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Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal

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The Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal stretches form Hazelhurst to the Barnfields Canal Aquaduct at Leek. The canal was opened in1802 and was used for transporting (mainly) coal until the 1930s. It was finally abandoned in 1944. Restoration began in the 1960s and in the early 1970s restoration by the British Waterways Board & aided by volunteers was completed.

PRN number: 
02215-MST2206

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