The unusual boat house to accommodate a narrow boat is to the left of the stone footbridge at Fairfield. Lock 18 can be seen through the bridge.
The stone bridge across the end of Lock 18 at Fairfield, originally a double lock. The left hand lock is no longer used.
Lock 18, the top lock on the Ashton Canal, with the former Fairfield Junction beyond. The disused lock is to the left. The main line of the Ashton Canal turns right after the lock, while the former Hollinwood Branch went continued ahead, where the green fence is, then curved to the left.
Lock 18, Fairfield. The stone bridge below the lock was built to enable boathorses to cross the canal to reach the towpath of the Hollinwood Branch. The bridge is known locally as The Camel's Hump!
Looking back westwards to Audenshaw Bridge (A635) with Robertson's jam factory on the right.