened by the trees, you will find a winding point. This photo was taken during the 2005 Dinghy Dawdle. |
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(12) Pool Quay Bridge. (Bridge No.111). Once more the bridge precedes the lock.. Framed by the bridge are the gates of Pool Quay Lock which has a rise of 8' 11". This lock is the last lock before the long pound that extends to Welshpool, it is on the fringe of the village and you reach it after passing the church. |
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(13) Looking back towards Pool Quay Lock with its lock keeper's cottage. The frequency of these cottages gives one an idea of how busy the canal was in it's heyday. Pool Quay itself was once a busy inland port with boats of up to 50 tons navigating
the Severn up to this area and, for a short period it served as a trans-
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(14) Abbey Lift Bridge (Bridge 112). The Offa's Dyke long distance footpath follows the towpath along this section of canal before you reach the Abbey Lift Bridge. The bridge itself gains it's name from the site of the Strata Marcella Abbey which, on dissolution of the monasteries had left light industries that provided the canal with some of its business.
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(15) Leaving Abbey Lift Bridge, the canal swings away from the road . A winding point is then passed as the canal follows the edge of the steep wooded hillside. |
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(16) Foot Bridge (Bridge 113). The canal continues to follow the edge of the steep wooded hillside before you come to a footbridge, (Bridge 113) that carries a path from the road across a wetland area and into the woods.
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(17) From the top of the footbridge (Bridge No.113). The views across the Severn Valley are superb. This photo across the A483 Welshpool road doesn't quite do them justice.
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(18) The Moors Farm Lift Bridge (Bridge No.114). Seen here as we approach Buttington. The lift bridge is adjacent to Moors Farm that provides B & B Farmhouse Accommodation. |
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(19) Buttington Wharf and Bridge (Bridge No.115). At Buttington Wharf you will find a picnic area that is adjacent to the site of the lime kilns.
More information and pictures are to be found on the next page. Click on the link below. |
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