Stockport Branch Canal (4)

Stockport Branch Canal
To the south of Gorton Bridge, the gardens of new houses have been laid over the canal path, with just the towpath left as a footpath.
Gorton Cemetery, Stockport Branch Canal
For a short way, the canal route continues southwards with Gorton Cemetery on the right. After a quarter of a mile the municiple boundary between Manchester and Stockport is reached. Immediately the canal route is blocked by gardens which have extended across the canal.
North Reddish, Stockport Branch Canal
Looking south along the line of the canal from the site of Sandfold Bridge, Station Road, North Reddish. New houses have been built across the route.
North Reddish Park, Stockport Branch Canal
Looking north at North Reddish Park, where the line of the canal crosses open ground again.
Looking south at North Reddish Park, Stockport Branch Canal
Looking south at North Reddish Park, where lines of trees show where the canal had been.
Longford Road West, Stockport Branch Canal
Looking south from the site of Wolfenden Bridge, on Longford Road West, where the gardens of Churchill Crescent have been extended over the canal route.
Victoria Mill, Reddish, Stockport Branch Canal
The line of the canal ran behind where these houses now stand and to the right of Victoria Mill.
Houldsworth Mill, Reddish, Stockport Branch Canal
Houldsworth Mill, one of the three large mills that lined the canal in Reddish. This was the largest cotton mill in the world when it opened in 1865. It was built by Sir William Houldsworth who also built houses, a school, a church and other amenities for his workforce.
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