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Latitude: 53.5011 / 53°30'3"N
Longitude: -2.3811 / 2°22'51"W
OS Eastings: 374820
OS Northings: 400553
OS Grid: SD748005
Mapcode National: GBR CWTY.9P
Mapcode Global: WH988.D8DC
Plus Code: 9C5VGJ29+CH
Entry Name: Eastern Tunnel Entrance to Underground Canal
Listing Date: 29 July 1966
Last Amended: 2 September 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1288294
English Heritage Legacy ID: 400036
ID on this website: 101288294
Location: Worsley, Salford, Greater Manchester, M28
County: Salford
Electoral Ward/Division: Worsley
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Worsley St Mark
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Architectural structure Tunnel entrance
WORSLEY THE DELPH
SD 70 SW
1/51 Eastern tunnel
entrance to
underground canal
(formerly listed
as pair of entrances
to former mine
29/7/66 canal-tunnels)
G.V. II
Tunnel entrance. c.1760. By James Brindley. Segmental-arched brick lining
to the entrance which is hewn out of the rock face. Largely covered
by undergrowth. The beginning of approx. 46 miles of
underground canal which was used to extract coal up to the
late C19. The entrance opens into the Delph and is connected
directly to the Duke of Bridgewater's canal network.
Scheduled ancient monument.
Listing NGR: SD7482000553
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