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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