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Canal Stretch with Narrowboats – Joule's Stone Ales Brewery loop from Stone

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United Kingdom
England
West Midlands Region
Staffordshire
Stafford
Stone

Canal Stretch with Narrowboats – Joule's Stone Ales Brewery loop from Stone

Moderate

4

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Canal Stretch with Narrowboats – Joule's Stone Ales Brewery loop from Stone

01:44

27.3km

280m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.7 km for 75 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

1.31 km

Canal Stretch with Narrowboats

Highlight • Structure

2

1.93 km

Joule's Stone Ales Brewery

Highlight • Structure

Joules Ales used these canals to transport their goods to Liverpool and Hull. On a public hanging day (they used to hang the poor convicts outside nearby Stafford gaol), they …

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3

13.6 km

Easy place to access the common if you are visiting both Rough Close and Barlaston

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4

13.9 km

Take a meander through here when you check out the pond. The locals usually out a rope swing up too so have fun (but be careful)

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5

13.9 km

Barlaston Common Pool

Highlight • Natural

Definitely worth a visit along with Rough Close Common. From Spring to Autumn, their are 10 rare cows here to graze which keeps the flora and fauna in check.

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16.7 km

Blurton Road Landfill

Forest

7

18.8 km

Barlaston Hall

Highlight • Monument

This is a grade I listed English Palladian country house. Mid 1700's
Wedgwood owned this in 1937.
In 1981, Wedgwood offered to sell Barlaston Hall to SAVE Britain's Heritage for …

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8

20.3 km

Plume of Feathers Pub

Highlight • Pub

This is a great gastro pub in the perfect location for walkers and cyclists. There are lots of tables and chairs right by the canalside.

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9

25.7 km

Horse Tunnel and Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Notice the cobbled tunnel for tow horses of a bygone age.

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27.3 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.5 km

2.33 km

1.30 km

1.02 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.5 km

4.66 km

1.49 km

533 m

< 100 m

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Wednesday 4 November

11°C

7°C

13 %

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