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It is 200 years since some of Britain's leading industrials first met in Ellesmere to plan a route linking Shrewsbury to what would become Ellesmere Port. Circumstances caused them to build instead a most attractive canal from Llangollen's Horseshoe Falls to Hurleston Junction near Nantwich.

Take a walk from the Wharf to Colemere passing through one of the earliest tunnels to carry a towpath through it and passing by Blakemere, a lake left by glaciers some 12,000 years ago.

In Autumn, the trees on the opposite bank cry out for a landscape painter while a variety of birds can usually be found on and around the Mere. From here you can continue to the bridge by the west end of Colemere, or, alternatively you can reach this point by following the path from the picnic site at the south east end of Colemere.

There is much in this area to interest canal archaeologists but others can justify the walk by the fact that the scenery is magnificent. Along the path can be seen one of the limekilns that served the area while elsewhere there are various devices to control the water in this section. From the bridge in the woods, a short walk through the woods and across the field will bring you back to the picnic site.