Edstone Iron Aqueduct

This 250-yard cast-iron trough aqueduct is unusual because its accompanying towpath is on a level with the base rather than the lip of the trough - the result is that walkers are overtaken by boats passing at their eye level.

A mile to the north is Wootton Wawen basin, and another aqueduct. At the basin there is a pub. Close by is Wootton Wawen, a charming village with many ancient timber-frames houses that is now a conservation area. Its 11th century church of St Peter's is the only remaining Saxon church in Warwickshire.

Shakespeare's mother's house - Mary Arden's House (01789 204016) - is at Wimcote, about a mile-and-a-half south of Edstone Aqueduct, at Bridge 59.

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