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Wharf Cottages, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9HR

Built between the canal and the river, on the non-towpath side.

This is the footbridge by Lock 13W. The Huddersfield Narrow Canal runs for 20 miles between Huddersfield in West Yorkshire and Ashton under Lyne in Greater Manchester, UK. The summit of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal is the highest navigable waterway in Britain. Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal is Britain's longest canal tunnel. The canal has a total of 74 locks. The Huddersfield Narrow Canal was fully opened in 1811 but was abandoned in the 1950s. It links the southern end of the Huddersfield Broad Canal, just north of Kings Mill, with the Ashton and Peak Forest Canals at Ashton under Lyne on the Lancashire side of the Pennines. The Huddersfield Narrow Canal re-opened to navigation in May 2001. http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/index.htm The Huddersfield Narrow Canal should not be confused with the Huddersfield Broad Canal which runs between the centre of Huddersfield and the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Cooper Bridge.

On Huddersfield Narrow Canal

Through the window of a house on Beechwood Drive. Coming from Essex, I was deeply impressed that an ordinary house could have such a view - but not impressed with the weather! Just left of centre is All Saints church, Micklehurst.

Along a former railway line.

Footpath along the route of the former Micklehurst Loop line. The Micklehurst Loop was constructed by the LNWR in 1881 and opened in 1886. The passenger service only lasted until 1907. The line closed completely in 1966 apart from coal traffic as far as the Hartshead Power Station at Heyrod which continued until 1972. More information with maps and photographs can be found at http://www.table38.steamrailways.com/rail/Micklehurst/micklehurst.htm (Steam Railways) and http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/micklehurst/ (Disused Stations)

From Micklehurst Road bridge.

Footpath along the route of the former Micklehurst Loop line. The Micklehurst Loop was constructed by the LNWR in 1881 and opened in 1886. The passenger service only lasted until 1907. The line closed completely in 1966 apart from coal traffic as far as the Hartshead Power Station at Heyrod which continued until 1972. More information with maps and photographs can be found at http://www.table38.steamrailways.com/rail/Micklehurst/micklehurst.htm (Steam Railways) and http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/micklehurst/ (Disused Stations)

One of the two mills at the bottom of Queen Street has been converted into apartments. Work on a second mill conversion appears to be at a standstill.

Two old mills by the River Tame. One has already been converted into flats. Despite a large sign proclaiming Phase Two to be completed in 2009, the second mill appears to be still boarded up awaiting conversion.