Unlocking the Potential Transforming a Canal for Economic and Social Growth #UKcanals #Manchester

The Forgotten Waterway of Manchester and Stockport

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Today we take a walk down through the industrial heartland of Manchester, from near to sportcity the fantastic complex by Manchester City FC and the Etihad stadium, Co-Op Live Arena and the training complex we walk away from the Ashton Canal through Clayton and Openshaw towards Stockport and the Gorton Reservoir and outdoor centre following the yellow brick road. We explore Old Bridges, Aqueducts and discover lots of original parts of the canal including cobbled towpaths and old docks. The area is complete with cycle ways following abandoned railways on the Fallowfield loop which takes in the canal route, could this be a future green highway for people moving around the city? Could a new marina revitalise the area and bring millions into the local economy. Could Man City help to fund it?

This really is a fascinating area and one with massive opportunity to help revitalise an area that’s pulling out of its post industrial decline. Please do follow the links below and see if you can help this fantastic project.

Manchester and Stockport Canal Society – http://www.mscs.org.uk

Manchester and Stockport Canal Society Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068238694666

Fund Britains Waterways petition – https://www.change.org/p/fundbritainswaterways

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Fund Britains waterways – https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/sites/fund-britains-waterways-overview

Keep canals alive (canal and river trust) – https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/support-us/our-campaigns/keep-canals-alive

Rail Map Online – https://www.railmaponline.com

Waterway Routes – https://www.waterwayroutes.co.uk

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it’s an amazing scheme and it’s such a simple scheme to do there really isn’t anything stopping this from happening £1 million at worst case scenario maybe a little bit more now because of of the economy it’s pocket money to a lot of these councils and big business around here but would bring so much in benefit to the local area both in on in economy in nature the social economic side is just astounding what this canal can do so again you could add a cafe and sort of facilities up here for anyone moing up here or anyone visiting which could bring even more money into the local economy and this could become something pretty special quite soon so please do support the trust see what you can do and have a great day