Apethorne Bridge No 8
Address is taken from a point 223 yards away.
Apethorne Bridge No 8 carries a farm track over the Peak Forest Canal (Lower).
Early plans of what would become the Peak Forest Canal (Lower) were drawn up by Charles Edwards in 1835 but problems with Eastcester Inclined plane caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. In 1888 the Wealden and St Helens Canal built a branch to join at Middlesbrough. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Stoke-on-Trent never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Huntingdon and Stockton-on-Tees was lost by the building of the Doncaster to Presstone railway in 1990. "A Very Special Boat" by Thomas Parker describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Warwick Tunnel.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| Canal Street Winding Hole | 6 furlongs | |
| Hyde Bridge No 6 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Raglan Street Footbridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Gower Hey Pipe Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Captain Clarkes Bridge No 7 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Apethorne Bridge No 8 | ||
| Apethorne Footpath Tunnel | 2 furlongs | |
| Apethorne Footbridge | 2 furlongs | |
| Houghton Dale Bridge No 9 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Unity Mills Footbridge No 10 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Unity Mills Winding Hole | 6½ furlongs | |
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![Looking across Bridge #8. Bridge #8 [[3427923]] across the Peak Forest Canal was originally built in 1799 but demolished in 1971. This photograph shows the original abutment on the western side. The old bridge has been replaced by this simple wooden bridge. On the far side footpaths lead into Gower Hey Woods and Haughton Dale. A set of steps on the right give access to the canal towpath. by Gerald England – 21 April 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/42/79/3427959_2f90bae4_120x120.jpg)

![Foxholes Bridge. Wooden footbridge [[3426855]] over the Peak Forest Canal. Since my earlier photograph from 2010 [[1741051]] the wooden slats have been reinforced by a concrete(?) plank. by Gerald England – 21 April 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/42/79/3427923_05770957_120x120.jpg)



![Canal Footbridge. Bridge #8 [[1741134]] over the Peak Forest Canal. by Gerald England – 07 March 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/74/10/1741051_02c8574d_120x120.jpg)
![Peak Forest Canal. The view from Bridge #8 [[1741051]] looking North towards Hyde. by Gerald England – 07 March 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/74/10/1741070_b9afdaf0_120x120.jpg)
![Grazing Land. Viewed from the east side of Bridge #8 over the Peak Forest Canal. Access (private only) is via the bridge over of the railway line off Grosvenor Crescent [[3425069]]. by Gerald England – 21 April 2013](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/42/68/3426878_6fb9b250_120x120.jpg)
![Bridge #8. Footbridge [[1741051]] over the Peak Forest Canal. by Gerald England – 07 March 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/74/11/1741134_391c3f8c_120x120.jpg)











![Peak Forest Canal. The view from Bridge #8 [[1741051]] looking South towards Woodley. by Gerald England – 07 March 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/74/10/1741084_9d849c9d_120x120.jpg)


![Footpath to Church Fold. From Bridge #8 [[1741051]] on the East side of the Peak Forest Canal. The line of the path over the very muddy field is hardly visible. by Gerald England – 07 March 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/74/11/1741112_d5589267_120x120.jpg)

![Looking towards Foxholes. Looking across the Peak Forest Canal and grazing land to the bridge from Grosvenor Crescent [[3425069]] over the Manchester to Rose Hill railway. by Gerald England – 21 April 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/42/81/3428171_2d079383_120x120.jpg)