The former Ashton Canal Company Warehouse opposite the junction with the Peak Forest Canal, now rebuilt after a major fire, houses the Portland Basin Museum. Boats of the Wooden Canal Boat Society are moored outside.
Looking east along the Ashton Canal. towards Cavendish Street, with Cavendish Mill, now converted to apartments, on the left.
Passing below Cavendish Street, the canal ahead runs through a tunnel below Asda.
Looking back westwards from Asda to Cavendish Mill.
Whitelands Basin was the eastern terminus of the Ashton Canal. Coal from Hurst and Dukinfield was brought to the canal here. The Huddersfield Narrow Canal begins under the bridge. Lock 1W of the Huddersfield Canal is immediately behind the bridge. There is a separate horse tunnel alonside the canal bridge. On the left was the site of the country's last manufacturer of "donkey stone," used for brightening up doorsteps and window sills.
Looking back along the Ashton Canal from the newly landscaped Donkey Stone Wharf at Whitelands Basin.