A50 from Derby side - canal to right
A50 from Swarkestone side - canal to left
Brook under old canal - aqueduct needed
Canal bed to right, hump back bridge needed
Old railway embankment - see disused bridge - would have run over canal
Old lock sides - lock probably intact under tarmac (Fullen's lock)
Chellaston Road bridge
Chellaston Road bridge
Boulton Lane - another bridge requiredJust walked from Swarkestone junction to Boulton Lane, Alvaston where the canal bed is crossed by a busy road (Boulton Lane).
The canal bed is pretty much intact between Swarkestone and the new housing estate in Chellaston.
Problems noted so far:
The A50 cuts through the canal bed at canal height - there is an underpass next to the canal but it is too low and is used by the cycle path and farmers lane. This alone will cost millions to sort.
The next problem is a brook coming into Chellaston which will require an aqueduct to cross - the path takes a big dip with a small footbridge crossing the brook (Holmleigh Way).
Further along near a new housing development there is a road (Sinfin Moor Lane) on a embankment which will need raising and a hump back bridge forming over the canal. Past this point there is no discernable canal bed - just a concrete path.
Good news is the disused railway embankment further along will not require a new bridge.
The old lock sides near Somersal Close are visible at the sides of the tarmac path (Fullen's lock).
The rest of the route to Boulton lane has no major obstructions and is sufficiently wide to run the canal - the old Bridge under Chellaston Road (A514) although low offers possible navigation through to Boulton Lane.
Hopefully the weather will improve next time and I can take a bike (too much snow and ice today)
The canal bed is pretty much intact between Swarkestone and the new housing estate in Chellaston.
Problems noted so far:
The A50 cuts through the canal bed at canal height - there is an underpass next to the canal but it is too low and is used by the cycle path and farmers lane. This alone will cost millions to sort.
The next problem is a brook coming into Chellaston which will require an aqueduct to cross - the path takes a big dip with a small footbridge crossing the brook (Holmleigh Way).
Further along near a new housing development there is a road (Sinfin Moor Lane) on a embankment which will need raising and a hump back bridge forming over the canal. Past this point there is no discernable canal bed - just a concrete path.
Good news is the disused railway embankment further along will not require a new bridge.
The old lock sides near Somersal Close are visible at the sides of the tarmac path (Fullen's lock).
The rest of the route to Boulton lane has no major obstructions and is sufficiently wide to run the canal - the old Bridge under Chellaston Road (A514) although low offers possible navigation through to Boulton Lane.
Hopefully the weather will improve next time and I can take a bike (too much snow and ice today)
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