Looking down on the Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal, viewed here from the Manchester Road bridge, was built at the turn of the 18th/19th centuries. On the right are 19th century warehouses. On the left are 21st century houses built on the site of the former Automasters Enginering Works.

Previous views of the Peak Forest Canal from Manchester Road:

• circa 1980
• December 2007
• October 2008
• March 2009
• April 2009
• August 2009
• January 2010
• June 2010
• October 2010
• March 2011
• February 2012
• June 2012
• October 2012
• March 2013
• August 2013
• November 2013

A contribution to Water World Wednesday.

U is for Under the motorway

The Peak Forest Canal passing under the M67 motorway. The lights are covered in cobwebs.

Water World Wednesday;
ABC Wednesday;
Good Fences.

Weekend Reflections in Black & White: Peak Forest Canal near Aldi

This is the view from the other side of the bridge in Wednesday's post T is for Towpath. Note the towpath has changed sides.

The original version can be seen on Geograph.

A contribution to
The Weekend in Black and White;
Weekend Reflections;
Scenic Weekends.

T is for Towpath

The towpath of the Peak Forest Canal approaching Manchester Road.

On the left is a grade II listed former canal warehouse now used as offices.

On the right are new houses built on the site of the former Automasters engineering works.

Compare with the view in 2008 before the works was demolished - Hyde DP Vol.1, Automasters and with the view in 2011 before the new houses close to the canal had been built - Hyde DP Vol.1, Moorside Place.

A contribution to
Outdoor Wednesday;
Water World Wednesday;
ABC Wednesday;
Good Fences.

Dog walkers on the Peak Forest Canal

Taken from the bridge at the end of Apethorn Lane.

A contribution to Blue Monday.

Weekend Reflections and Shadows in Black & White on the Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal from the towpath just above Manchester Road bridge.

See how it looked in April 2009.

See the view in the opposite direction on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Weekend Reflections and Shadow Shot Sunday.

Canada Geese close-up

I recently posted a view of geese on the towpath of the Peak Forest Canal on Hyde DP Xtra.

Here is a closer view.

A contribution to Saturday Critters and
Camera Critters and
I'd rather b birdin.

Weekend Reflections: Peak Forest Canal 2014

The view from Nursery Road looking north up the Peak Forest Canal.

Compare it with the same view three years ago in March 2011;
a year before in February 2010;
a few months before that in November 2009;
earlier still in August 2009.

A contribution to Weekend Reflections
and Scenic Weekends.

ABC Wednesday: S is for Sluice

This sluice gate on the Peak Forest Canal allows water to run off into Wilson Brook. The houses behind the fence on the right are part of Moorfield Place which was built on the site of the former Automasters Engineering Works.

See how it looked in August 2013;
a year before that in September 2012;
earlier in February 2012;
a year earlier in March 2011;
three years before that in March 2008 before the Automasters Works was demolished.

See the view in the opposite direction on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Outdoor Wednesday and
Water World Wednesday as well as
ABC Wednesday and
Good Fences.

The Peak Forest Canal alongside Aldi

Behind the fence on the left is the Aldi supermarket. Underneath is the towpath of the Peak Forest Canal. The towpath changes sides here by means of a roving bridge - see Manchester Road Roving Brdige.

Behind the fence on the other side of the canal is a footpath that is signposted "Over Yonder" but actually leads to the Tameside Animal Rescue Sanctuary.

A contribution to:
Friday Fences,
The Weekend in Black and White,
Weekend Reflections,
Scenic Weekends.

Sign of the Cheshire Ring

The sign for the Cheshire Ring pub features canal boats on the nearby Peak Forest Canal.

The Cheshire Ring is a 97 mile long circular canal route with 92 locks. It takes in the whole of the Macclesfield Canal and parts of the Trent and Mersey, Bridgewater, Rochdale, Ashton and Peak Forest Canals. More information can be found on the Pennine Waterways website.

The Cheshire Ring pub can be seen on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to signs, signs.

Moorside Place nearing completion

The last of the new houses at Moorfield Place facing the Peak Forest Canal seem to be nearly completed.

See the ones alongside Manchester Road on Hyde DP Xtra.

The willows are as always weeping over their reflection in the canal.

Previous views of the Peak Forest Canal from Manchester Road:

• circa 1980
• December 2007
• October 2008
• March 2009
• April 2009
• August 2009
• January 2010
• June 2010
• October 2010
• March 2011
• February 2012
• June 2012
• October 2012
• March 2013
• August 2013

A contribution to Friday Fences and Weekend Reflections.

Weekend Reflections: Wharfinger's House

A reflection of the listed warehouse in the Peak Forest Canal.

For a fuller view see my post from 24th August 2013.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday and Weekend Reflections.

Sluice Gates on the Peak Forest Canal

This sluice gate on the Peak Forest Canal allows water to run off into Wilson Brook. The houses behind the fence on the right are part of Moorfield Place which was built on the site of the former Automasters Engineering Works.

See how it looked in September 2012, earlier in February 2012, a year earlier in March 2011 and three years before that in March 2008 before the Automasters Works was demolished.

A contribution to Friday Fences and Weekend Reflections.

Across Manchester Road Roving Bridge

My posting yesterday on Hyde Daily Photo Vol.2 showed the Manchester Road bridge over the Peak Forest Canal and my posting on Hyde DP Xtra showed the view of the canal from the north side of the bridge and Manchester road as it crossed the bridge.

This view is of the original "roving bridge" on the south side of the roadway. The towpath crosses sides here. It comes in from the left here, crosses the top of the bridge and then turns under the bridge on the other side. Narrowboats on the canal were originally horse-drawn and the arrangement of the "roving bridge" allow the horse to be led over the bridge without the necessity of unhitching it from the boat.

There is another photograph of this bridge on Old Hyde which may give you a better idea of it.

A contribution to Sunday Bridges at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

Weekend in Black & White: Wharfinger Warehouse

The three-storey Wharfinger Warehouse was erected by the Peak Forest Canal Company in 1828. It is a Grade II listed building now used as offices by the Tameside & Glossop Primary Care Mental Health Service.

Manchester Road Canal Bridge was built in 1804. The original elliptical-arch tunnel which is grooved for stop planks was widened to the north in the mid 1800s with a truncated elliptical keystone arch which is now partly obscured by the 20th century footpath bridge.

In September 2012 Canadian Geese could stand in Moorside Place on the right, but now that more houses are being constructed alongside the canal, it may soon look as hemmed in as it did in January 2008 before the Automasters Works was demolished.

View the canal from the top of the bridge on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Peak Forest Canal, Hyde

  © Copyright Stephen McKay and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Despite appearances this is an urban stretch of canal, but in this early morning scene the trees are reflected appealingly in the water.

Taken Tuesday, 31 August, 2010.

I'm taking a brief holiday and for while I'm away I've scheduled posts using photographs by visitors to the area.

ABC Wednesday: U is for Underwater

Underwater?

Are you wondering where the water is?

It is behind the upper fence.

This is the tunnel on the track from Gibraltar Row to Thistley Fields that passes under the Apethorn Aqueduct on the Peak Forest Canal.

As you pass through it you are literally underwater.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

Weekend Reflections in Black & White on the Peak Forest Canal

A reflection in the Peak Forest Canal.

For a wider, coloured view, see Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Weekend Reflections.

Ripples on the Peak Forest Canal

The latest in my series of photographs of the Peak Forest Canal from the Manchester Road bridge was taken yesterday morning.

Whilst much of the UK was blanketed in snow, here we had only a few flakes but it was bitterly cold with an icy wind blowing. So strong was the wind that it was creating ripples in the normally calm surface of the canal.

On the left the construction work at the former Automasters site has moved nearer to the new housing estate. Whether they are landscaping the area or building some light commercial units, as they have done lower down Manchester round, I'm not sure. We will see no doubt in due course.

Previous views of the Peak Forest Canal from Manchester Road:

• circa 1980
• December 2007
• October 2008
• March 2009
• April 2009
• August 2009
• January 2010
• June 2010
• October 2010
• March 2011
• February 2012
• June 2012
• October 2012

For Our World Tuesday.