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Category: Gtr Manchester Canals

During the Coronavirus pandemic, I couldn’t walk the coast, and rather than go mad in my apartment I decided to walk the canals around my home city, Manchester. That was after I managed to catch the virus myself, during which I wrote a blog about what it’s like to have Covid19…
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Canals 6: Manchester Ship Canal – Manchester to Salford Quays

A walk along the Manchester Ship Canal from its junction with the River Irwell in Manchester to Salford Quays.

5000milewalk Gtr Manchester Canals 5 Comments April 21, 2020February 4, 2021

Canals 5. Bolton and Bury Canal: Manchester to Clifton

I try to trace the path of the old Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal through Manchester and Salford, find a lot of it and miss a lot! With trespassing, jumping fences, and finding weird graveyards.

5000milewalk Gtr Manchester Canals 5 Comments April 19, 2020February 4, 2021

Canals 4. Bridgewater Canal: Old Trafford to Stretford

Continuing the previous blog's journey along the Bridgewater from Manchester, past the Theatre Of Nightmares and on to where the canal splits to head either to Runcorn or Leigh.

5000milewalk Gtr Manchester Canals 21 Comments April 17, 2020February 4, 2021

Canals 3. Bridgewater Canal: Castlefield to Old Trafford

A short walk, but again full of history, along one of Britain's oldest canals

5000milewalk Gtr Manchester Canals 9 Comments April 15, 2020February 4, 2021

Canals 2. Rochdale and Ashton canals: Ancoats round trip

I start where I left off the last walk, up the Rochdale, past Manchester City FC's stadium, and back down the Ashton.

5000milewalk Gtr Manchester Canals 5 Comments April 8, 2020February 4, 2021

Canals 1. Rochdale Canal: Castlefield to Ancoats

A walk along the Rochdale canal from Castlefield to Ancoats

5000milewalk Gtr Manchester Canals 12 Comments April 5, 2020February 4, 2021

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