Stockport Branch Canal

Stockport Branch Canal
Many of the canal's structures have survived, including this bridge at Abbey Hey Lane
Map
Specifications
Statustwo fifths a footpath
History
Original ownerAshton Canal Company
Date of act1793
Date of first use1797
Date closed1962
Geography
Start pointClayton
End pointStockport
Connects toAshton Canal
Stockport Canal
Ashton Canal locks 10 + 11
A635 Ashton Old Road bridge
Gorton Stn aqueduct
Maintenance arm
Abbey Hey Lane bridge
Hyde Road station and bridge
A57 Hyde Road bridge
Reddish North bridge and station
Station Road bridge
Longford Road West bridge
B5169 Broadstone Road bridge
Reddish South bridge and station
Beat Bank Branch Canal
Broadstone Hall Road bridge
Lancashire Hill bridge
Wharf
Wharf Street bridge
Stockport wharf
Stockport Basin

The Stockport Branch Canal was a 5-mile (8 km) branch of the Ashton Canal from Clayton to Stockport.