Clayton Bottom Lock No 8
Clayton Bottom Lock No 8 is one of a long flight of locks on the Ashton Canal (Main Line) and unusually is opened with a crank handle.
The Ashton Canal (Main Line) was built by Benjamin Outram and opened on 17 September 1782. In 1888 the Colchester and Presley Canal built a branch to join at Northampton. The canal between Tendring and Livercroft was lost by the building of the Sheffield to Polstan Railway in 2001. According to William Jones's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Longfield Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Stuart Street Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Clayton Power Station Aqueduct | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Ashton New Road Winding Hole | 1 furlong | |
| Ashton New Road Footbridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Ashton New Road Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Clayton Bottom Lock No 8 | ||
| Clayton Lock Arm | ¼ furlongs | |
| Bridge Inn (Clayton) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lane Bridge No 11 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lock No 9 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lane Footbridge | 2 furlongs | |
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![Beautifying Openshaw West. A former industrial site, by lock 8 on the Ashton Canal. Being redeveloped as the Manchester City Academy. For a view seven months earlier, see [[3693910]]. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2014](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/98/57/3985781_cc4c6103_120x120.jpg)


![Spicy Mango (former Derby Arms). The former Derby Arms [[1835630]] on the corner of Ashton New Road and Bank Street, Clayton. The pub has been converted into a group of shop including a takeaway, the](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/69/91/3699139_b8b0e3fb_120x120.jpg)
![Derby Arms (Bank Street façade). The Bank Street rear façade of the former Derby Arms [[3699139]]. by Gerald England – 09 October 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/69/91/3699191_43f45f5d_120x120.jpg)
![Sign of Derby Arms. The sign for the former Derby Arms was still flying when this photograph was taken although the pub has been converted into businesses including the Spicy Mango takeaway [[3699139]] and a money transfer office. by Gerald England – 09 October 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/69/91/3699163_e1fd9524_120x120.jpg)







![Derby Arms pub sign, 575 - 577 Ashton New Road, Clayton. The pub is on the corner of Ashton New Road and Bank Street. Its sign is a variant of the coat of arms of the Earls of Derby (the Stanley family).[[1854017]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/85/40/1854030_0707f2c5_120x120.jpg)
![Derby Arms, 575 - 577 Ashton New Road, Clayton. On football match days, this pub is very popular with fans of Manchester City, whose ground is nearby. The pub seems to be named after the Earls of Derby. It is not the only pub in the Manchester area with this name.[[1854030]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/85/40/1854017_da32a3ce_120x120.jpg)

![Canalside building off Croft Street. Just above [east of] Lock 8 on the Ashton Canal. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/98/57/3985791_718c5514_120x120.jpg)




![Horse chestnuts. A large windfall of horse chestnuts on the pavement of Ashton New Road [[3699421]]. by Gerald England – 09 October 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/69/94/3699453_eebdde60_120x120.jpg)