Home > Attractions and Features > Canals and Locks > The Canals and Locks
Can your business or organisation help support this site too?

Most viewed - The Canals and Locks
picture09a.jpg
Lock No. 09494 viewsLock 9 on the Peak Forest Canal as it is today.
picture34.jpg
Lockside492 viewsA lock emptying on Lockside.
the_canal_marple.jpg
Peak Forest Canal488 viewsA hand coloured shot of boating on the Peak Forest Canal that we already have in B&W - very Swallows and Amazons!
mlhs_brick_bridge_01.jpg
Brick Bridge486 viewsBrick Bridge on the Peak Forest Canal.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
picture_33.jpg
Lockside484 viewsA view of Lockside.
picture193.jpg
Lock No. 15484 viewsLock number 15, on Lockside, looing towards Top Lock.
picture33.jpg
Top Lock482 viewsTop Lock with Chapel House Farm in the background.
HorseTunnel.jpg
Horse Tunnel482 viewsDetail of how the ropes cut into the stone of the Horse Tunnel over many years of use. By Jim Graves 1960s/70s.
canal.jpg
Canal View481 viewsA view across the open spaces from the Macclefield Canal to All Saints' Church. The card is postmarked 1965 but the picture seems older than that.
20-20a_Bottom_Lock_Cottage_1978.jpg
Bottom Lock Cottage 1978478 viewsBottom Lock Cottage, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
GLENCOTTAGE.JPG
Glen Cottage475 viewsGlen Cottage at Lock 6. The only picture we've seen of it from this side.
picture28.jpg
Lock No. 11473 viewsLock 11 on the Peak Forest Canal.
372 files on 31 page(s) 8