NEWCASTLE
UNDER LYME CANAL ROUTE
1890 OS Map showing
Trent Vale section of the canal
as it crosses the A34 at the bottom of the map
A
couple of minor roads crossed the canal as it ran south close to the A34. One
such minor road (apparently) still has a swing bridge crossing the cut.
at a housing development built
after the canal had closed
one of the streets was named "Bridge Road"
At
Trent Vale the canal curved south west for a hundred yards or so and then curved
back round to head east under the A34. The crossing point on the main road was
about ½ way between the B5041 (London Road - heading north east towards Stoke) and the big
A34/A500 roundabout.
At Oak Hill the dry bed of the canal can be found behind
The Cottage pub.
On
the east side of the A34 the canal continued east till it nearly reached the
River Trent. When the canal reached the old A5006 it turned again and headed
north east into Boothen. The canal route pulled away from the Trent until it came
close to the B5041 London Road into Stoke.
In Boothen the line of the canal can
still be seen where it is grassed over alongside this London Road.
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