Guide Bridge. Not many canal bridges have a railway station and an area named after them. The station was originally named Ashton under Lyne and Hooley Hill, but was re-named when other stations were opened closer to the centre of Ashton. The bridge itself got its name from a guide post at the road junction above it. The bridge has been extended at both sides to more than double its original width and is now almost a short tunnel. This picturesque scene is in complete contrast to the busy traffic junction above the bridge.
A short distance beyond Guide Bridge is the wrought iron Jeremy Brook footbridge at Pottinger Street, with the chimney of Cavendish Mill, Ashton under Lyne, coming into view.
Looking towards Ashton, with Oxford Mills on the left. The Guide Bridge railway sidings are off to the right.
Just past Oxford Mills, the towpath climbs over a bridge that once spanned the entrance to a short arm running parallel with the canal. This served a small railway-canal interchange. A single spur ran down an incline from the rail sidings to towpath level alongside the arm.
Approaching Ashton under Lyne, the three arched Dukinfield Aqueduct over the River Tame can be seen to the right.
Portland Basin, Ashton under Lyne - the junction with the Peak Forest Canal.
The Peak Forest Canal emerges from the bridge on the right to join the Ashton Canal. Portland Basin Museum is across the canal to the left.