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Barlaston Boatyard – Boatyard Lane Cottages loop from Barlaston

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Barlaston Boatyard – Boatyard Lane Cottages loop from Barlaston

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Barlaston Boatyard – Boatyard Lane Cottages loop from Barlaston

01:42

6.51km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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439 m

Barlaston Milk Barn

Highlight • Cafe

Sunday Closed
Monday 9 am–8 pm
Tuesday 9 am–8 pm
Wednesday 9 am–8 pm
Thursday 9 am–8 pm
Friday 9 am–8 pm
Saturday 9 am–8 pm

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2.43 km

Sit and Rest Bench by the Canal

Highlight • Structure

Hospitality originally means, 'love of strangers'.

One of the local householders has placed this convenient and lovely bench outside their garden and gone to the expense of placing an etched metal invitation to rest for passersby to use.

Hospitality indeed!

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2.49 km

Barlaston Boatyard

Highlight • Structure

Barlaston Boatyard is now a house with a rather splendid private mooring space, but early OS maps do record that this was a working boatyard in the past.

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2.55 km

Boatyard Lane Cottages

Highlight • Viewpoint

A very pretty complex of cottages overlooking the canal.

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3.01 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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3.54 km

1819 Kidstone Milestone

Highlight • Monument

This is one of the 59 original mileposts cast by Rougeley and Dixon in Stone.

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4.17 km

Wedgwood Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

This pretty brick built bridge carries the road Wedgwood Drive over the canal near the Wedgwood Factory and Estate.

There is an additional footbridge adjacent to the original accommodation bridge. …

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5.89 km

St John the Baptist Church and Lych Gate, Barlaston

Highlight • Religious Site

Lych is derived from the Old English 'lich', meaning corpse. They were meeting places and shelters for the party bringing a corpse for burial, and for the priest to receive the corpse.

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6.51 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.01 km

1.55 km

888 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.97 km

1.84 km

1.01 km

888 m

802 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 12 May

12°C

5°C

77 %

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Barlaston Boatyard – Boatyard Lane Cottages loop from Barlaston

Barlaston Milk Barn

Sit and Rest Bench by the Canal

Barlaston Boatyard

Boatyard Lane Cottages

Plume of Feathers Pub

1819 Kidstone Milestone

Wedgwood Bridge

St John the Baptist Church and Lych Gate, Barlaston

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