There are several places in and around Burton where you become aware of the presence of the canal, but rarely do we ever bother to…
The first recorded proposal to build a canal between the River Mersey and the River Trent was put forward in 1755, though no action was…
The Bond End Canal was once an important link between the Grand Trunk Canal and the river Trent. Jannel Cruisers started business in 1973 in…
The proposal of ‘The Grand Trunk Canal’ to connect the river Mersey to the river Trent came from canal engineer James Brindley. It was authorised…
Burton upon Trent when renown as one of the most significant brewing towns in the country, was famous for having its own internal railway system…
A reminder that much of the out-lying community of Burton made good use of the train. Tutbury Station Tutbury Station, probably the most famous of…
Old Station (1839) Burton’s first railway station was opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to…
Though many will be able to remember the old railway station on the site of the current one, this was not the original Burton station.…
The map from 1913 shows how responsibility of the line was shared between the Great Northern, London and North Western, Midland and North Staffordshire railway…
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