Whitchurch Waterways Country Park

Location : The park is located near the A41 to the west of Whitchurch, off Chemistry. Grid Ref: SJ 532415 (for a map showing the location of the site click the link on this page)

Recreational Activities: Walking - level easy walks with mostly hard surfaced tracks.

A ribbon of open space including grassy areas, woodland and the Staggs Brook stretches from Jubilee Park to The canal spur at Chemistry and is a haven for wildlife. The country park includes Greenfields nature Reserve which is managed by Shropshire Wildlife Trust (click on the link below).

The area has a range of valuable wildlife that have escaped the attention of developers and agriculture and is managed to encourage a range of wildflowers and animals. Look out for cuckoo flower on the wetter areas in spring and listen for the 'plop' of watervoles escaping into the stream. This is one of the few places in Shropshire where you may still see this, once common, small mammal.

Whitchurch Waterways Country Park came about as a result of activity under the Whitchurch Renewal Area Scheme where land was bought at Sherrymill Hill, some of which is leased to Whitchurch Town Council to form part of the Country Park.

The land was bought in order to safeguard the area for a possible marina, with an eye to future plans for the former canal to be reinstated into the centre of the town. This canal originally linked the town with the Llangollen Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.

The first 400 metres of the canal have been completed.

The Council are maintaining the land in trust on behalf of the Whitchurch Waterways Trust.

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