Category: Fairbottom Branch (Hollinwd Cnl) VC

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > Looking back at Waterhouses Junction from the Fairbottom Branch.  The top lock of the Waterhouses Flight it where the people are to the...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > The Fairbottom Branch starts off looking like an open canal just waiting for boats to cruise past. Waterway and Kilometerage HOLL-FB 04.315.05 OS...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > The Fairbottom Branch of the Hollinwood Canal leaves the main line at the top of Waterhouses Locks.  Looking down we can see Waterhouses...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > The Fairbottom Branch runs along the side of a valley and there are several narrows where aqueducts take streams under the canal towards...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > Parts of the channel of the Fairbottom Branch are filled in after the first 700m (nearly ½ a mile) but the towpath continues to be walkable...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > This grey squirrel was happy to continue eating while watching me as I walked close by along the towpath of the Fairbottom Branch...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > The aqueducts which carry the Fairbottom Branch over streams and country lanes are substantial structures and they are all still standing and looking...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > The stone edging to the towpath is still there for most of the length of the Fairbottom Branch, even on the sections which...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > Another section of the Fairbottom Branch is in water, although some work will be required on the trees to make navigation possible. Waterway...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > Bardsley Bridge has been rebuilt with a lower arch since the canal was open, and work will be required to raise the arch,...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > The channel beyond Bardsley Bridge is squeezed between modern buildings and an embankment.  Although the towpath can be walked all the way it...

< Next Fairbottom Branch Next > < Waterhouses Junction End of Navigation > The hard edging to the channel of the Fairbottom Branch can still be seen in places near the end of the branch. Waterway...

< Next Fairbottom Branch JUMP TO > < Waterhouses Junction Waterhouses Junction > The Fairbottom Branch finishes in the middle of nowhere, with the towpath joining the road at the signpost. As the branch is on...