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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.

The boat has just ascended the second lock from the bottom. These locks were only restored in the 1970s after a long period of disuse and dereliction.

This is from the other side of the canal to Roger May's image, and taken in about 1962, when the canal was more or less derelict. It's good to see how much work has been done there to restore it. I'm sorry about the poor quality, the image was scanned from a negative and then cleaned up a bit in Photoshop.

In the flight of 16 locks that lift the canal up and around Marple

Marple Locks No 5. Looking south from the footbridge at Lock No 6. 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 photograph was taken in about 1962 and shows one of the deep locks of the flight at Marple. At that time the canal was more or less derelict, how good it is to see it now fully restored and in use. Please excuse the poor quality of the image which was scanned from an original negative and cleaned up in Photoshop.

Marple Locks No 5, looking north towards Stockport and Manchester. 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marple_Lock_Flight

Marple Locks No 5, looking north towards Stockport and Manchester. 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marple_Lock_Flight

Marple Locks No 5. The balance beam in the foreground is attached to one of the two tail gates of the lock. Being very deep locks, the gates are very heavy, so in order to be workable by a single person, the beam needs to be similarly heavy, but carefully balanced. Ahead is Lock No 4. 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.

Marple Locks No 5. Looking south from the footbridge at Lock No 6. 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.