Day 4 saw us walking the stage most familiar to us, from the centre of Wigan back home along the canal to Chorley walking through glorious countryside including Haigh Hall country park and up the most amazing piece of engineering along the entire canal, Wigan Flight. This is a serious of 21 locks between Wigan Top Lock No 65 and Wigan Bottom Lock No 85 and has a rise of 214 feet and 8 inches.
We started at the Wigan Central for some refreshment before embarking on the challenge ahead!
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| Trencherfield Mill (cotton (now apartments) |
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| Wigan Dry Dock |
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| Old Public House on Britannia Bridge |
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| Kirkless Hall and Kirkless Hall Farmhouse at Aspull New Springs, Whelley, Wigan |
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| The old Commercial Inn, Cale Lane, Aspull |
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| The old Commercial Inn (front), Cale Lane, Aspull |
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| Top Lock, Wigan |
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| The derelict Crawford Arms (more recently bridge 63) |
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| The old Boatman's Arms at Aberdeen (Blackrod) |
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| Boatman's Arms Map 1907 |
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| 1909 Map showing the Viaduct near Tinkler's Barracks |
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| The Viaduct 2021 |
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