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Greater Manchester area
Mills, waterways and railway engineering across the Manchester discovery window.
Start with the crossings
Marple lets you compare a canal aqueduct and a later railway viaduct from the authorised canal route. Barton answers a different problem: keeping a canal connected while making room for ships below. In central Manchester, Store Street’s skew arch and Castlefield’s lock-and-bridge pairing show engineering fitted into a crowded city. Choose one cluster rather than treating this regional collection as a single walk. The reviewed railway viewpoints do not include access to railway decks; Castlefield’s garden has its own managed entrance and calendar.
Read the researched regional guide →This collection brings together evidence from official heritage indexes. It is a starting point for reading the landscape, not a complete inventory or a list of visitor attractions. Source names may describe surviving structures, former features or larger complexes. Current condition and permission to visit require separate checks.
The most represented themes here are industrial (87 records), rail heritage (29 records), underground (21 records). Counts reflect the selection method and recording coverage, not the historical prevalence of each structure.
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Industrial
Marple Aqueduct
Near Stockport
Researched guide · September 2026
Visitor access offeredIndustrial
Astley Green Colliery
Near Bolton
Researched guide · September 2026
Visitor access offeredRail heritage
Marple Railway Viaduct
Near Stockport
Researched guide · September 2026
Exterior viewing onlyRail heritage
Castlefield Viaduct
Near Manchester
Researched guide · September 2026
Visitor access offeredRail heritage
Stockport Railway Viaduct
Near Stockport
Researched guide · September 2026
Exterior viewing onlyIndustrial
Store Street Aqueduct
Near Manchester
Researched guide · September 2026
Visitor access offeredIndustrial
Castlefield Lock 92 and Castle Street Bridge
Near Manchester
Researched guide · September 2026
Exterior viewing onlyIndustrial
Barton Swing Aqueduct
Near Manchester
Researched guide · September 2026
Exterior viewing onlyWWII
Pair of Second World War pillboxes, A635, Greenfield, Saddleworth Moor
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedUnderground
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Former London And North Western Railway Goods Warehouse
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedWWII
World War Two pillbox overlooking A62 (Huddersfield Road), Bleak Hey Nook, Standedge
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedUnderground
Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Bridge By Kearsley Station
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedUnderground
Clammerclough Railway Tunnel
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway bridge No. 46 at end of Carlton Street
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 52 And Towpath Bridge
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedUnderground
Southern Entrance Of Railway Tunnel Beneath Todmorden Road
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Bridge Over Worsley Road
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 49 (Moss Upper Lock) (East Of Oldham Road)
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedUnderground
Woodley Tunnel, North Portal At Sj 9360 9221 On Peak Forest Canal
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Clifton Railway Viaduct (The Thirteen Arches) That Part In Swinton And Pendlebury
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Adam Viaduct
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedUnderground
Woodley Tunnel, South Portal At Sj 9350 9205 On Peak Forest Canal
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Park Parade Railway Viaduct, Eastern Crossing Of The River Tame
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Tame Viaduct
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedUnderground
Number 15 (West Entrance To Hydebank Tunnel) On Peak Forest Canal
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Viaduct Immediately East Of Newton Station
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Manchester, Bolton And Bury Canal Milestone Approx. 50M South Of Prestolee Aqueduct
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedUnderground
Number 15 (East Entrance To Hydebank Tunnel) On Peak Forest Canal
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Viaduct
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Huddersfield Narrow Canal No. 84 Aqueduct
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedUnderground
Southern Entrance To Summit (Railway Tunnel)
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Over River Mersey
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedUnderground
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Scout Tunnel, south entrance
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Broadbottom Arches Railway Viaduct
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Sawmill
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedUnderground
Sluice Gate At East Entrance To Mine Canal Tunnel
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Colonnaded Railway Viaduct At Former Liverpool Road Goods Depot
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedUnderground
Sluice Gate At West Entrance To Mine Canal Tunnel
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway Viaduct
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Former Canal Warehouse Adjacent To Coal Wharf
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedUnderground
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 85, In Tunnel Between Piccadilly And Dale Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Uppermill Viaduct
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedUnderground
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 91 At East End Of Gaythorn Tunnel
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedRail heritage
The Seven Arches Railway Viaduct
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Former Canal Warehouse
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedUnderground
Rochdale Canal Lock Keepers Cottage At Lock Number 91, Next To Gaythorn Tunnel
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock No. 45 And Pikehouse Bridge
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedUnderground
Western Tunnel Entrance To Underground Canal
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Viaduct Linking Bridge Over Irwell To Liverpool Road Station
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Leeds Liverpool Canal, Canal Aqueduct Over River Douglas At Sd 599 124
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedUnderground
Eastern Tunnel Entrance To Underground Canal
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Viaduct Over River Irwell Leading To Lower Byrom Street Warehouse
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 50 (Moss Lower Lock)
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedUnderground
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Scout Tunnel North Entrance
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Bridge Over River Irwell To Former Liverpool Road Station
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedUnderground
Manchester & Salford Junction Canal Tunnel
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Bridge Over Canal, The East Of Two At Sj 824 972
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedUnderground
Railway tunnel portals MVL3/41, west end of Standedge Tunnel
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Milepost On Railway Bridge
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Manchester, Bolton And Bury Canal Aqueduct Over River Irwell
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedUnderground
Railway tunnel portal, MVL3/11 Scout Tunnel (south end)
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Canal Warehouse
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Engine House To Former London And North Western Railway Goods Warehouse
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock No. 62 (Coneygreen Lock)
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Park Parade Railway Viaduct, Western Crossing Of The River Tame
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Clifton Aqueduct Manchester Bolton And Bury Canal Clifton Aqueduct, That Part In Swinton And Pendlebury
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Lock No 22W (Dunge Booth Lock)
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Bridge In Haigh Hall Park
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Crimble Mill: spinning mill, attached engine house and fire-proof warehouse, and attached warehouse
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Bridge
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 15 Approximately 100 Metres West Of Edge Lane
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Railway Viaduct And Retaining Walls At Junction With Greengate
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 1 Immediately East Of Great Ancoats Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Central Railway Viaduct
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 7 With Roving Bridge Immediately East Of Mill Street Bridge
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Northern Railway Viaduct
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 9 Immediately East Of Clayton Lane Bridge
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Southern Railway Viaduct And Colonnade
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedRail heritage
Former Railway Goods Shed
Near Bury
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 2 Off South End Of Vesta Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 6 Immediately East Of Forge Lane
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 10 Between Clayton Bridge And Stockport Junction
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 14 Between Crabtree Lane And Edge Lane
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Windmill
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Haigh Sawmill
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Leeds And Liverpool Canal Lock To South East Of Poolstock Lane
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Former Corn Mill Buildings (Attached To Houses Known As Portland Place)
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Canal Warehouse Adjacent To Bridge Number 1 (Junction Bridge), On Macclesfield Canal
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Goyt Viaduct
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Peak Forest Canal, Goyt Aqueduct
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Walling At Old Lime Kiln, Behind Number 32
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Bridgewater Canal Basin At Potato Wharf
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 83, To The East Of Tariff Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 86, To East Of Chorlton Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 90, Approximately 30 Metres West Of Albion Bridge
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 82, To East Of Great Ancoats Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 84 (Dale Street Lock)
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 87, To East Of Princess Street, With Cast Iron Footbridge Beside Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 89 (Tib Lock), On South Side Of Havelock Mills
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Lock Adjacent To Ward Road Bridge
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Former Rochdale Canal Warehouse
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Lime Kiln Farm
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Thirlmere Aqueduct Over The River Irwell
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 88, To East Of Oxford Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 13 At Crabtree Lane Swing Bridge
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 8 To South East Of Ashton New Road
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 12 Between Stockport Junction And Crabtree Lane
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Keepers Cottage Beside Lock Number 2 At Islington Branch Junction Basin
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Former Cotton Mill On West Side Of Junction With Cambridge Street
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 3 On South Side Of Ancoats Hospital
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Keepers Cottage On South Side Of Lock Number 7 Of Ashton Canal
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Ashton Canal Lock Number 11 At East End Of Stockport Junction Basin
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Bridge Over Entrance To Canal Basin On Leeds And Liverpool Canal
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
River Roch Aqueduct Over Railway
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Aqueduct Over Green Lane On Peak Forest Canal
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 53
Near Rochdale
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Burnden Viaduct
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Darcy Lever Viaduct Over The River Tonge
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Rochdale Canal Lock Number 58 And Adjoining Bridge
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Aqueduct Over The River Tame
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Manchester And Ashton Under Lyne Canal, Hollinwood Branch Waterhouses Aqueduct
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Stakes Aqueduct And Tow Path Bridge (Aqueduct Bridge) Over River Tame
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Manchester And Ashton Under Lyne Canal Lock Number 18 (Fairfield Top Lock)
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct Over Hawthorn Road
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Lock No.23 (Lime Kiln Lock And Adjoining Tailbridge No.75 And Aqueduct No. 74)
Near Oldham
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Leeds And Liverpool Canal Aqueduct Over River Douglas
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Outwood Viaduct
Near Bury
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Heaton Park Reservoir Pumping Station
Near Bury
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Bridge Warehouse At East End Of Leeds-Liverpool Canal Basin
Near Wigan
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Valley Mill (Former Spinning Mill No 2)
Near Bolton
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Tame Viaduct (That Part In Tameside District Council, Greater Manchester)
Near Stockport
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Lime kiln and associated culvert 50m north of Worsley Methodist Church
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Barton Lane Aqueduct Portal
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Bridgewater Canal's Barton Aqueduct embankment and retaining walls
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Electricity Junction Box in Castlefield canal basin, Manchester
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Electricity Junction Box in Castlefield canal basin, Manchester
Near Manchester
Access not confirmedIndustrial
Linotype Works Engine House and Chimney Base
Near Manchester
Access not confirmed