Site of Factory Bridge No 27A carries a footpath over the Ashton Canal (Main Line) just past the junction with The Warwick and Gateshead Canal.
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.

This is the site of a bridge, the canal may be narrow as a consequence.
| China Bridge No 24 | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Manchester Road East Road Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| Guide Bridge Bridge No 25 | 5 furlongs | |
| Guide Bridge No 26 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Jeremy Brook Footbridge No 27 | 1 furlong | |
| Site of Factory Bridge No 27A | ||
| Walk Mill Bridge No 28 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Dukinfield Junction | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Portland Street Footbridge No 29 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Cavendish Street Bridge No 30 | 6 furlongs | |
| Supermarket Tunnel (western entrance) | 6¼ furlongs | |
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![Ashton Canal. Near the former Prince's Dock [[3455833]]. by Gerald England – 07 May 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/45/59/3455915_06496aff_120x120.jpg)
![Ashton Canal at Oxford Mill. The old canal boat is the same one I photographed from the towpath in 2015 [[4641224]]. by Gerald England – 12 June 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/80/83/5808326_947b9c77_120x120.jpg)





![Elevated doorway. An elevated doorway on the side of Oxford Mills [[3455973]]. Possibly it originally had a winch to load material into canal boats below. Maybe it is a fire escape. There is fire notice below [[3456088]]. by Gerald England – 07 May 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/45/61/3456104_aaebf138_120x120.jpg)











![Old mill near Guide Bridge. Seen from the train; compare [[4241792]]. by Stephen Craven – 14 May 2016](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/94/98/4949881_bb66503e_120x120.jpg)




![Private Canal-side Picnic Area. At Oxford Mills [[3456155]] one of the businesses, Sunlight Textiles, have created a private canal-side picnic area with benches and tables and an evergreen tree. by Gerald England – 07 May 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/45/62/3456255_834d3395_120x120.jpg)

![Private patio by the Ashton Canal. The patio by the side of the Ashton Canal was used by workers at the commercial laundry site owned by Berendsen (previously Sunlife Textiles). The company closed the site in March 2014 and moved its operations to other plants, so it is now starting to look a bit untidy. See how it looked in 2013: [[3456255]] by Gerald England – 24 August 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/64/13/4641319_7d65dada_120x120.jpg)