I travel the 3 miles to Stourport and am lucky to find one of the two visitor moorings in the basin free so stop to have a little explore.
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| James soon finds someone to play with - a French Bulldog. They had great fun. |
When James Brindley planned the route of the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal in the 1760's he chose to meet the River Severn near to its junction with the River Stour. There was only a hamlet already there but as basins, locks, warehouses and cottages for the workers were built it quickly grew into the busy and wealthy town of Stourport. The original two basins were expanded to five and it now provides a very lovely and interesting area and includes parks and a permanent funfair.
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| Attractive cottages leading down to the river |
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| Entrance to the basin via 4 narrow locks. Access can also be |
It is such a nice area I decide to spend the night and after a little cruise up the river to the limit of navigation I moor up on the river just below the locks.
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| Mooring the next morning with a holiday boat entering the lock. |
4 miles; 5 locks
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