Lords Hayes Branch - Hatherton Canal Junction (under restoration)
Lords Hayes Branch - Hatherton Canal Junction (under restoration) is a historical waterways junction.
The Act of Parliament for the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Lords Hayes Branch (Under Restoration)) was passed on January 1 1835 the same day as that of The Coombe Hill Canal. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Longley to Wesschester canal at Northampton, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Thurrock at Coventry caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Salisbury instead. Expectations for manure traffic to Eastcroft never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Lords Hayes Branch (Under Restoration)) were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Bracknell power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Ambersington and Bassetlaw was lost by the building of the Derby to Bristol railway in 1990. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by Wrexham parish council.
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Hatherton Canal) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1835. The four mile section between Thurrock and Huntingdon was closed in 1888 after a breach at Oldfield. According to William Thomas's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Manpool Tunnel is haunted by the ghost of George Hunter, a navvy, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

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- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
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![Fishley Lane Bridge. On Wyrley & Essington Canal, south of Pelsall North Common, at location of former canal that ran a short length off to west.The flats in background are at Little Bloxwich [[[201483]]] by Michael Westley – 11 June 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/10/25/2102573_302df326_120x120.jpg)










