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Watery Lane Aqueduct

 
Watery Lane, Congleton CW12 3NT, United Kingdom
 

Watery Lane Aqueduct carries a footpath over the Macclesfield Canal a few miles from Wolverhampton.

The Macclesfield Canal was built by Benjamin Outram and opened on January 1 1816. From a junction with The Ripon Canal at Manstone the canal ran for 17 miles to Bury. The 5 mile section between Basingstoke and Westworth was closed in 1888 after a breach at Doncaster. "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" by Nicholas Taylor describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Waveney Boat Lift.

Information about the place
Watery Lane Aqueduct is a place on the waterways on the Macclesfield Canal between Ramsdell Hall Winding Hole (1 mile and 4¼ furlongs to the southwest) and Swettenham Wharf (11 miles and 7 furlongs and 12 locks to the northeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ramsdell Hall Winding Hole is Oak Farm Winding Hole; 1¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Swettenham Wharf is Henshalls Bridge No 80; 3¼ furlongs away.

There may be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a road under the canal.

 
 
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Amenities nearby at Henshalls Bridge No 80

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Nearest facilities

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Nearest water point

In the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock

Hall Green Footbridge No 932 miles, 6¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock
Harecastle Tunnel (northern entrance)4 miles, 5 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Harecastle Tunnel (northern entrance)
Harecastle Tunnel (southern entrance)6 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Harecastle Tunnel (southern entrance)
Red Bull Services4 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Red Bull Services
Etruria Services9 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Etruria Services
Stoke Top Lock No 409 miles, 7½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) to Stoke Top Lock No 40
Park Lane Services18 miles, 3½ furlongs and 10 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Park Lane Services
Stone Services18 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) to Stone Services
Stafford Road Bridge No 9319 miles, ¾ furlongs and 15 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) to Stafford Road Bridge No 93
Wheelock Wharf11 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 27 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Wheelock Wharf
Middlewich Junction17 miles, ¾ furlongs and 32 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Middlewich Junction
Middlewich Town Wharf17 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 35 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Middlewich Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) to Middlewich Town Wharf
Middlewich Big Lock No 7517 miles, 6½ furlongs and 35 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Middlewich Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) to Middlewich Big Lock No 75

In the direction of Marple Junction

Buxton Road Bridge No 683 miles, 1¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Bosley Top Lock No 16 miles, 7½ furlongs and 11 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Locketts Bridge No 537 miles, ½ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Swettenham Street Maintenance Yard11 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Bollington Wharf14 miles, 6½ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Braidbar Boats19 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction

Nearest rubbish disposal

In the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock

Harecastle Tunnel (northern entrance)4 miles, 5 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Harecastle Tunnel (northern entrance)
Red Bull Services4 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Red Bull Services
Etruria Services9 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Etruria Services
Stoke Top Lock No 409 miles, 7½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) to Stoke Top Lock No 40
Planet Lock No 310 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Planet Lock No 3
Park Lane Services18 miles, 3½ furlongs and 10 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Park Lane Services
Stone Visitor Moorings19 miles, 2 furlongs and 15 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) to Stone Visitor Moorings
Wheelock Wharf11 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 27 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Wheelock Wharf

In the direction of Marple Junction

Bosley Top Lock No 16 miles, 7½ furlongs and 11 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Braidbar Boats19 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction

Nearest chemical toilet disposal

In the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock

Harecastle Tunnel (northern entrance)4 miles, 5 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Harecastle Tunnel (northern entrance)
Red Bull Services4 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Red Bull Services
Etruria Services9 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Etruria Services
Park Lane Services18 miles, 3½ furlongs and 10 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Park Lane Services
Stone Services18 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) to Stone Services
Wheelock Wharf11 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 27 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Wheelock Wharf

In the direction of Marple Junction

Bosley Top Lock No 16 miles, 7½ furlongs and 11 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Swettenham Wharf11 miles, 7 furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Bollington Wharf14 miles, 6½ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock

Oak Farm Winding Hole1¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock
Ramsdell Hall Winding Hole1 mile, 4¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock
Heritage Narrowboats1 mile, 6 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock
Pipers Bridge Arm3 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Pipers Bridge Arm
Hardings Wood Junction4 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction
Harecastle Tunnel (southern entrance)6 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Harecastle Tunnel (southern entrance)
Middleport Winding Hole7 miles, 7 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Middleport Winding Hole
Burslem Branch Winding Hole8 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Burslem Branch Winding Hole
Toby Carvery Festival Park9 miles, 4½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Toby Carvery Festival Park
Festival Park Marina9 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Festival Park Marina
Etruria Junction9 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction
Etruria Services9 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Etruria Services
Etruria Museum Winding Hole10 miles, ½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Main Line to Froghall) to Etruria Museum Winding Hole

In the direction of Marple Junction

Falmouth Road Winding Hole1 mile, ¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Congleton Wharf1 mile, 3¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Congleton Winding Hole1 mile, 3¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Brook House Farm Winding Hole2 miles, 4½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Town Field Bridge Winding Hole3 miles, 4½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Bosley Railway Bridge Winding Hole5 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction

Nearest boatyard pump-out

In the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock

Heritage Narrowboats1 mile, 6 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Hall Green Stop Lock
Longport Wharf7 miles, 6½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Longport Wharf
Festival Park Marina9 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Festival Park Marina
Stone Wharf18 miles, 7½ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Etruria to Hardings Wood) to Etruria Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Great Haywood to Etruria) to Stone Wharf
Andersen Boats Wharf17 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 35 locks away
Travel to Hall Green Stop Lock, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Hall Green Branch) to Hardings Wood Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) to Middlewich Junction, then on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Middlewich to Preston Brook) to Andersen Boats Wharf

In the direction of Marple Junction

Swettenham Wharf11 miles, 7 furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Kerridge Dry Dock14 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Bollington Wharf14 miles, 6½ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
Braidbar Boats19 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Marple Junction
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[Macclesfield Canal] the North Cheshire Cruising Club, is to the west of the canal. A tall aqueduct carries the canal over a railway line, and beyond it is a large embankment [BCN Main Line] canal. Bromford Junction - Spon Lane bottom lock visible through one of the Horseley Ironworks bridges. Watery Lane Junction and Caggy's Boatyard, near [Water] purification facilities, water tanks, water towers, water pipes including old aqueducts. Atmospheric water generators are in development. Drinking water is often [River Tame, West Midlands] which originates in Wednesfield. It appears definitively at Watery Lane and Noose Lane, even more so at Bentley, where it runs southward through the [Lichfield Canal] a waterway restoration scheme, unless an aqueduct or tunnel was provided. A new bridge taking Cappers Lane over the canal near Whittington was opened [River Cole, West Midlands] through farm land and is then joined in the vicinity of the aptly named Watery Lane by a northern tributary which rises in Redhill and crosses Kings Norton [Tipton Green and Toll End Canals] New Main Line (Island Line)cut across the Tipton Green Canal, forming Watery Lane Junction, and creating a de facto Tipton Green Locks Branch of three [Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal] Lodon aqueduct Corn Mill leat / Feeder from River Lodon Accommodation bridge, Corn Mill Stretton Grandison Stop lock Watery Lane River Frome aqueduct Canon [Caldon Canal] to the present arrangement, where the canal to Froghall passes under an aqueduct on the Leek branch, and three separate locks at Hollinhurst raise the old [Winford] (1129219)". National Heritage List for England.) (Historic England. "Aqueduct, Watery Lane (1158298)". National Heritage List for England.) "2011 Census Profile"
 
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