Direction and Distance Arrows - Trent and Mersey Canal, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. - Direction and Distance Arrows on Waymarking.com

The distance and direction arrows are located alongside the Trent and Mersey Canal at the junction with the Macclesfield Canal, near bridge 98 and the top lock 41, at Hardings Wood Junction, Kidgrove.

The Cheshire Ring was formulated after successful campaigns for the restoration of several key sections around the route and is one of the original cruising rings.

The Cheshire Ring is a circular canal route that is 97 miles long and has a total of 92 locks. It takes in the whole of the Macclesfield Canal and parts of the Trent and Mersey, Bridgewater, Rochdale, Ashton and Peak Forest Canals.

Approximate Distances:
•Manchester (Castlefield) to Lymm - 13 miles and no locks
•Lymm to Preston Brook Junction - 10 miles and no locks
•Preston Brook Junction to Anderton - 7 miles, 1 lock and 3 tunnels
•Anderton to Middlewich Junction - 10 miles and 4 locks
•Middlewich Junction to Kidsgrove (Hardings Wood Junction) - 13 miles and 31 locks
•Kidsgrove (Hardings Wood Junction) to Macclesfield - 16 miles and 13 locks
•Macclesfield to Marple Junction - 10 miles and no locks
•Marple Junction to Ashton (Portland Basin) - 8 miles, 16 locks and 2 tunnels
•Ashton (Portland Basin) to Manchester (Castlefield) - 8 miles and 27
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The finger-post was placed in 2004 to celebrate the re-opening of the Cheshire Ring.
A plaque on the post reads:-
This finger-post was installed in 2004 to mark the anniversary of the restoration of the Cheshire Ring in 1974 - with the support of money raised to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the formation of Stoke-on-Trent branch of the Inland Waterways Association in 1974.
Inland Waterways Association
Macclesfield Canal Society
British Waterways.

Date placed: 01/01/2004 Historic significance: This finger-post was installed in 2004 to mark the anniversary of the restoration of the Cheshire Ring in 1974 - with the support of money raised to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the formation of Stoke-on-Trent branch of the Inland Waterways Association in 1974. Inland Waterways Association Macclesfield Canal Society British Waterways. Location nearest to where you live now: Stoke-on-Trent

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