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Peak Forest Canal Horse Tunnel, Buxworth Arm

A Grade II Listed Building in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3373 / 53°20'14"N

Longitude: -1.9806 / 1°58'50"W

OS Eastings: 401389

OS Northings: 382264

OS Grid: SK013822

Mapcode National: GBR GYMV.0D

Mapcode Global: WHBBC.KC2X

Plus Code: 9C5W82P9+WQ

Entry Name: Peak Forest Canal Horse Tunnel, Buxworth Arm

Listing Date: 10 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1249858

English Heritage Legacy ID: 432085

ID on this website: 101249858

Location: Bridgemont, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK23

County: Derbyshire

District: High Peak

Civil Parish: Whaley Bridge

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire

Church of England Parish: Whaley Bridge, Taxal St James

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Navigable aqueduct

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WHALEY BRIDGE PEAKFOREST CANAL
SK 08 SW
Bridgemont
5/10005 Horse Tunnel, Buxworth
Arm
- II

Aqueduct/horse tunnel taking Peak Forest Canal arm to Buxworth (formerly Bugsworth) Basin.
Presumably built between 1794 and 1801 with later alterations. Benjamin Outram and Thomas
Brown, engineers. Dressed stone. Segmental arch with rock faced voussoirs. Concave retaining walls
with parapets to North elevation in snecked masonry (ie later) and lost to south elevation: rock faced
bands and rounded coping (to north) : rock faced, squared terminating piers.
NB Cobbled towpath remains


Listing NGR: SK0138982264

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