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The locks are renowned for debris (shopping trolleys, wheely bins, rocks etc.) which can result in blocked lock gates, but Canal & River Trust workers are soon on site to clear any reported incidents. Portland Basin is a good overnight mooring after ascending the Ashton locks, for those who do
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The Ashton Canal: A History Of The
Manchester To Ashton-under-Lyne Canal
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Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Peak Forest Canal, Rochdale Canal
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Canal & River Trust services at Fairfield Junction
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1345:was completed in 1796, followed by the lines to
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1227:from Clayton to Stockport (Heaton Norris); the
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1489:Mill Building on south bank east of Hope Works
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1265:Manchester and Oldham Canal Act 1792
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1161:Map of Ashton Canal and its branches
3151:History of the British canal system
2289:Keaveney, E.; Brown, D. L. (1974).
2219:History of the British canal system
57:70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
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2505:"Boats attacked in wrecking spree"
2448:"Cops Ahoy in new canal cruiser".
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1477:Towpath Bridge over junction with
1471:Towpath Bridge over junction with
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2274:. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson.
2236:. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson.
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2801:Manchester Bolton & Bury
2636:Birmingham Canal Navigations
2597:canals of the United Kingdom
2214:Canals of the United Kingdom
2072:Top of Ancoats Locks (No.3)
1969:Top of Beswick Locks (No.7)
1847:Top of Clayton Locks (No.16)
1598:Lumb Lane Bridge (Bridge 21)
1507:Ancoats Bottom Lock (Lock 1)
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1283:Parliament of Great Britain
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2270:Edwards, Lewis A. (1985).
2232:Cumberlidge, Jane (2009).
1439:and Huddersfield Narrow).
1402:British Waterways Act 1983
1258:United Kingdom legislation
1199:City of Manchester Stadium
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3171:National Waterways Museum
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2816:Middle Level Navigations
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2532:British Listed Buildings
2526:Good Stuff IT Services.
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1235:(itself a branch of the
533:Clockhouse swing bridge
3141:Canal & River Trust
2966:Witham Navigable Drains
2483:Manchester Evening News
2465:Manchester Evening News
2450:Manchester Evening News
2171:Jn with Rochdale Canal
1237:Hollinwood Branch Canal
1233:Fairbottom Branch Canal
1229:Hollinwood Branch Canal
1203:2002 Commonwealth Games
553:Grimshaws swing bridge
463:Hollinwood Branch Canal
168:Ducie St Jn, Manchester
93:Canal & River Trust
2901:South Forty-Foot Drain
2751:Ipswich and Stowmarket
2671:Chelmer and Blackwater
2646:Bridgwater and Taunton
2251:Dean, Richard (2001).
2124:Ducie Street Junction
1479:Stockport Branch Canal
1473:Islington Branch Canal
1245:Stockport Branch Canal
1241:Beat Bank Branch Canal
1225:Stockport Branch Canal
1221:Islington Branch Canal
1165:The Ashton leaves the
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596:Crabtree swing bridge
3253:Canals opened in 1796
3002:Shannon–Erne Waterway
2806:Manchester Ship Canal
2555:at Wikimedia Commons
2255:. M & M Baldwin.
2192:United Kingdom portal
2157:Ducie Street Junction
1667:GPX (all coordinates)
1437:Leeds & Liverpool
1409:Culture Recovery Fund
1365:Store Street Aqueduct
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955:Store Street Aqueduct
934:Thomas Telford basin
46:6 miles (9.7 km)
2871:Royal Military Canal
2796:Maidenhead Waterways
2666:Cambridgeshire Lodes
1710:Dukinfield Junction
1390:and the east coast.
1243:(itself a branch of
89:Navigation authority
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3156:London Canal Museum
2921:Stratford-upon-Avon
2766:Leeds and Liverpool
2746:Huddersfield Narrow
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3248:Canals in Tameside
3224:53.4828°N 2.0999°W
3176:Navigable aqueduct
2741:Huddersfield Broad
2146:53.4799°N 2.2303°W
2119:Flight of 3 locks
2094:53.4814°N 2.2203°W
2043:53.4854°N 2.2045°W
2016:Flight of 4 locks
1991:53.4858°N 2.1974°W
1940:53.4827°N 2.1879°W
1888:53.4805°N 2.1780°W
1861:Flight of 9 locks
1836:53.4784°N 2.1650°W
1784:53.4777°N 2.1503°W
1762:Fairfield Lock 18
1732:53.4824°N 2.0996°W
1640:Points of interest
1433:Outer Pennine Ring
1429:South Pennine Ring
1177:, passing through
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1135:Greater Manchester
1080:-- Rochdale Canal
911: A665
731: A635
487: A635
104:Principal engineer
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3181:Waterways Ireland
3161:Manchester Pusher
3136:British Waterways
3074:Neath and Tennant
2961:Wilts & Berks
2956:Wey and Godalming
2936:Thames and Severn
2931:Thames and Medway
2736:Hollinwood Branch
2661:Calder and Hebble
2626:Basingstoke Canal
2616:Ashby-de-la-Zouch
2551:Media related to
2485:. 2 November 2004
2438:, 22 October 2021
2309:978-1-898937-42-5
2243:978-1-84623-010-3
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1454:Listed structures
1384:Peak Forest Canal
1372:Bridgewater Canal
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1271:Act of Parliament
1214:Peak Forest Canal
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3059:Llangollen Canal
3028:Caledonian Canal
2987:Coalisland Canal
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3033:Crinan Canal
3012:Ulster Canal
2951:Wey and Arun
2791:Macclesfield
2676:Chesterfield
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2560:Virtual Tour
2553:Ashton Canal
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2400:the original
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1049:Ducie St Jn
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21:Ashton Canal
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3227: /
3166:Narrowboats
3043:Union Canal
2997:Newry Canal
2992:Lagan Canal
2926:Stroudwater
2916:Stourbridge
2856:Ribble Link
2846:Pocklington
2841:Peak Forest
2716:Grand Union
2641:Bridgewater
2406:11 December
2149: /
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1701:OS Grid Ref
1694:Coordinates
1415:Leisure use
646:Clayton Jn
181:Connects to
157:Start point
136:Date closed
112:Date of act
53:boat length
3242:Categories
3212:53°28′58″N
2831:Nottingham
2821:Montgomery
2781:Llangollen
2681:Chichester
2595:Navigable
2489:23 October
2319:References
2155: (
2133:53°28′48″N
2103: (
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2000: (
1978:53°29′09″N
1949: (
1927:53°28′58″N
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1875:53°28′50″N
1845: (
1823:53°28′42″N
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1771:53°28′40″N
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1719:53°28′57″N
1351:Fairbottom
1343:Hollinwood
1291:Long title
1171:Manchester
1143:Manchester
1141:, linking
173:Branch(es)
3215:2°06′00″W
3196:canalised
2776:Limehouse
2761:Lancaster
2706:Foss Dyke
2696:Droitwich
2691:Driffield
2511:11 August
2346:Dean 2001
2168:SJ848981
2136:2°13′49″W
2116:SJ854983
2084:2°13′13″W
2065:SJ865987
2033:2°12′16″W
2013:SJ869988
1981:2°11′51″W
1962:SJ876984
1930:2°11′16″W
1910:SJ882982
1878:2°10′41″W
1858:SJ891979
1826:2°09′54″W
1806:SJ901978
1774:2°09′01″W
1754:SJ934984
1722:2°05′59″W
1583:Yew Tree
1388:Yorkshire
1339:32 Geo. 3
1306:32 Geo. 3
1187:Audenshaw
684:(5 miles)
165:End point
152:Geography
84:Navigable
64:boat beam
3088:Features
3021:Scotland
2896:Sleaford
2866:Rochdale
2726:Grantham
2686:Coventry
2374:cite web
2178:See also
1380:Woolroad
1301:Citation
1183:Bradford
62:Maximum
51:Maximum
2701:Erewash
2604:England
2364:22 June
1571:Lock 12
1519:Chips,
1308:. c. 84
1254:History
1179:Ancoats
1139:England
99:History
3100:Basins
2946:Weaver
2876:Sankey
2836:Oxford
2786:Lydney
2621:Ashton
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1705:Notes
1690:Point
229:Legend
81:Status
43:Length
3192:Notes
3110:Rings
3105:Locks
3052:Wales
2911:Stort
2881:Selby
2861:Ripon
1313:Dates
1175:locks
1153:Route
1145:with
1131:canal
1129:is a
615:11-12
572:13-16
509:17-18
73:Locks
2656:Bude
2513:2014
2491:2006
2408:2011
2380:link
2366:2011
2304:ISBN
2276:ISBN
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147:1974
139:1961
131:1797
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