A walk along the Manchester Ship Canal from its junction with the River Irwell in Manchester to Salford Quays.
Category: Greater 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 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.
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.
Canals 3. Bridgewater Canal: Castlefield to Old Trafford
A short walk, but again full of history, along one of Britain's oldest canals
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.
Canals 1. Rochdale Canal: Castlefield to Ancoats
A walk along the Rochdale canal from Castlefield to Ancoats