2011
SJ9317 : Canal approaching Acton Moat Bridge
taken 14 years ago, near to Dunston, Staffordshire, England

Canal approaching Acton Moat Bridge
The very upmarket Acton Moat Hotel is off to the right in landscaped gardens. many of the private canalside gardens belonging to recent housing at Acton Trussell are beautifully maintained. The wide part of the canal is a winding hole.
The canal was opened in 1772, engineered by James Brindley. It cost a little over £100,000 at the time. The canal links the River Severn at Stourport to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood Junction in Staffordshire. There are 43 locks (45 if you don't fancy the deep wide locks at Stourport) and the canal is 46 miles in length.
The canal was opened in 1772, engineered by James Brindley. It cost a little over £100,000 at the time. The canal links the River Severn at Stourport to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood Junction in Staffordshire. There are 43 locks (45 if you don't fancy the deep wide locks at Stourport) and the canal is 46 miles in length.
Winding Hole
A wind-ing hole (pronounced as in wind = breeze, not as wine-ding) is a wide section of the canal where narrowboats up to 70 feet (21.3 metres) in length, the maximum accommodated by most locks on the canal system, can be turned round.