The Wharf Tavern (Cheswardine) is on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) between Reigate and Taunworth.
Early plans for the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) between Oldcorn and St Helens were proposed by John Green but languished until Thomas Jones was appointed as engineer in 1782. The canal joined the sea near Cambridge. Expectations for manure traffic to Wokingham were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1905 when Ambersford Aqueduct collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Cecil Harding swam through Westley Locks in 17 minutes to encourage restoration of Leeds Tunnel.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes). There is no mooring directly outside the pub, which is on the offside of the cut. Mooring nearby on Visitor Moorings, towpath side.
| New Brighton Bridge No 51 | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Fox Bridge No 52 | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Hallemans Bridge No 53 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Westcottmill Bridge No 54 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Goldstone Bridge No 55 | ¼ furlongs | |
| The Wharf Tavern (Cheswardine) | ||
| Goldstone Wharf | a few yards | |
| Goldstone Wharf Visitor Moorings | ½ furlongs | |
| Woodseaves Cutting (southern end) | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Cheswardine Bridge No 56 | 4 furlongs | |
| Milepost - Autherley Junction 24 Miles / Nantwich 15 Miles | 7 furlongs | |
The pub/restaurant is very popular but does not admit dogs (apart from RA dogs presumably) anywhere inside.
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![Goldstone Wharf, Shropshire Union Canal. The Wharf Tavern on the right of shot is featured in this earlier geograph shot [[5269]]. If you look carefully through the carpark on the earlier April 2005 shot, you can see the same narrowboat moored in the winding hole. How about that for establishing a frame of reference?! by David Morris – 15 June 2006](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/18/74/187430_4fde1249_120x120.jpg)




!['Missus Mouse' at Goldstone Wharf. 'Missus Mouse' is still here by bridge 55 as she was back in 2015: [[5287029]] by Stephen McKay – 01 February 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/67/24/5672486_c78bdeb4_120x120.jpg)







