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Berwick Tunnel (western entrance)

 
Tunnel is 970 yards (887 m) long
Preston SY4 4TF, United Kingdom
 
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Berwick Tunnel (western entrance) is a minor waterways place on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Shrewsbury Canal) between Shrewsbury Canal Terminal Warehouse (4 miles and 3½ furlongs to the west) and Wappenshall Junction (Junction with the Shrewsbury Canal Main Line ) (10 miles and 4½ furlongs and 2 locks to the east).
 
It is at one end of Berwick Tunnel.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Shrewsbury Canal Terminal Warehouse is New A5 Crossing No 2; 1¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Wappenshall Junction is Berwick Tunnel (eastern entrance) (Tunnel is 970 yards (887 m) long); 4¾ furlongs away.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes). Canal is abandoned.

 
 
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Berwick Tunnel is a canal tunnel located on the Shrewsbury Canal, Shropshire, England, UK.

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