Broad Street looking south-east towards the canal. This view is much the same as it would have been in Victorian times. Going north Broad Street becomes High Street near the Town Hall which is just about where I'm standing.

The Montgomery Canal runs through the eastern side of Welshpool but, unfortunately, is not now connected to the main system of canals in Great Britain. Originally the canal ran 33 miles from the Llangollen Canal to Newtown, via Welshpool, then fell into disuse in 1936 but is now being slowly restored.

It makes for pleasant canalside walks.

The 200 year old town lock on the Montgomery Canal. The original lock gates and beams were of cast iron construction and these had been removed to the Inland Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne at the time of the official closure of the canal. It now has new timber gates weighing 3.5 tons and the lock holds about 80,000 gallons of water.

It is possible to cross the canal at this point to reach the Powysland Museum.

The Powysland Museum illustrates the archaeology and social history of Montgomeryshire from the earliest prehistoric settlers to the 20th century. The building is a renovated and restored warehouse beside the Montgomery Canal.