Stockport Branch Canal

Stockport Branch Canal
Stockport Branch Canal
	Many of the canal's structures have survived, including this bridge at Abbey Hey Lane
Specifications
Status	two fifths a footpath
History
Original owner	Ashton Canal Company
Date of act	1793
Date of first use	1797
Date closed	1962
Geography
Start point	Clayton
End point	Stockport
Connects to	Ashton Canal

The Stockport Branch Canal was a 5-mile (8 km) branch of the Ashton Canal from Clayton to Stockport.

Stockport Canal

					Ashton Canal locks 10 + 11
					A635 Ashton Old Road bridge
					Gorton Stn aqueduct
					Maintenance arm
					Abbey Hey Lane bridge
					Hyde Road station and bridge
					A57 Hyde Road bridge
					Reddish North bridge and station
					Station Road bridge
					Longford Road West bridge
					B5169 Broadstone Road bridge
					Reddish South bridge and station
					Beat Bank Branch Canal
					Broadstone Hall Road bridge
					Lancashire Hill bridge
					Wharf
					Wharf Street bridge
					Stockport wharf
					Stockport Basin

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