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Looking north as the Caldon Canal meanders towards Milton, Stockton Brook, Endon, Cheddleton and Froghall. The canal passes through a long strip of deciduous woodland which includes the track bed of the disused railway between Caldon Low and Stoke (off to the left), and the slopes down to the River Trent (off to the right). New metal piling is being installed by the towpath, but for now they've stopped for lunch!

Looking north as the Caldon Canal meanders towards Milton, Stockton Brook, Endon, Cheddleton and Froghall. The canal passes through a long strip of deciduous woodland which includes the track bed of the disused railway between Caldon Low and Stoke (off to the left), and the slopes down to the River Trent (off to the right). New metal piling is being installed by the towpath, but for now they've stopped for lunch!

The River Trent meanders northwards through scrub and grass land about fifty metres off to the right. The former railway from Stoke to Leek and Cauldon Low runs through the trees on the left, beyond which is the housing estate at Birches Head. The Caldon Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal opened in 1779. It runs eighteen miles from Etruria in Stoke-on-Trent, where it leaves the Trent and Mersey Canal. It terminates at Froghall about five miles south-east of Cheddleton. The canal has seventeen locks and the 69 metre long very low Froghall Tunnel, unusable by many narrowboats. The canal did originally continue through to Uttoxeter, but the section beyond Froghall was closed by the late 1840s, much of its course being filled in to construct a railway.

Looking towards Stoke. This line is soon to be re-opened if the Moorland and City Railways Co succeed in their plans. It was part of the North Staffordshire Railway from Stoke towards Congleton, with a branch near Milton going to Cauldon Low Quarry and Leek. The line closed for freight in 1988 http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/

Looking towards Stoke. This line is soon to be re-opened if the Moorland and City Railways Co succeed in their plans. It was part of the North Staffordshire Railway from Stoke towards Congleton, with a branch near Milton going to Cauldon Low Quarry and Leek. The line closed for freight in 1988. http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/

Looking north as the Caldon Canal meanders towards Milton, Stockton Brook, Endon, Cheddleton and Froghall. The canal passes through a long strip of deciduous woodland which includes the track bed of the disused railway between Caldon Low and Stoke (off to the left), and the slopes down to the River Trent (off to the right). Towpath piling is under way ahead.

The River Trent meanders northwards through scrub and grass land about fifty metres off to the right. The Caldon Branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal opened in 1779. It runs eighteen miles from Etruria in Stoke-on-Trent, where it leaves the Trent and Mersey Canal. It terminates at Froghall about five miles south-east of Cheddleton. The canal has seventeen locks and the 69 metre long very low Froghall Tunnel, unusable by many narrowboats. The canal did originally continue through to Uttoxeter, but the section beyond Froghall was closed by the late 1840s, much of its course being filled in to construct a railway.

Looking north as the Caldon Canal meanders towards Milton, Stockton Brook, Endon, Cheddleton and Froghall. The canal passes through a long strip of deciduous woodland which includes the track bed of the disused railway between Caldon Low and Stoke (off to the left), and the slopes down to the River Trent (off to the right).

Looking north as the Caldon Canal meanders towards Milton, Stockton Brook, Endon, Cheddleton and Froghall. The canal passes through a long strip of deciduous woodland which includes the track bed of the disused railway between Caldon Low and Stoke (off to the left), and the slopes down to the River Trent (off to the right).

Looking north as the Caldon Canal meanders towards Milton, Stockton Brook, Endon, Cheddleton and Froghall. The 55 foot long narrowboat 'Pompey Chimes' is a long way from its home on the River Wey. The boat displays the coat of arms of the City of Portsmouth.