Hyde Bridge No 6
Hyde Bridge No 6 carries a footpath 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 a major road over the canal.
| Dunkirk Farm Bridge Winding Hole | 5½ furlongs | |
| Dunkirk Farm Bridge No 4 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| M67 Road Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Wilson Brook Aqueduct | 1 furlong | |
| Canal Street Winding Hole | ¾ furlongs | |
| Hyde Bridge No 6 | ||
| Raglan Street Footbridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Gower Hey Pipe Bridge | 4 furlongs | |
| Captain Clarkes Bridge No 7 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Apethorne Bridge No 8 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Apethorne Footpath Tunnel | 7¼ furlongs | |
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![Inverted cut benchmark. The wall of the bridge over the Peak Forest Canal [[5380674]] carries an inverted bench mark. The wall must have been rebuilt at some time.Benchmark database: http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm50632 by Gerald England – 24 October 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/38/06/5380694_d8a40b46_120x120.jpg)
![Manchester Road canal bridge wall.. The wall of the bridge over the Peak Forest Canal. The wall must have been rebuilt at some time as there is an inverted bench mark [[5380694]] on the stone at the bottom right of this photograph. The canal towpath is accessed here via the footpath next to the bus stop. by Gerald England – 24 October 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/38/06/5380674_a1612636_120x120.jpg)








![Pigeon by the Peak Forest Canal. Perched by the Manchester Road Bridge [[1012625]]. by Gerald England – 03 January 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/75/23/6752350_787cec80_120x120.jpg)

![Pigeon under the Manchester Road Bridge. Perched underneath the Manchester Road Bridge [[1012625]] over the Peak Forest Canal. by Gerald England – 03 January 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/75/23/6752353_56cef64b_120x120.jpg)




![Across Manchester Road roving bridge. Here the towpath of the Peak Forest canal [[3988877]] changes sides. The design of the roving bridge allowed horse-drawn boats to avoid having to unhitch when passing underneath. The path goes over the bridge and then underneath on the other side [[3988873]]. by Gerald England – 19 May 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/98/88/3988882_3d14ea5f_120x120.jpg)

![Towpath closed. Access over the Manchester Road Roving bridge to the towpath under the bridge is closed due to repairs that are being carried out by Centum. Compare open view in 2014 [[3988882]]. by Gerald England – 08 June 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/52/10/4521079_2a932cbf_120x120.jpg)

![Not Over Yonder. This is not Over Yonder as the signpost on the left [[4790131]] points to Over Yonder behind us. On the left is the site of the Hyde Colliery which suffered a fatal explosion in 1889. A blue plaque commemorating the event [[1082936]] which used to be on the wall of the site has been rehung on the wall on the right. In 2005 the view across Manchester Road was to the entrance to the Auto-Masters Engineering Works [[1187288]]. The works was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a housing estate known as Moorside Place. by Gerald England – 07 January 2016](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/79/01/4790124_16d1d663_120x120.jpg)







