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Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal is a narrow canal and is part of the Waterways of mainland Britain. It runs for 26 miles and 1 furlong through 13 locks from Hall Green Stop Lock (where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch)) to Marple Junction (where it joins the Peak Forest Canal (Lower) and the Peak Forest Canal (Upper)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
Notable features of the waterway include: Bosley Locks
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Hall Green Stop Lock Junction of Macclesfield Canal and Hall Green Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal |
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Poole Footbridge No 96 | 4¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Hall Green Footbridge No 93 | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Hall Green Bridge No 92 | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Tramroad Bridge No 91 | 1 mile and 3½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Cinder Hill Narrows | 1 mile and 4½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Morris Bridge No 89 | 1 mile and 5¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Foundry Lane Narrows | 1 mile and 6½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Kent Green Bridge No 87 | 1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Kent Green Pipe Bridge | 1 mile and 7 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Heritage Narrowboats | 1 mile and 7½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Ramsdell Hall | 2 miles and 1 furlong | 1 lock |
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Rowndes Bridge No 86 | 2 miles and 2½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Simpson Bridge No 85 | 2 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Deakins Bridge No 84 | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Gravel Pit Bridge No 83 | 2 miles and 6½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Hockenhall Bridge No 82 | 2 miles and 7½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Oak Farm Bridge No 81 | 3 miles | 1 lock |
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Oak Farm Winding Hole | 3 miles and ¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Watery Lane Aqueduct | 3 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Henshalls Bridge No 80 | 3 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Peel Lane Bridge No 79 | 3 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Peel Lane Footbridge | 3 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Billy Tights Footbridge No 78 | 3 miles and 7 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Cambourne Close Narrows | 3 miles and 7½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Falmouth Road Winding Hole | 4 miles | 1 lock |
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Lambert's Lane Bridge No 77 | 4 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Congleton Wharf Congleton |
4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Congleton Aqueduct | 4 miles and 2 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Congleton Winding Hole | 4 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Morris Bridge No 76 | 4 miles and 4 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Park Lane Railway Bridge | 4 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Old Park Lane Bridge | 4 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Park Lane Bridge No 75 | 4 miles and 5 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Hightown Bridge No 74 | 4 miles and 5½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Galley Bridge No 73 | 4 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Blackshaw Close Narrows | 5 miles and ½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Dane in Shaw Brook Aqueduct | 5 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Biddulph Valley Aqueduct Over former railway line |
5 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Biddulph Valley Arm | 5 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Porters Farm Bridge No 72 | 5 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Brook House Farm Winding Hole | 5 miles and 3 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Brook House Farm Footbridge No 71 | 5 miles and 4 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Railway Bridge (Main Line to Macclesfield) | 5 miles and 4½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Galleys Bridge No 70 | 5 miles and 5 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Wallworths Bridge No 69 | 5 miles and 7½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Buxton Road Bridge No 68 | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Buglawton Cattle Creep Aqueduct | 6 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Foden Bridge No 67 | 6 miles and 2 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Town Field Bridge No 66 | 6 miles and 3 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Town Field Bridge Winding Hole | 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Stanleys Bridge No 65 | 6 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Pearson Bridge No 64 | 6 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Winding Hole between Pearson and Stanier 2nd Bridges | 7 miles and 1 furlong | 1 lock |
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Stanier 2nd Bridge No 63 | 7 miles and 2 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Stanier 1st Bridge No 62 | 7 miles and 4 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Congleton Bridge No 61 | 7 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Stringers Bridge No 60 | 7 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Stringers Railway Bridge | 7 miles and 6 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Lomas Bridge No 59 | 8 miles and ¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Wallworths Bridge No 58 | 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Old Driving Lane Bridge No 57 | 8 miles and 4 furlongs | 1 lock |
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River Dane Aqueduct | 8 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Bosley Bottom Lock No 12 | 8 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Bosley Railway Bridge | 8 miles and 6½ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 11 | 8 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 10 | 8 miles and 7 furlongs | 3 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 9 | 8 miles and 7½ furlongs | 4 locks |
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Swindalls Bridge No 56 | 9 miles | 5 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 8 | 9 miles and ¼ furlongs | 5 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 7 | 9 miles and ¾ furlongs | 6 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 6 | 9 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 7 locks |
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Peckerpool Wood Bridge No 55 | 9 miles and 3 furlongs | 8 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 5 | 9 miles and 3 furlongs | 8 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 4 | 9 miles and 3½ furlongs | 9 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 3 | 9 miles and 4 furlongs | 10 locks |
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Bosley Lock No 2 | 9 miles and 4½ furlongs | 11 locks |
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Daintrys Road Bridge No 54 | 9 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 12 locks |
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Bosley Top Lock No 1 | 9 miles and 6½ furlongs | 12 locks |
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Locketts Bridge No 53 | 9 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Crow Holt Bridge No 52 | 10 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Cowley Farm Bridge No 51 | 10 miles and 5½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Mottersheads Bridge No 50 | 10 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Winding Hole between Royal Oak and Mottersheads Bridges | 11 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Royal Oak Footbridge | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Royal Oak Swing Bridge No 49 | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Woodhouse Green Footbridge No 48 | 11 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Woodhouse Green Narrows | 12 miles and ¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Broadhurst Swing Bridge No 47 | 12 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Danes Moss Bridge No 46 | 12 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Danes Moss Winding Hole | 12 miles and 7 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Leek New Road Bridge No 45 | 13 miles | 13 locks |
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Leek Old Road Bridge No 44 | 13 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Gurnett Aqueduct | 13 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Foden Bank Bridge No 43 | 13 miles and 6½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Verdons Bridge No 41 | 14 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Leadbeater's Bridge No 40 | 14 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Holland's Bridge No 39 | 14 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Black Road Bridge No 38 | 14 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Swettenham Wharf Hovis Mill |
14 miles and 5½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Buxton Road Bridge No 37 Macclesfield |
14 miles and 6½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Lime Grove Winding Hole | 14 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Smyths Bridge No 36 | 15 miles and ¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Barrack Road Bridge No 35 | 15 miles and 2½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Chapel-en-le-Frith Road Bridge No 34 | 15 miles and 4 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Higherfold Bridge No 33 | 15 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Woods Bridge No 30 | 16 miles and 4½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Clark's Change Bridge No 29 | 16 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Kerridge Dry Dock | 17 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Greens Bridge No 28 | 17 miles and 3 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Adelphi Mill Bollington | 17 miles and 4 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Bollington Wharf | 17 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Bollington Wharf Aqueduct | 17 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Kerridge Bridge No 27 Bollington |
18 miles | 13 locks |
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Bollington Aqueduct Also crosses the River Dean |
18 miles and ½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Clarence Mill Bollington | 18 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Sugar Lane Bridge No 26 | 18 miles and 4 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Lane Head Winding Hole | 18 miles and 6 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Whiteley Green Bridge No 25 | 18 miles and 7 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Snapes Bridge No 24 | 19 miles | 13 locks |
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Wilds Bridge No 23 | 19 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Bartons Bridge No 22 | 19 miles and 3½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Hibberts Brow Bridge No 21 | 19 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Ryles Bridge No 20 | 19 miles and 7½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Braddocks Bridge No 19 | 20 miles and 3½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Grimshaws Bridge No 18 Four Lane Ends |
20 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Adlington Basin (Entrance No 1) | 21 miles | 13 locks |
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Adlington Basin (Entrance No 2) | 21 miles and ¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Mitchells Bridge No 17 | 21 miles and 3½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Red Acre Aqueduct | 21 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Hag Footbridge No 16 | 21 miles and 6 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Higher Poynton Winding Hole | 22 miles and ½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Brownhills Bridge No 15 | 22 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Braidbar Boats | 22 miles and 3 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Braidbar Boats Marina | 22 miles and 4½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Smiths Bridge No 14 | 22 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Bullock's Girder Bridge No 13 | 23 miles and 1 furlong | 13 locks |
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Bollinghurst Brook Aqueduct | 23 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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High Lane Railway Aqueduct | 23 miles and 3 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Junction with High Lane Branch | 23 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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High Lane Bridge No 11 High Lane |
23 miles and 6½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Marriotts Bridge No 10 | 24 miles and ¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Windlehurst Bridge No 9 With footbridge alongside |
24 miles and 2½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Bancroft Pipe Bridge | 24 miles and 4 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Bancroft Bridge No 8 | 24 miles and 4½ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Hydes Bridge No 7 | 24 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Clough Bridge No 6 A pipebridge is alongside |
24 miles and 7 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Barns Fold Bridge No 5 | 25 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Shepleys Bridge No 4 | 25 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Goyt Mill | 25 miles and 4 furlongs | 13 locks |
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Eccles Bridge No 3 | 25 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Winding Hole between Church Lane and Eccles Bridges | 25 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Church Lane Bridge No 2 | 26 miles | 13 locks |
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Sutton's Lane Bridge No 1 57yds of narrows precede the bridge |
26 miles and ¾ furlongs | 13 locks |
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Marple Junction Junction of Macclesfield and Peak Forest Canals |
26 miles and 1 furlong | 13 locks |