Start of walk at the Orwell, Wigan Pier |
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Trencherfield Mill at Wigan Pier |
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'The Way We Were' museum
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Wigan Pier complex |
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Wigan Pier complex
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Looking back to the Orwell where our walk began |
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This is Wigan Pier! |
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This is Wigan Pier! |
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The Seven Stars Hotel, Wallgate |
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Seven Stars Bridge (Bridge 50) |
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Railway bridge, just past the Seven Stars |
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The JJB Stadium, home to Wigan Athletic and the Wigan Warriors
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Pagefield footbridge that is a nightmare on match days!
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Pipe bridge at Pagefield Industrial Estate
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Pagefield locks (No.88) |
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A barge at Pagefield locks |
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Footbridge and flowers at Pagefield locks |
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Lots of water at Springfield |
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Compass directions etched into towpath |
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Southport to Manchester railway bridge |
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Hell Meadow locks (No.89) |
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A barge enters Hell Meadow locks |
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Scot Lane bridge |
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Mayalls and Greens on Woodhouse Lane |
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Martland Mill Bridge (Bridge 49) |
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Houses at Standish Lower Ground |
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New flats at Standish Lower Ground
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A curious foal |
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A blot on the landscape, the Heinz warehouse |
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Site of old locks approaching Crooke
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Grimshaw's Bridge (Bridge 48)
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Crooke Marina |
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Crooke Marina |
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Crooke Marina |
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Painting a barge at Crooke |
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Very scenic part of the walk, Crooke Village |
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Crooke Bridge (Bridge 47) |
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Crooke Village |
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The Crooke Hall Inn |
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A pipe bridge between Crooke and Gathurst |
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The Navigation Inn at Gathurst
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Gathurst Bridge (Bridge 46) |
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Different centuries of transport |
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Dean locks (No.90) at Gathurst |
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Dean locks (No.90) at Gathurst |
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The lock keepers cottage at Gathurst |
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Pig on a barge |
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Site of old locks connecting canal to the River Douglas |
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Gathurst, where the canal joined the River Douglas |
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The Douglas Valley |
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Fisher's swing bridge (Bridge 45) |
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Fisher's swing bridge (Bridge 45) |
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Cows and Calves |
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Ranicar's swing bridge (Bridge 44) |
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Approaching Appley Bridge |
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Finch Mill swing bridge (Bridge 43) |
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Finch Mill swing bridge (Bridge 43) |
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New property at Appley Bridge |
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New property at Appley Bridge |
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The Waters Edge pub and restaurant at Appley Bridge |
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The Waters Edge pub and restaurant at Appley Bridge
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Old houses at Appley Bridge
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Old houses at Appley Bridge |
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A boat at the bottom of the garden |
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Appley bridge (Bridge 42)
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Under Appley bridge (Bridge 42) |
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Looking back at Appley Bridge
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Appley locks (No.91) |
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The deepest locks I've seen |
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Looking towards Parbold from Appley locks |
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Huge gates at Appley locks |
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A bench in memory of Frank Inwood |
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Time for a breather |
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Hand Lane bridge (Bridge 41) |
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Hand Lane bridge (Bridge 41) |
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Looking towards Parbold from Hand Land bridge |
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Gillibrand bridge (Bridge 40) |
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Gillibrand bridge (Bridge 40)
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Another bench - in memory of Joe and his pal Dino |
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View of Parbold hill from the towpath |
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Old property and level crossing |
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Chapel House bridge (Bridge 39) |
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Chapel House bridge (Bridge 39) |
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Old stone house at Chapel House bridge |
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Chapel House bridge (Bridge 39) |
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The canal narrows because of the plant life |
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Houses close to Alder Lane bridge in Parbold |
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Sheltered parking |
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Alder Lane bridge (Bridge 38) |
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'The Duke' at Parbold |
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Wide part of canal at Parbold |
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Modern housing at Parbold |
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Almost there - Parbold bridge in background |
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Parbold bridge (Bridge 37) |
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Journey's end, we came off the canal at Parbold bridge |
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The Windmill Pub in Parbold |
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Looking back from Parbold bridge |
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A short walk down Station road to the station |
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The Railway Pub next to Parbold Station |
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Parbold Station |
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Time for home, a 10 minute train ride back to Wigan |
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