Consall Forge

Consall Forge is a surprisingly remote place on the Caldon Canal in Staffordshire. It is many miles from the nearest road, by means of a narrow track. It does, however, have a station on the North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Railway).

The Black Lion Inn, seem behind the railway, is a must for boaters stopping here overnight on their way to Froghall.

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Cropredy

Another view of picturesque Cropredy on the South Oxford Canal, this time from below the bridge and lock.

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Bath

Just above the Widcombe flight of locks in Bath, the Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the middle of the Sydney Gardens. The gardens were Bath's first "park" and were visited frequently by Jane Austen.

They were created in 1795 and 15 years later, in 1810, the canal was constructed through the middle. Later still, in 1840, the Great Western Railway carved a parallel cutting through the gardens.

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Froncysyllte

Froncysyllte is on the Llangollen Canal just on the south side of the famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. The canal passes through the edge of Froncysyllte village.

In the distance can be seen the lift bridge and footbridge just before the bend that takes the canal round to the aqueduct.

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Northwich

One of the two swing bridges that carry roads across the River Weaver at Northwich in Cheshire. Many of the buildings in Northwich resemble the tudor style. This is because the salt mining in the area causes as great deal of subsidence, so many of the buildings are of timber frame construction, with brick panels. The buildings have jacking points and their alignment can be adjusted to compensate for any ground movement, so that the buildings remain level.

Boats can reach the River Weaver from the parallel Trent and Mersey Canal by means of Anderton Lift.

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Lymm

Lymm Bridge in the village of Lymm, Cheshire, just 5 miles east of Warrington. Lymm is a favourite stop for boaters on the Bridgewater Canal.

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Mill at Marple

Goyt Mill stands next to Eccles Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal at Hawk Green, near Marple.

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Penkridge

The Cross Keys Inn is alongside the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal next to Filance Bridge in Penkridge.
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Throstle Nest

Throstle Nest Turnover Bridge on the Bridgewater Canal at Old Trafford, half a mile east of Manchester United's football stadium. The towpath changes sides here. Throstle Nest Lock was situated a short distance to the north on the River Irwell, but was demolished with the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal.
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Maesbury Marsh

Bridge 79 on the Montgomery Canal at Maesbury Marsh, near Oswestry. A crane still stands on the small wharf. Adjoining the bridge is the Navigation Inn and Warehouse Restaurant. The canal here was built as the Llanymynech Branch of the Ellesmere Canal. Closed following a breach near Frankton in 1936, this section was re-opened in 2003.

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Meaford

Meaford House Lock, the middle of three locks at Meaford, on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Staffordshire. Meaford is just over a mile north of the canal town of Stone. The bridge is a turnover bridge, where the towpath changed sides without the need for the horses towing the boats to be detached from the towing lines.

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Marple Junction

Marple Junction on the Peak Forest Canal. The 16 Marple Locks descend to the right. The Macclesfield Canal joins from below the bridge to the left.

This junction is on a 23-mile level between Bugsworth Basin and Bosley Locks, being, at 518 feet above sea level, the third highest canal summit level in Britain.

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Fenny Stratford

Fenny Stratford Lock on the Grand Union Canal, near Milton Keynes. The lock has a fall of just 13 inches. A swing bridge across the lock, giving access to the cottages on the east side, has to be swung open for boats to use the lock.

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Stourbridge

Wordsley on the Stourbridge lock flight (previously seen here).

Beyond Glasshouse Bridge is the 90 ft high Redhouse Cone, part of a former glass works, now part of a museum site. It is one of only 4 such cones remaining in the UK.

The bridge is between the 4th and 5th lock up the 16-lock flight.
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Leeds

The River Aire through the centre of Leeds, approaching Leeds Bridge. This is part of the Aire and Calder Navigation. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal starts about a quarter of a mile ahead.

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Dukinfield

The lift bridge on the Peak Forest Canal in Dukinfield, about half a mile from the junction with the Ashton Canal at Portland Basin.

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Froghall

The trip boat Birdswood moored up at Froghall, at the eastern end of the Caldon Canal, Staffordshire. Beyond the bridge arch is the junction with the Uttoxeter Canal, with the newly restored Lock 1 descending to a new mooring basin.

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Wigan

Lock 79 on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, looking towards Rose Bridge, which carries the main road to Manchester. This lock is one third of the way up the 21 locks of the Wigan flight. Lock 78 is immediately beyond the bridge.

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High Bridge

High Bridge across part of Grub Street Cutting on the Shropshire Union Canal. The unusually tall arch has a supporting span, on which is a telegraph pole. The pole is a reminder of the time when a line of telegraph poles lined the route of the canal.

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Tardebigge

Lock 33 on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. This is the 5th lock from the bottom of the 30 locks on the Tardebigge lock flight.
Of particular interest here is the lock tail bridge, cantilevered out from the off-side, which was to allow horse-drawn boats to be pulled into or out of the lock without the need to disconnect the towline.

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