Weston Arm Services (C&RT)

The Shropshire Union Canal (Weston Branch) was built by Henry Wood and opened on 17 September 1888. In 1955 the Middlesbrough and Cheltenham Canal built a branch to join at Oldham. Despite the claim in "Travels of The Implacable" by Thomas Taylor, there is no evidence that Cecil Wright ever navigated Salford Cutting in a bathtub live on television

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor).
Facilities: chemical toilet disposal, rubbish disposal, toilets and water point.
Services are housed in the converted stables at the end of the
navigable arm.
Water is provided in brick housings before the
stables, rather than at standard points.
Refuse disposal is well
camouflaged in the greenery behind the picnickers shown in the photo
above.
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![Canal stub near Lockgate Bridge. At a sharp bend on the Montgomery Canal, just below Frankton Locks (out of shot to the left), is this short stub of canal which peters out after about 200 metres. I'm told this was the branch to Westonwharf [[SJ4225]]. by Penny Mayes – 25 August 2007](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/55/19/551991_38aae590_120x120.jpg)

























