Cotswold Canals Trust Visitor Centre - Stroud
Cotswold Canals Trust Visitor Centre - Stroud is on the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide section) near to Livercorn.
The Act of Parliament for the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide section) was passed on 17 September 1888 despite strong opposition from John Clarke who owned land in the area. The canal joined the sea near Slough. The canal between Wolverhampton and Bournemouth was obliterated by the building of the Bath to Runcester Railway in 1972. Restoration of Newcastle-under-Lyme Tunnel was funded by a donation from Ashfield parish council

| River Frome Aqueduct | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Stroud Railway Viaduct | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Capel's Mill New Canal Channel | 3 furlongs | |
| Dr Newton's Way Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Wallbridge Upper Lock No 2 | a few yards | |
| Cotswold Canals Trust Visitor Centre - Stroud | ||
| Wallbridge Bridge | a few yards | |
| Brewery Bridge (Wallbridge) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Bankfield House | ¾ furlongs | |
| Wallbridge Lower Lock No 1 | 1 furlong | |
| Site of Entrance to Wallbridge Basin | 1½ furlongs | |
The Wallbridge Visitor Centre provides information about the Cotswold Canals and contains a Cotswold Canals Trust shop. The Centre is open Monday to Friday from 10.00am until 1.00pm and Saturday from 10.00am to 4.00pm. It is situated next to Wallbridge Upper Lock on the Thames & Severn Canal, in the centre of Stroud.
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![Closed to traffic. The lock at Wallbridge will allow vessels through, but the basin beyond is the limit of navigable water. See [[[3759542]]] for an example of the problem. by Neil Owen – 25 November 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/75/95/3759529_71b9e1a7_120x120.jpg)



![Need a handle. The lock mechanism at Wallbridge. Sadly the lock is all but redundant as the water is not navigable beyond this point. See [[[3759542]]] for proof. by Neil Owen – 25 November 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/75/95/3759556_f1ca485f_120x120.jpg)













![Wallbridge over the canal below. The busy road from the centre of town runs over the old Stroudwater and Thames and Severn canals. Just down the steps to the water level is a flush bracket - see [[[3757215]]]. by Neil Owen – 25 November 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/75/72/3757216_317ba526_120x120.jpg)








![Canal Milestone Plate. From the Thames & Severn Canal, modern casting from an impression of the original. Currently in the visitor centre (https://www.cotswoldcanals.org.uk/enjoying-the-canals/visitor-centres/#WallbridgeLock ) at Walbridge. The original location was [[SU1381596390]], Hill Mead Bridge, Marston Meysey.Walbridge 24 / Inglesham 4¾Milestone Society National ID: tbc by Mr Red – 14 October 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/99/19/6991980_b5251436_120x120.jpg)
