photo: Neil Arlidge
Approaching Preston Brook, the canal near Daresbury is overlooked by woodland.
photo: Neil Arlidge
Looking back from Preston Brook towards the prominent tower at the laboratories near Daresbury, the village where writer Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) was born.
photo: Neil Arlidge
The junction at Preston Brook. The canal to the left, under the bridge, is the arm that connects with the Trent and Mersey Canal a short way ahead at Preston Brook Tunnel. The original main line went to the right here, to Runcorn.
photo: Neil Arlidge
Preston Brook Tunnel, where the Bridgewater Canal meets end on with the Trent and Mersey Canal.
photo: Neil Arlidge
Converted warehouse alongside the canal between Preston Brook and Runcorn.
photo: Neil Arlidge
Runcorn terminal basin. The canal continued from here by way of ten locks to the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey, but the route was blocked by the construction of the approach road to the Runcorn - Widnes Bridge and the locks have been filled in.