The Leominster Canal ran for just over 18 miles from Southnet Wharf at Mamble (Worcestershire) to Leominster (Herefordshire) through 16 locks and a number of tunnels, some of which suffered engineering problems even before the canal opened. Originally, the canal was part of a much more ambitious plan to run 46 miles from Stourport to Kington.
The canal never paid a dividend and, in 1858, after sustained pressure by the Canal Company, the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway paid £12,000 for the canal, which valued each £100 share at £16, and drained it soon after to sell the land. Part of the route was subsequently used for the Tenbury and Tenbury and Bewdley Railways that connected Woofferton to Bewdley via Tenbury Wells station.