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Norbury Junction to Tattenhall Marina by narrowboat

It is 35 miles and 32 locks from Norbury Junction to Tattenhall Marina, about 18 hours 9 minutes of cruising, comfortably done in 4 days at 6 hours a day. The route is checked against live closure notices from the Canal & River Trust and the other navigation authorities, and is currently planned around the 6 active stoppages on its waterways (last checked 28 Aug 2026).

35 miles
32 locks
18 h 9 min cruising
4 days at 6 h/day

Recalculated 6 Aug 2026 against live closures.

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This is Telford’s Shropshire Union at its best: long tree-lined cuttings and high embankments striding across the Shropshire and Cheshire plain. From Norbury Junction the route passes Market Drayton and drops down the Adderley and fifteen-lock Audlem flights, then runs on through Nantwich and the Cheshire fields to Tattenhall Marina under the sandstone ridge of the Peckforton Hills.

The route in words

Waterways on this route, in order:

  • Market Drayton flight (lock flight, 5 locks)
  • Adderley flight (lock flight, 5 locks)
  • Audlem flight (lock flight, 15 locks)
  • Bunbury Staircase (staircase locks)

Junctions along the way: Norbury Junction.

Day by day

  1. Day 1
    14.45 mi 7 locks 5 h 53 min arrive ~13:53
  2. Day 2
    5.13 mi 18 locks 5 h 58 min arrive ~13:58
    Overnight: Overwater Marina
  3. Day 3
    14 mi 7 locks 6 h 0 min arrive ~14:00
    Overnight: Tattenhall Marina
  4. Day 4
    1.1 mi 0 locks 19 min arrive ~08:19

Live closures on this route

Most planners list stoppages and leave you to plot around them. Canal Nav checks every live notice and plans this route around anything blocking - automatically, each time it is recalculated.

12 live notices on this route's waterways (last checked 28 Aug 2026, 04:15). The live map routes around anything blocking.

Coming back the other way

The return from Tattenhall Marina to Norbury Junction covers the same water, the same 35 miles and 32 locks, again over about 4 days - only the overnight moorings shift.

Reverse day-by-day plan
  1. Day 1: 14.28 mi, 7 locks
  2. Day 2: 5.85 mi, 17 locks
  3. Day 3: 13.11 mi, 9 locks - overnight Marina
  4. Day 4: 1.43 mi, 0 locks
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Start and finish

Norbury Junction

Where this cruise sets off.

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Tattenhall Marina

Journey's end.

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  • Four Counties Ring 110 miles, 94 locks - a signposted circuit you can join from this route

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Distances and times are planning estimates (last computed 6 Aug 2026). Always check live closures on the map before setting off.

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