Horse Bridge Winding Hole is on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Leek Branch) just past the junction with The River Wear.
The Act of Parliament for the Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch - Leek Branch) was passed on January 1 1835 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Telford. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Norwich to Newcastle-under-Lyme canal at Teignbridge, the difficulty of tunneling under Southend caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Boggin instead. Expectations for limestone traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Knowsley and Ipswich was obliterated by the building of the M2 Motorway in 2001. In William Wood's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Barcester Cutting during the Poll Tax riots.

You can wind here.
| Hazelhurst Aqueduct | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Endon Brook Aqueduct | 3½ furlongs | |
| Hazelhurst Railway Aqueduct | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Hardy's Bridge No 4 | 2½ furlongs | |
| New Springs Bridge No 5 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Horse Bridge Winding Hole | ||
| Horse Bridge No 6 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Waterworks Bridge No 7 | 2 furlongs | |
| Leek Fields Winding Hole | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Leek Tunnel Winding Hole | 1 mile | |
| Leek Tunnel (southwestern entrance) | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
- Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal (Caldon Branch)
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![Upside down cut mark. This bench appears upside down on the canal bridge in [[2333792]], the bridge has probably been rebuilt in the past with stone put back the wrong way. For more information see http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm37437 . by Jonathan Kington – 30 March 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/33/38/2333817_abe7d538_120x120.jpg)










![A face appears. On the right hand buttress of the railway bridge (seen in [[2340572]]) is a sign that I photographed in 2009 ([[1408958]]), but I certainly don't recall seeing a face on the wall then. So I wonder if somebody's sense of humour has caused them to carve it, for a close-up see [[2340603]]. by Jonathan Kington – 30 March 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/05/2340590_20e9966e_120x120.jpg)
![The face in the wall. This face has been carved out of stone on the right-hand buttress of the railway bridge as seen in [[2340572]], for another view see [[2340590]]. by Jonathan Kington – 30 March 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/06/2340603_8afc4ed8_120x120.jpg)


![Sign on railway bridge. This sign has obviously been refurbished and placed back on the newly strengthened railway bridge [[1408944]]. OB27 will be the number of the bridge, the distance is how far it was to the next main station (presumably Leek). Because this was mainly a mineral line I would presume that SCQ2 refers to the quarry that owned it. by Jonathan Kington – 16 July 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/40/89/1408958_b20735b1_120x120.jpg)


![Looking across the railway bridge. Looking in the opposite direction to [[1408944]]. by Jonathan Kington – 30 March 2011](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/05/2340572_29c52b15_120x120.jpg)
![The old station, near Longsdon. This was the Wall Grange and Longsdon Station. For a similar view and further information see [[58743]] taken by Ralph Rawlinson in 2003. by Jonathan Kington – 16 July 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/40/89/1408933_f453611a_120x120.jpg)





