Dunkirk Farm Bridge Winding Hole is on 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.

You can wind here.
| Dukinfield Lift Bridge No 1 | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Dewsnap Railway Bridge | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Dukinfield Bridge No 2 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Dukinfield Hall Bridge No 3 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Warble Wharf | ¾ furlongs | |
| Dunkirk Farm Bridge Winding Hole | ||
| Dunkirk Farm Bridge No 4 | ¾ furlongs | |
| M67 Road Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Wilson Brook Aqueduct | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Canal Street Winding Hole | 5 furlongs | |
| Hyde Bridge No 6 | 5½ furlongs | |
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![Outbuildings at Dunkirk Farm. Although the farmhouse is derelict [[5000026]] the outbuildings are still in use. by Gerald England – 29 May 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/00/00/5000058_9c6bb3bd_120x120.jpg)








![Warble Wharf boatyard, Peak Forest Canal. Just north of Newton Hall Bridge [No 4]. by Christine Johnstone – 10 May 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/98/68/3986812_f5c7f927_120x120.jpg)




