Rosehill Cutting is on the Peak Forest Canal (Lower) near to Brighton.
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.

| Romiley Pipe Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| Oakwood Mill | 5 furlongs | |
| Hyde Bank Tunnel No 15 (northwestern entrance) | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Hyde Bank Tunnel (southeastern entrance) | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Rosehill Field Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Rosehill Cutting | ||
| Marple Aqueduct (western end) | ½ furlongs | |
| Marple Aqueduct (eastern end) | 1 furlong | |
| Marple Railway Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Marple Bottom Lock Bridge Winding Hole | 1½ furlongs | |
| Marple Bottom Lock Bridge No 16 | 1¾ furlongs | |
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![Two narrowboats in convoy. The boats had just finished filming an episode of the TV programme 'Barging Around Britain' [[4537869]] by Graham Hogg – 23 June 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/53/95/4539531_2208b0ad_120x120.jpg)














![Bridge 15, Peak Forest Canal. Originally, this bridge formed the western portal of Rose Hill Tunnel, but the roof collapsed and the tunnel was converted to a cutting. Hence the canal is straight and narrow here.See http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/lpfc-rose-hill/lpfc-rose-hill.htm , [[1243114]] and [[2679358]]. by Ian Taylor – 24 March 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/91/69/2916985_dea9e3e2_120x120.jpg)



![Rose Hill Tunnel, Lower Peak Forest Canal. Compare this photograph, taken in 1962, with [[156844]].When the canal was opened in 1798 there was a tunnel here. There were a series of problems culminating in the collapse of the roof at some time between 1849 and 1888. The decision was made to open up the tunnel and build the accommodation bridge that you can see. Even recently more work has been necessary and the gradient of the cutting walls has been reduced and the stone retaining walls reinforced with concrete. To this day the area is still known as Rose Hill Tunnel. by David Marsden – 1962](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/24/31/1243114_0c629848_120x120.jpg)









