The last stretch

After sixteen years and thousands of posts it is finally time to bring this waterways blog to an end (my waterway adventures are continuing on my dedicated website of course). So, what shall we do for the final week? Well it has to be the canal where it all began, the Tame Valley Canal. Let's go!

Great Howard Street Bridge

Stanley Dock is past this bridge.

Regeneration

Once these would have been thriving wharves and warehouses with goods, now they are fancy flats!

Stanley Lock 4

Final lock before we get to Stanley Dock.

Stanley Lock Railway Bridge

The Merseyrail Northern Line crosses over Stanley Lock 3.

And here is a Merseyrail Class 777 crossing over the bridge...