Narrowboat Services
Narrowboat Services is on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) just past the junction with The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Polehampton Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Expectations for coal traffic to Bradford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Longfield power station was enough to keep it open. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) was closed in 1955 when Northampton Embankment collapsed. In Arthur Taylor's "By Mooring Pin and Lump Hammer Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Southampton Inclined plane during the General Strike.

| Soot Hill Bridge No 200 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Anderton First Pipe Bridge | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Anderton Second Pipe Bridge | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Bestway Footbridge No 201 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Barnton Road Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Narrowboat Services | ||
| Barnton Tunnel (eastern entrance) | a few yards | |
| Barnton Tunnel (western entrance) | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole between Barnton and Saltersford Tunnels | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Saltersford Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 5 furlongs | |
| Saltersford Tunnel (western entrance) | 6¾ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Barnton Tunnel (eastern entrance)
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
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