2011

SJ6076 : A canal winding hole near Bartington, Cheshire

taken 14 years ago, near to Acton Bridge, Cheshire West And Chester, England

A canal winding hole near Bartington, Cheshire
A canal winding hole near Bartington, Cheshire
This is the Trent and Mersey Canal west of Ryan's Bridge, No 210.
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.


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Geographical Context: Canals other tags: Winding Hole Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Trent Mersey Canal at Bridge [28] · Trent Mersey Canal at Bridge 210 [10] · Cheshire [9] · Near Bartington [5] ·
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SJ6076, 133 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 29 August, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 2 November, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 600 765 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:17.0825N 2:36.0842W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 600 765
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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