Whatcroft Flash 
Address is taken from a point 398 yards away.
Whatcroft Flash is on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) a few kilometres from Willpool.
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.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor), mooring pins are needed. A wide expanse of water. very quiet rural mooring.
You can wind here.
| Bramble Cuttings | 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Murder Bridge No 177 | 1 mile, 6 furlongs | |
| Richardson's Bridge No 178 | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| Lodge Bridge No 179 | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 180A | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Whatcroft Flash | ||
| Oakwood Marina | 3 furlongs | |
| Billinge Green Bridge No 181 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Park Farm Marina | 6 furlongs | |
| Billinge Green Pipe Bridges | 6½ furlongs | |
| Orchard Marina | 1 mile | |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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Nearest water point
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In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
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In the direction of Middlewich Junction
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In the direction of Middlewich Junction
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In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Preston Brook
In the direction of Middlewich Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
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In the direction of Middlewich Junction
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![Flash on the east bank of the Trent & Mersey Canal. South of Higginslane Farm. Caused by [salt] mining subsidence. by Christine Johnstone – 15 September 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/18/77/5187794_5ad75651_120x120.jpg)




![Boundary between a flash and the Trent & Mersey Canal. The navigable canal is to the left / west [the wake of the photographer's boat is just visible]. The shallow lake to the right /east was created by [salt] mining subsidence. by Christine Johnstone – 15 September 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/18/77/5187798_1a6cbf53_120x120.jpg)









![Pasture near Whatcroft Hall, Cheshire. The canal-side pasture is being grazed by cattle at the other end of the field.[[[2716630]]] by Roger D Kidd – 28 August 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/71/74/2717405_56754824_120x120.jpg)











