Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal

Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal
Remains of the canal in Newcastle-under-Lyme, alongside the A34
Specifications
Locks0
History
Date of act1795
Date completedearly 1800s
Date closed1935
Geography
Start pointStoke-on-Trent
End pointNewcastle-under-Lyme
Connects toTrent and Mersey Canal
Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal
Trent and Mersey Canal
Towpath bridge, Stoke-on-Trent
Copeland Street bridge
Fowlea Brook aqueduct
Stoke Tunnel (London Rd/Church Rd Jn)
Flint Mill wharf
Flint Mill bridge 5
Flint Mill Jn
Bridge 6
Corporation Street bridge 7
Lower Vine Street bridge 8
Footbridge 9
Oakhill bridge 10
Drawbridge 11
Black Lion or London Rd bridge 12
Bridge 13
Spring Fields bridge 14
Bridge 15
Bridge 16
End of Newcastle-under-Lyme Jn Canal
Brook Lane basin, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal was a 3 mile 6 furlongs (6 km) level canal from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Stoke-on-Trent to Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was completed in 1800. The canal has been disused since 1935.