Ancoats · Manchester
Ancoats Canal Miles
Walk the Rochdale Canal past the mills that started the Industrial Revolution.
- ⏱ 30 min
- 💷 £0
- 🥾 Medium
Ancoats was the world's first industrial suburb — the mills lining this stretch of canal were spinning cotton before almost anywhere else on Earth. They're flats and restaurants now, but the brick and the towpath haven't changed much.
What you’ll do
- 1Find the towpath
- 2Walk it
- 3Prove it
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Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0
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