Canal Path Near Tall Chimney – Etruria Forge loop from Stoke-on-Trent

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Canal Path Near Tall Chimney – Etruria Forge loop from Stoke-on-Trent

Hard

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Canal Path Near Tall Chimney – Etruria Forge loop from Stoke-on-Trent

01:53

17.5km

40m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 16, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.53 km

Colonial Pottery Basin

Lake

4.93 km

Canal Path Near Tall Chimney

Highlight • River

attempt a 5km jog with my dog, he only made it 2.5km before packing it in 🙅. still some good sights along the canal path.

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7.43 km

Toby Carvery Trentham

Highlight • Parking

Perfect place to park up for the canalside walks.
They do a reasonably priced carvery here too.

Be sure to look out for 'The Trentham Village Stag' at the exit. …

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8.45 km

Shardlow–Preston Brook Original Milepost

Highlight • Monument

This is one of the 59 remaining original mileposts cast in the early 1800s by Rougeley and Dixon in Stone.

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8.85 km

Barlaston Lock Woodland

Forest

12.5 km

Train Wheel Benches by the Canal

Highlight • Structure

On a match day at the local Stadium, there is a super narrowboat cafe that sells oatcakes.
Here you can 'park yer bum' and 'stuff yer face'.😊

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12.9 km

Colliery Pithead Wheel by Hanford Incinerator

Highlight • Monument

This stands as a silent testimony to the industrial history of the area.

There is no indication of which colliery this originated from sadly.

It sits along the canal just below the Hanford Incinerator.

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16.7 km

Etruria Forge

Highlight • Monument

I am especially fond of this part of the museum as I brought the children along many times when they were small but my fondest memory was when I crafted …

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17.5 km

End point

Bus stop

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