As built, the canal had 92 locks. Whilst the traditional lock numbering has been retained on all restored locks, and on the relocated locks, the canal now has 91. Locks 3 and 4 have been replaced with a single deep lock, Tuel Lane Lock, which is numbered 3/4.
History
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester. Brindley proposed a route similar to the one built, and another more expensive route via Bury. Further progress was not made until 1791, when John Rennie was asked to make a new survey in June, and two months later to make surveys for branches to Rochdale, Oldham and to a limeworks near Todmorden. Rennie at the time had no experience of building canals.
Rochdale/ˈrɒtʃdeɪl/ is a market town in Greater Manchester, England, positioned at the foothills of the South Pennines on the River Roch, 5.3 miles (8.5km) north-northwest of Oldham, and 9.8 miles (15.8km) north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, population 211,699. Rochdale is the largest settlement and administrative centre, with a total population of 95,796.
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England which includes Rochdale, as well as other settlements
Rochdale cars were a series of mainly glass fibre bodied British sports car made by Rochdale Motor Panels and Engineering in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England between 1948 and 1973. The company is best remembered for the Olympic coupé made between 1959 and 1973.
History
The Rochdale company was founded in 1948 by Frank Butterworth and Harry Smith in an old mill building in Hudson Street, Rochdale. They performed general motor repairs and made themselves some alloy bodies, usually single-seaters, for racing Austin 7s and other cars. They went on to sell the bodies as the Mk II.
Rochdale Mk IV
In 1954 Rochdale launched the Mark IV, using a glass fibre, two-door, two-seater body that was supplied as a bare shell. It was offered with several wheelbases, ranging from 81 inches, primarily intended for the Austin 7 chassis, up to 108 inches. In addition to a suitable chassis, the purchaser/builder had to provide all the interior fittings and the brackets to locate the mechanical components. The body cost £47 10 shillings (£47.50) and was available until 1961. About 150 were made.
330 - He Lost Our Narrowboat on the Rochdale Canal
In todays vlog we continue up the Rochdale Canal out of Manchester. This part of the canal has a bit of a reputation for water shortages and antisocial behaviour. We had no shortage of water, there was plenty of it falling from the sky. We had a brilliant day and met some lovely people and can totally recommend the Rochdale Canal
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332 - An Eventful Climb to the Summit of the Rochdale Canal
In todays vlog we climb up the final flight of locks on the Rochdale Canal from Littleborough almost to the Summit Level.
This vlog was filmed on 24th August 2020
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published: 20 Dec 2020
Walking by the Rochdale Canal, Manchester | Canal view | Manchester, UK| Asfia Mahin
published: 18 Nov 2021
Rochdale Canal on Bike Timelapse - Rochdale to Manchester
This is my Rochdale to Manchester journey on bike Video shot on GoPro Hero 9 Black in Timelapse mode.
I entered the Canal route from Oldham Road in Rochdale. The journey took around 60 minutes and has been condensed in to this video to around 6 minutes.
Distance Covered: 12 Miles
Trip Day Sunday 27th September 2020
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4k
Frame Rate: 25
Auto White Blanace
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Bike: Scott Scale 970
Gloves - Mismatched Gardening Gloves (very Versitile) could not find my biking gloves, these worked really well
Temperature, around 6 degres celcius when I joined at Oldham Road, around 10 degrees when i got to final destination in Manchester
Music: https://www.bensound.com
published: 28 Sep 2020
Manchester | Walking Along The Rochdale Canal | July 2021 | 4K | CC
📍I walk down the Rochdale Canal from Castlefield to Canal Street in Manchester city centre. I start the walk at Lock 92 which is the final lock of the canal and I walk to Lock 87.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester. Officially, the canal opened in 1804, but construction work continued for three more years. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) branch from Heywood to Castleton opened in 1834.
The Rochdale Canal runs for 32 miles (51 km) across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
In Manchester, the Rochdale Canal connects the ...
In todays vlog we continue up the Rochdale Canal out of Manchester. This part of the canal has a bit of a reputation for water shortages and antisocial behaviou...
In todays vlog we continue up the Rochdale Canal out of Manchester. This part of the canal has a bit of a reputation for water shortages and antisocial behaviour. We had no shortage of water, there was plenty of it falling from the sky. We had a brilliant day and met some lovely people and can totally recommend the Rochdale Canal
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In todays vlog we continue up the Rochdale Canal out of Manchester. This part of the canal has a bit of a reputation for water shortages and antisocial behaviour. We had no shortage of water, there was plenty of it falling from the sky. We had a brilliant day and met some lovely people and can totally recommend the Rochdale Canal
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Q• Why are the videos so behind?
A• This summer we decided we really wanted to just enjoy travelling on the boat. If we felt like cruising we would. It turened out we cruised a lot which meant we filmed more and had less time to edit. This meant the edits got really far behind. It was not intentional its just a consequence of us looking after our own mental health. Don't worry we are not rushing, we are just trying to enjoy the adventure.
In todays vlog we climb up the final flight of locks on the Rochdale Canal from Littleborough almost to the Summit Level.
This vlog was filmed on 24th August ...
In todays vlog we climb up the final flight of locks on the Rochdale Canal from Littleborough almost to the Summit Level.
This vlog was filmed on 24th August 2020
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Q• Why are the videos so behind?
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In todays vlog we climb up the final flight of locks on the Rochdale Canal from Littleborough almost to the Summit Level.
This vlog was filmed on 24th August 2020
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Q• Why are the videos so behind?
A• This summer we decided we really wanted to just enjoy travelling on the boat. If we felt like cruising we would. It turened out we cruised a lot which meant we filmed more and had less time to edit. This meant the edits got really far behind. It was not intentional its just a consequence of us looking after our own mental health. Don't worry we are not rushing, we are just trying to enjoy the adventure.
This is my Rochdale to Manchester journey on bike Video shot on GoPro Hero 9 Black in Timelapse mode.
I entered the Canal route from Oldham Road in Rochdale. ...
This is my Rochdale to Manchester journey on bike Video shot on GoPro Hero 9 Black in Timelapse mode.
I entered the Canal route from Oldham Road in Rochdale. The journey took around 60 minutes and has been condensed in to this video to around 6 minutes.
Distance Covered: 12 Miles
Trip Day Sunday 27th September 2020
Camera: GoPro Hero 9 Black
Settings
Timelapse x10
4k
Frame Rate: 25
Auto White Blanace
Auto ISO
Shutter: Auto
Bike: Scott Scale 970
Gloves - Mismatched Gardening Gloves (very Versitile) could not find my biking gloves, these worked really well
Temperature, around 6 degres celcius when I joined at Oldham Road, around 10 degrees when i got to final destination in Manchester
Music: https://www.bensound.com
This is my Rochdale to Manchester journey on bike Video shot on GoPro Hero 9 Black in Timelapse mode.
I entered the Canal route from Oldham Road in Rochdale. The journey took around 60 minutes and has been condensed in to this video to around 6 minutes.
Distance Covered: 12 Miles
Trip Day Sunday 27th September 2020
Camera: GoPro Hero 9 Black
Settings
Timelapse x10
4k
Frame Rate: 25
Auto White Blanace
Auto ISO
Shutter: Auto
Bike: Scott Scale 970
Gloves - Mismatched Gardening Gloves (very Versitile) could not find my biking gloves, these worked really well
Temperature, around 6 degres celcius when I joined at Oldham Road, around 10 degrees when i got to final destination in Manchester
Music: https://www.bensound.com
📍I walk down the Rochdale Canal from Castlefield to Canal Street in Manchester city centre. I start the walk at Lock 92 which is the final lock of the canal an...
📍I walk down the Rochdale Canal from Castlefield to Canal Street in Manchester city centre. I start the walk at Lock 92 which is the final lock of the canal and I walk to Lock 87.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester. Officially, the canal opened in 1804, but construction work continued for three more years. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) branch from Heywood to Castleton opened in 1834.
The Rochdale Canal runs for 32 miles (51 km) across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
In Manchester, the Rochdale Canal connects the Ashton Canal to the Bridgewater Canal, and is thus a short link in the Cheshire Ring, a one- (or better, two-) week canal ring which has been popular for 30 years.
- The Ashton Canal connects to the western end of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, making the Rochdale Canal part of the South Pennine Ring.
- The Bridgewater Canal connects to the western end of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, making the Rochdale Canal part of the North Pennine Ring.
- The Ashton and the Bridgewater connect the Rochdale to all the canals on the west side of England, including the Trent and Mersey Canal and Macclesfield Canal.
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📍I walk down the Rochdale Canal from Castlefield to Canal Street in Manchester city centre. I start the walk at Lock 92 which is the final lock of the canal and I walk to Lock 87.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester. Officially, the canal opened in 1804, but construction work continued for three more years. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) branch from Heywood to Castleton opened in 1834.
The Rochdale Canal runs for 32 miles (51 km) across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
In Manchester, the Rochdale Canal connects the Ashton Canal to the Bridgewater Canal, and is thus a short link in the Cheshire Ring, a one- (or better, two-) week canal ring which has been popular for 30 years.
- The Ashton Canal connects to the western end of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, making the Rochdale Canal part of the South Pennine Ring.
- The Bridgewater Canal connects to the western end of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, making the Rochdale Canal part of the North Pennine Ring.
- The Ashton and the Bridgewater connect the Rochdale to all the canals on the west side of England, including the Trent and Mersey Canal and Macclesfield Canal.
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In todays vlog we continue up the Rochdale Canal out of Manchester. This part of the canal has a bit of a reputation for water shortages and antisocial behaviour. We had no shortage of water, there was plenty of it falling from the sky. We had a brilliant day and met some lovely people and can totally recommend the Rochdale Canal
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Q• Why are the videos so behind?
A• This summer we decided we really wanted to just enjoy travelling on the boat. If we felt like cruising we would. It turened out we cruised a lot which meant we filmed more and had less time to edit. This meant the edits got really far behind. It was not intentional its just a consequence of us looking after our own mental health. Don't worry we are not rushing, we are just trying to enjoy the adventure.
In todays vlog we climb up the final flight of locks on the Rochdale Canal from Littleborough almost to the Summit Level.
This vlog was filmed on 24th August 2020
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Q• Why do you speed up some of the footage in your videos?
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Q• Why are the videos so behind?
A• This summer we decided we really wanted to just enjoy travelling on the boat. If we felt like cruising we would. It turened out we cruised a lot which meant we filmed more and had less time to edit. This meant the edits got really far behind. It was not intentional its just a consequence of us looking after our own mental health. Don't worry we are not rushing, we are just trying to enjoy the adventure.
This is my Rochdale to Manchester journey on bike Video shot on GoPro Hero 9 Black in Timelapse mode.
I entered the Canal route from Oldham Road in Rochdale. The journey took around 60 minutes and has been condensed in to this video to around 6 minutes.
Distance Covered: 12 Miles
Trip Day Sunday 27th September 2020
Camera: GoPro Hero 9 Black
Settings
Timelapse x10
4k
Frame Rate: 25
Auto White Blanace
Auto ISO
Shutter: Auto
Bike: Scott Scale 970
Gloves - Mismatched Gardening Gloves (very Versitile) could not find my biking gloves, these worked really well
Temperature, around 6 degres celcius when I joined at Oldham Road, around 10 degrees when i got to final destination in Manchester
Music: https://www.bensound.com
📍I walk down the Rochdale Canal from Castlefield to Canal Street in Manchester city centre. I start the walk at Lock 92 which is the final lock of the canal and I walk to Lock 87.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester. Officially, the canal opened in 1804, but construction work continued for three more years. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) branch from Heywood to Castleton opened in 1834.
The Rochdale Canal runs for 32 miles (51 km) across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
In Manchester, the Rochdale Canal connects the Ashton Canal to the Bridgewater Canal, and is thus a short link in the Cheshire Ring, a one- (or better, two-) week canal ring which has been popular for 30 years.
- The Ashton Canal connects to the western end of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, making the Rochdale Canal part of the South Pennine Ring.
- The Bridgewater Canal connects to the western end of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, making the Rochdale Canal part of the North Pennine Ring.
- The Ashton and the Bridgewater connect the Rochdale to all the canals on the west side of England, including the Trent and Mersey Canal and Macclesfield Canal.
Thanks for watching.
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As built, the canal had 92 locks. Whilst the traditional lock numbering has been retained on all restored locks, and on the relocated locks, the canal now has 91. Locks 3 and 4 have been replaced with a single deep lock, Tuel Lane Lock, which is numbered 3/4.
History
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester. Brindley proposed a route similar to the one built, and another more expensive route via Bury. Further progress was not made until 1791, when John Rennie was asked to make a new survey in June, and two months later to make surveys for branches to Rochdale, Oldham and to a limeworks near Todmorden. Rennie at the time had no experience of building canals.
Touching footage shows the pair on their last adventure together on Channel 4's GreatCanalJourneys in 2019 ... From their first adventures, exploring the Rochdale and Llangollen canals, the couple became bolder as the show's popularity spread.
Her body was found five months later in the nearby RochdaleCanal and a post-mortem examination revealed she had been strangled ... Her body was found five months later in the nearby Rochdale Canal ...
Her body was found in the RochdaleCanal around a mile from her home five months later ... “And then someone brutally murdered her and left her body in the canal, hoping that no one in the family would ever know what had happened ... .
Latest addition to city’s high-rise cluster would include 364 homes. The building would rise from a podium faced by a ring of three-storey arches ...Opposite the site sits the Rochdale canal, Deansgate Locks and Deansgate CastlefieldMetrolink station ... .
The projects are set to welcome residents from mid-2026. Jersey Wharf will offer 190 one-, two-, and three-bedroom rental homes, transforming a previously vacant site on Jersey Street along the RochdaleCanal into a new residential community ... He added.
Heading to Manchester for uni? Nice one! Here are the best Manchester student bars and clubs to get familiar with. Skiddle Staff ... Let’s not mess about then ... ABBA ... They also have a little beer garden outside next to RochdaleCanalLake. ... .
Sarah Davey (left) has now been freed from jail after the ‘wicked’ murder of pensioner Lily Lilley ... Collect) ... They pushed the bin through the streets before shoving it in the RochdaleCanal ... The documents said ... Lily Lilley was murdered in 1998(Picture.
Sarah Davey (left) has now been freed from jail after the ‘wicked’ murder of pensioner Lily Lilley ... Collect) ... They pushed the bin through the streets before shoving it in the RochdaleCanal ... The documents said ... Lily Lilley was murdered in 1998(Picture.