IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Ley Hey Avenue, STOCKPORT, SK6 6PS

At the end of Winnington Road, on the Ley Hey Park estate in Marple, the metalled road ends at this track crossing the railway bridge to the north of Rose Hill Station.

Rural Canal bridge at Marple Locks

This wide pound about a hundred metres long is below Marple Locks No 8, and seen by looking north from the bridge by that lock.

Lower lock gate had broken and the canal was out of service while repairs were being made

Marple Locks No 6. Looking south towards Lock No 7, Marple Junction and Whaley Bridge. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed.

This is the view from the footbridge at Lock No 7, looking north down the flight towards Lock No 6 and beyond. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed.

This is the view from the footbridge at Lock No 7, looking north down the flight towards Lock No 6 and beyond. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed.

This is between locks 6 and 7, at a time when navigation was discouraged, although the actual locks were in quite good condition. This pound has either leaked away, or possibly has been deliberately drained. The latter possibility may have something to do with the condition of the side pound, which is to the right of the towpath shrouded in bushes - the ports under the path may be seen, well above the lowered water level. The side pound is on the steep side of the valley above the nearby railway line, so may have been thought dangerous. It is now reportedly disused, presumably blanked off from the canal (if the report is correct), but still holding water. The other point of interest is the cottage just showing on the left. This was Glen Cottage, and was demolished not long after this view. A painting dated to May 1963 shows it half demolished.

Grade II listed lock on the Peak Forest Canal. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1260092

Lock number 7 on the Peak Forest Canal is one of the 16 locks in the "Marple Flight" which raise the canal by 209 feet (64m) over the course of 1 mile.