When the Middlewich branch of the (then) Cheshire canal was built in c 1830, the Trent & Mersey canal company insisted that there should be no direct connection at Middlewich, so built the short Wardle Canal to join the two, charging large tolls for freight traffic.
The Wardle canal is the shortest canal in the UK and is only 154 feet long with one lock.
An inscription on the bridge at the junction with the Trent & Mersey indicates the end of the Wardle canal and that it was opened in 1829.
Lock 1 - Wardle lock (9' 9")
This is Wardle lock and it is the only lock on the canal and is a narrow beam single width lock about 7’ 6” wide.
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