Books
| Title | The Shropshire Union Canal |
| Author | Peter Brown |
| Publisher | Railway & Canal Historical Society |
| Date | October 2018 |
| ISBN | 978-0901461667 |
Author Peter Brown has launched his book after 15 years of research. 'The Shropshire Union Canal' is the latest book published by the Railway & Canal Historical Society. It's an economic and social history of the canal company, its predecessors and successors, including what we now call the Llangollen, Montgomery and Shrewsbury & Newport Canals as well as the Main Line and Middlewich Branch. It can be purchased from Amazon, or by contacting Peter Brown (peter@peterquita.co.uk or 01630 652567). It can also be purchased online from the RCHS website here.
| Title | Water Ways |
| Author | Jasper Winn |
| Publisher | Profile Books |
| Date | June 2018 |
| ISBN | 978-1781257951 |
Jasper Winn is currently Writer in Residence for the Canal and River Trust
The Canal and River Trust booklet “Midlands Engine Waterways – A Prospectus for Powering Productivity, Skills, Connectivity & Well-being” can be downloaded here.
There are a number of books with information about the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals. Here are some of them
| Title | Waterways of East Shropshire Through Time |
| Author | Neil Clarke |
| Publisher | Amberley Publishing |
| Date | 10 August 2015 |
| ISBN | 978 1 4456 4488 2 |
| Title | The Story of Shrewsbury |
| Author | Mary de Saulles ARIBA. AAdip. FCSD. FRSA |
| Publisher | Logaston Press (www.logastonpress.co.uk) |
| Date | 2012 |
| ISBN | 978 1 906663 68 1 |
| Title | Shrewsbury & Newport – A 21st Century Canal |
| Author | Dennis Rogers |
| Publisher | Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust |
| Date | 2009 |
| Title | The Industrial Archeology of Shropshire |
| Author | Barrie Trinder |
| Publisher | Phillimore & Co Ltd |
| Date | 1996 |
| ISBN | 0 85033 989 8 |
| Title | Thomas Telford's Temptation |
| Author | Charles Hadfield |
| Publisher | M & M Baldwin |
| Date | 1993 |
| ISBN | 0 947712 19 4 |
| Title | Canals of Shropshire |
| Author | Richard K Morriss |
| Publisher | Shropshire Books |
| Date | 1991 |
| ISBN | 0-903802-47-3 |
| Title | Lost Canals and Waterways of Britain |
| Author | Ronald Russell |
| Publisher | David and Charles |
| Date | 1982 |
| ISBN | 0 7153 8072 9 |
| Title | Canals of the West Midlands |
| Author | Charles Hadfield |
| Publisher | David and Charles |
| Date | 1966 |
| ISBN | 0 7153 8644 1 |