Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal is a canal in Bolton, England. Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal is situated nearby to Prestolee Bridge, as well as near Sewer bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prestolee Aqueduct and Prestolee Bridge.

Prestolee Aqueduct

Bridge

Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Prestolee Aqueduct is a stone-built aqueduct in Prestolee, Kearsley in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The four-arch structure was constructed in 1793 to carry the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal across the River Irwell.

Prestolee Bridge

Bridge

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Farnworth railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Farnworth railway station serves the town of Farnworth, in the Greater Manchester, England. The station underwent several name changes before the present name was adopted in 1974. Farnworth railway station is situated 2,700 feet west of Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prestolee and Kearsley.

Prestolee

Village

Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Prestolee is a small village in Kearsley, within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell and is one of a cluster of villages between Bolton and Kearsley, which includes Stoneclough and Ringley.

Kearsley

Town

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kearsley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashire, it lies 7 miles northwest of Manchester, 5 miles southwest of Bury and 3.5 miles south of Bolton.

Farnworth

Town

Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre, with an industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton and railways.

Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

Type: Canal
Category: body of water
Location: Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.55231° or 53° 33′ 8″ north

Longitude

-2.37633° or 2° 22′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C5VHJ2F+WF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 159665817

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=canal

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Satellite Map

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