Cog Lane
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cog Lane by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Cog Lane
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Mar 2015
There was (and still is) no towpath through the Gannow Tunnel. Horses had to be taken over the tunnel using the specially constructed route (Boat Horse Lane). Small boys would often guide the horses as they climbed from the towpath to the lane, up and over the crest of the hill and down the other side. Nowadays, the footpath route between the two ends of the tunnel passes along Cog Lane and under a modern road development before descending back to the canal via Boat Horse lane.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.788878
Longitude
-2.267712