Peak Forest Canal

E104287
canal narrow canal

The Peak Forest Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England that was built to transport limestone from Derbyshire and now serves as a scenic route for leisure boating and walking.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Peak Forest Canal canonical 20
Peak Forest Canal lock system 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
narrow canal ⓘ
BugsworthBasinStatus restored historic canal basin ⓘ
connectedIndustry lime burning ⓘ
limestone quarrying ⓘ
connectsTo Ashton Canal ⓘ
Macclesfield Canal ⓘ
constructionMaterial brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1794 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse angling ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
walking ⓘ
engineer Benjamin Outram ⓘ
gauge narrowboat gauge ⓘ
hasBasin Bugsworth Basin ⓘ
hasStructure Marple Aqueduct ⓘ
Marple Locks ⓘ
hasTowpath yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of a conservation area in several sections ⓘ
historicalPurpose to link limestone quarries in Derbyshire to industrial areas near Manchester ⓘ
industrialRevolutionRole facilitated transport of raw materials to Manchester ⓘ
length approximately 15 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Derbyshire ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
lockFlightName Marple Locks ⓘ
surface form: Marple lock flight
managedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
MarpleAqueductStatus listed structure ⓘ
navigationAuthority Canal & River Trust ⓘ
numberOfLocks 16 ⓘ
openingDate 1800 ⓘ
partOf Cheshire Ring ⓘ
passesThrough Hyde ⓘ
Marple ⓘ
New Mills ⓘ
Romiley ⓘ
primaryHistoricalUse transport of limestone ⓘ
region Peak District (part) ⓘ
surface form: Peak District fringe
status fully navigable ⓘ
terminus Bugsworth Basin ⓘ
Dukinfield ⓘ
Whaley Bridge ⓘ
towpathUse cycling ⓘ
walking ⓘ
waterSource River Goyt feeders and local reservoirs ⓘ
waterwayType navigable waterway ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennine waterways → hasPart → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Ashton-under-Lyne → connectedByCanalTo → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Marple → hasWaterway → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport → hasCanal → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Ashton Canal → terminus → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Ashton Canal → connectsWith → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Macclesfield Canal → connectsTo → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Portland Basin → locatedOnWaterway → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Portland Basin → junctionOf → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Whaley Bridge → hasCanal → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Romiley → hasWaterway → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Marple Locks → locatedOnWaterway → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Marple Locks → partOf → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peak Forest Canal lock system
Marple railway station → nearbyFeature → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Roman Lakes Leisure Park → near → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Marple Hall (demolished) → nearbyInfrastructure → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Marple Hall
Woodley → hasCanal → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Manchester canal network → hasPart → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Marple Aqueduct → carries → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Marple Aqueduct → partOf → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ
Marple Aqueduct → waterway → Peak Forest Canal ⓘ