Location

Where the Monocoque Cabin is

The Monocoque Cabin is at Tyrley Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal, two miles south of Market Drayton in north Shropshire, close to the Staffordshire border. It's a farm stay in the plain sense: the cabin sits in its own garden on a working dairy farm, and the canal towpath runs along the edge of the garden.

Getting here by car

• Market Drayton: 4 minutes (2 miles)
• Stafford: about 20 minutes
• Birmingham: about 55 minutes
• Manchester: about 1 hour 30 minutes

There's parking for one car at the cabin. Market Drayton has no railway station and buses are limited, so a car is the easiest way to get here. Your arrival instructions, with directions to the gate, come the day before you arrive.

Walking into Market Drayton

Market Drayton is about 40 minutes along the towpath. The path isn't lit, so walk it in daylight.

The canal at Tyrley Locks

Tyrley has a flight of five locks, and in summer narrowboats work through them past the garden. Kingfishers and herons feed along this stretch, and early morning is the best time to see them. You can fish from the towpath with an Environment Agency rod licence and a permit from the angling club that controls this stretch of canal.

Walks and days out

For dog walks from the door, including the towpath into Market Drayton and the 5km Tyrley Locks walk, see dog walks along the Shropshire Union Canal. For gardens, a brewery tap, castle ruins and a working farm to visit, see things to do in and around Market Drayton. For food, see places to eat in Market Drayton.