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Canal tunnel entrances and wharf is a scheduled ancient monument comprising infrastructure associated with Lancashire's canal network development during the Industrial Revolution. The site includes the portal structures of a canal tunnel and adjoining wharf facilities, representing the engineering works necessary to facilitate inland water transport of goods and raw materials during the late eighteenth or nineteenth century. The tunnel entrance exemplifies the masonry construction techniques employed in canal engineering of this period, whilst the wharf reflects the commercial functions of the waterway at this location. These structures survive as physical evidence of Lancashire's role in Britain's canal system and the industrial economy it served.
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001956. View the official record →
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf is a scheduled ancient monument comprising infrastructure associated with Lancashire's canal network development during the Industrial Revolution.
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1001956.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lime kiln and associated culvert 50m north of Worsley Methodist Church (0.4 km), Wardley Hall moated site, Worsley (1.9 km), Bridgewater Canal's Barton Aqueduct embankment and retaining walls (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Canal tunnel entrances and wharf's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf stands on Pennine Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.