Category: St Helens Canal

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Modern housing approaches the north side of the canal, but is separated by the railway which still runs parallel to the canal.  The towpath is great for...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Penketh Swing Bridge is another bridge now fixed across the canal. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 06.370 OS Grid Reference SJ 56801 86987 Date and Time 151229 121044 Copyright...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > The second swing bridge after Fiddler’s Ferry Lock is now fixed. Restoration of the canal will require it to swing again. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 05.830 OS Grid...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Lots of moored boats on the open section of the St Helens Canal. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 05.650 OS Grid Reference SJ 56196 86610 Date and Time 151229...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > The first swing bridge to the east of Fiddler’s Ferry Lock is still operational and divides the open section of the St Helens Canal into two parts. Waterway...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > The River Mersey, looking upstream at Fiddler’s Ferry Lock, where it’s starting to look more like a river than a tidal estuary. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 05.515.04 OS...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Fiddler’s Ferry Lock links the 600m open section of canal to the tidal River Mersey.  The first stage of restoration of the St Helens Canal proposes to...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Looking East along the St Helens Canal the swing bridge on the right carries the towpath across Fiddler’s Ferry Lock which grants access to the tidal River...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > A 660m section of canal is open next to Fiddler’s Ferry Lock, running east from Marsh House Swing Bridge. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 05.355.02 OS Grid Reference SJ...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Looking west from the fixed Marsh House Swing Bridge shows the channel is completely filled with reeds,but practical to restore. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 05.355.01 OS Grid Reference...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Marsh House Swing Bridge is now a fixed structure where the road crosses the adjacent railway at a level crossing. The bridge forms the current limit of...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > A modern bridge strides across the canal and the adjacent railway, replacing an old swing bridge and level crossing just to the east. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 03.855...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > A local watercourse, once passed under the canal at an aqueduct and now crosses in an open channel.  The pipe across the channel maintains the water flow between...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > The handrail across the canal marks the location of a missing aqueduct where a local watercourse once passed under the canal and now cuts across the canal in...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > A cormorant finds the redundant signal post a handy perching place to look down on the canal and across the adjacent River Mersey. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 02.625.02...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Looking west, along the tidal River Mersey,  from one of the viewpoints along the St Helens Canal the crane and low level causeway in the foreground are...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > The St Helens Canal runs close to the tidal River Mersey for the first 8 km (5 miles).  Looking to the west we can see the three cranes starting to...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Earlestown Widnes > Known as the “Seven Arches” there are seven arches plus one flat span across the canal. There are suggestions that the flat span once lifted to allow masted...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Fiddler’s Ferry Power station sits near the canal.  A freight only railway line runs parallel to the canal and is used to bring coal to the power station.  A...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > The towpath changes sides at Carter House Swing Bridge which has recently been replaced and seems to be in full working order, just waiting for boats to pass....

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > The entrance lock is in full working order and available for use when the tide is in.  A well used footpath runs across the top gate.  The...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > Looking towards the River Mersey from the entrance lock to the St Helens Canal when the tide is out. Waterway and Kilometerage HELENS 00.045.02 OS Grid Reference SJ...

< Next St Helens Canal Next > < Warrington Widnes > The entrance lock to the St Helens Canal from the tidal River Mersey is only useable near high tide. There were once a pair of locks here and...