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Photo of The Shroppie Fly, a pub near Audlem, Cheshire, north west England.

© Stephen McKay / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Shroppie Fly

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Set in a former canal warehouse beside the Audlem locks, the Shroppie Fly has a bar built from an old narrowboat and a terrace right on the water. It’s a cheerful place to watch boats work the flight up the Shropshire Union, in the middle of the canal village of Audlem.

More places to visit near The Shroppie Fly

Photo of the Shropshire Union Canal, a 67-mile canal running from Wolverhampton to Ellesmere Port, England.

Shropshire Union Canal

Canal

Telford's dead-straight last great canal, running embankment-and-cutting from the Black Country to the Mersey at Ellesmere Port.

here · Cheshire, Staffordshire & Shropshire

Photo of Audlem, a village in Cheshire, north west England.

Audlem

Village

Traditional village on the Shropshire border where the Shroppie flight of locks and the Shroppie Fly give it a waterside charm.

0.2 km E · Cheshire

Photo of Audlem Locks, a landmark in Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Audlem Locks

Landmark near Audlem

Fifteen-lock 'Audlem Flight' climbing the Shropshire Union Canal through the village, a favourite towpath walk.

0.5 km S

Photo of Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, a visitor attraction near Nantwich, Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker

Attraction near Nantwich

Cold War regional-government bunker near Nantwich, a 35,000-square-foot underground complex kept secret until 1993, now a museum.

4.5 km N

Photo of Nantwich, a village in Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Nantwich

Village

Medieval salt town on the Weaver, dense with black-and-white timbered buildings and crowned by St Mary's, the cathedral of south Cheshire.

8.7 km N · Cheshire

Photo of Market Drayton, a village in Shropshire, central England.

Market Drayton

Village

Timber-framed market town on the Shropshire Union Canal, home of gingerbread and Joule's Brewery.

9.6 km S · Shropshire