RESCHEDULED: Chester Canal Walk
Wed 13 Jul
|Chester
Canal enthusiast and humanist Alan Platt will give an outline of the canal's history in Chester and context within the waterways system.
Time & Location
13 Jul 2022, 18:30
Chester, Tower Wharf, Raymond St, Chester CH1 4EZ, UK
About the event
*** NOTE DATE RESCHEDULED TO 13TH JULY ***
Canal enthusiast and humanist Alan Platt will give an outline of the canal's history in Chester and context within the waterways system. He'll also explain how locks work etc.
A leisurely walk will take us down the lock flight and then right - into the canal basin and along to the footbridge at the far end; There is a graving/dry dock and a historic boatyard plus information panels. Then we will walk down the short Dee Arm which took the canal through locks from the basin down to the river lock which led into the River Dee. The River Lock is the opposite side of the busy Sealand Road (where we must all take care).
We will then walk back via the Water Gardens area. The walk is not a long one, maybe 2 miles max., there are some steep bits but…