Caldon Canal, Industrial canal in Staffordshire, Great Britain
The Caldon Canal stretches 18 miles from Etruria to Froghall through Staffordshire Moorlands, featuring 17 locks and a 76-yard-long tunnel.
Built in 1776 for transporting limestone from quarries at Cauldon Low to Stoke on Trent, the canal cost £23,560 to construct.
The Etruria Industrial Museum at the canal junction preserves the last steam-powered potters' mill in Britain, representing local industrial heritage.
Navigation requires specific equipment including handcuff keys for anti-vandal locks and windlasses for operating the lift bridges along the route.
The canal incorporates segments of the River Churnet near Consall, creating a waterway system that alternates between artificial and natural channels.
GPS coordinates: 53.07960,-2.07012
Latest update: March 4, 2025 08:43
Ashcombe Park
3.1 km
Westwood Hall
3 km
The Ashes
2.4 km
Church of St Luke, Endon
2.6 km
Church of St Edward the Confessor
2.1 km
Church of St Chad
1.1 km
Arch Lodge
3.2 km
Bridge over canal (Wall Grange Farm) at NGR SJ 980 549
2.9 km
Milepost At Sj 933 541
2.1 km
Milestone at NGR SJ 988 543
3.5 km
Leek Brook Junction Signal Box on the Churnet Valley Railway
2.7 km
Mile post at NGR SJ 973 551
2.5 km
Milepost, Leek 3 Miles
943 m
Barnfields Canal Aqueduct at NGR SJ 979 551
2.9 km
Hazlehurst Aqueduct
38 m
Remains Of Cross At Sj 988 532
3.4 km
Milepost at NGR SJ 987 544
3.4 km
Sundial Approximately 40 Metres South Of Church Of St Edward
2.1 km
East tunnel entrance on Leek Arm of Caldon Canal
2.3 km
Canal Mile Post At Sj 980 523
3 km
Milepost At Sj 923 528
3.1 km
Footbridge At Sj 947 537
652 m
Milepost Outside 'Kings Croft', West Of Endon Village
3.3 km
Milepost At Sj 972 519
2.4 km
Milepost at SJ 988 532
2.5 km
Milepost At Sj 967 505
3.3 km
Milepost, W of Endon village
3.3 km
Milestone, Cheddleton Park, by gates to Ashcombe Park
2.9 kmReviews
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