Winding Hole below Dean Locks
Address is taken from a point 598 yards away.
Winding Hole below Dean Locks is on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan).
Early plans of what would become the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) were drawn up by John Smeaton in 1876 but problems with Swansea Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. In 1955 the Conway and Rhondda Canal built a branch to join at Nantwich. The four mile section between Southton and Northcorn was closed in 1888 after a breach at Eastworth. "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Henry Harding describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Ambersford Aqueduct.

You can wind here.
| Appley Bridge No 42 | 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Appley Bridge Winding Hole | 1 mile, 3½ furlongs | |
| Finch Mill Swing Bridge | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Ranicar's Swing Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Fisher's Swing Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole below Dean Locks | ||
| Dean Locks No 90 | ¼ furlongs | |
| M6 Douglas Valley Viaduct | ¾ furlongs | |
| Gathurst Railway Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Gathurst Bridge No 46 | 3 furlongs | |
| Roburite Bend | 4¼ furlongs | |
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![Infilled canal arm, Dean Locks, Gathurst. The fenced garden is the site of a lock down to the River Douglas, which was navigable when the Leeds & Liverpool canal opened. As late as 1948, the large-scale OS maps show this lock with gates [but almost certainly disused]. by Christine Johnstone – 28 May 2021](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/89/37/6893754_354e23ab_120x120.jpg)




![Dean Lock House, Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Built around the 1890s, between the later Dean Lock and a lock down to the River Douglas [now infilled]. In the background, the M6. by Christine Johnstone – 23 May 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/89/37/6893748_0dbbf058_120x120.jpg)



![Footbridge at the tail of Dean Lock [no 90]. This is the newer Dean Lock, which was first mapped by the OS in 1906, and not in 1892. by Christine Johnstone – 28 May 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/89/37/6893756_20655987_120x120.jpg)















