The Shrewsbury Canal (or Shrewsbury and Newport Canal) was a canal in Shropshire, England. Dating back to 1793, it was officially abandoned in 1944; many sections have disappeared, though some bridges and other structures can still be found.
Of all the canals that formed part of the Shropshire Union Canal system, the Shrewsbury Canal is the only one which has no part open or under restoration. The Shrewsbury &Newport Canals Trust was created in 2000 to preserve and restore the waterway.
In 2008 the trust agreed a deal in principle to purchase warehouses at Wappenshall Junction, with a view to converting them into a canal museum, heritage centre, cafe and headquarters.
Today the short stretch of canal to the first lock is used as moorings, while the lock itself is used as a dry-dock.
The canal wended its way first to Wappenshall before meandering north-west over the River Tern at Longdon-on-Tern, through Withington, and Uffington towards Shrewsbury where it terminated at a basin adjacent to the Buttermarket building. This canal incorporated the 970 yard Berwick Tunnel. At the time this was the longest canal tunnel in Britain, and the first equipped with a towpath through it.
