The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal passed a few miles to the northeast of the edge of the Lilleshall Estate. During its construction, a second act of parliament was obtained which permitted the construction of the Newport Branch to run from Norbury Junction to the Shrewsbury Canal at Wappenshall Junction. The Humber Branch off the Newport Branch was built privately by the Estate on its own land and ran from near the aqueduct across Kynnersley Drive to Lubstree Wharf.
The branch runs southeast for three quarters of a mile with no locks. It terminated with a basin and the wharf, just before the ground began to rise which would have required locks and a source of water. It was connected to the Donnington Wood Canal with a tramway. Since it was entirely on Estate land, no act of parliament was required and Peter Brown reports it was not mentioned in the company’s minutes.
Lubstree Wharf was operated by the Estate until 1870 when it was leased by the Shropshire Union Canal company itself. It closed along with the branch in 1922 and became derelict. In the 2020s it was redeveloped as a private home, with the basin and the last bridge as attractive features in the large garden.