Sankey Valley

Had a ride along The Sankey Canal, which is also known as the Sankey Brook Navigation and the St Helens Canal opened in 1757, it ran along the valley of the Sankey Brook from the point where the brook joined the River Mersey, to a location to the north east of St Helens, The canal was gradually abandoned between 1931 and 1963, but has been the subject of a restoration attempt since 1985, when the Sankey Canal Restoration Society was formed. There are plans to restore the canal, and to extend it to join the main canal system via the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The total cost of this would be in excess of £100m and it is therefore a long-term project.!!! ( wonder if thats still true in the present climate!!) shame really as this is said to be one of the first canals built.

some nice old locks etc all in a really bad state of repair and mostly filled in . . anyway liked the look of this post all thats left of a lock gate sticking up out of the ground