 Hello, thank you for joining me today. I'm going to continue my walk along the old leak to Macklesfield Railway I'm just looking where to go on the map Using the table that came free with my larder what I've had to do I've had to drive today because as we saw yesterday we got to the river and that was where the line Left Staffordshire then to Cheshire so we're now in Cheshire driven up to Cheshire in my larder because the Mile of track beyond there is inaccessible to the public. I'm now in the car park of Bosley or Bosley I'm not sure which way it's pronounced, but the Methodist Church, so what I'm going to do is Just have a quick look at the Methodist Church, and then I'll have to stop this clip I'll have to run back to the car grab the map and we'll walk off down the hill and find the station So it's quite an attractive little Methodist Church now the village is some distance away It is sort of just over the hill over there must be about a mile away and There is an Anglican parish church up there So it's not a huge didn't serve a huge amount of people, but they seem to have built this Methodist Church I'm gonna guess because I can't see a date stone on it about the time when they Opened the railway line and the railway opened in 1849 So whether they thought a village would grow up around here because although the railway here Didn't have that many passengers. It had a lot of Freight traffic, so we'll talk about that in a minute. Just see towering above us. That is the cloud What I have to do I mentioned it in yesterday's video. I have to go up there one day Certainly make a video because it would be worthy of it anyway, but we could perhaps Pinpoint some of these places from up on the clouds. So we'll do that some points. Anyway, I'm gonna go back to my car I'm gonna fold up the map and then I'm gonna walk down and show you the site of the railway station So we're now going to continue. I'll walk down the hill from the Methodist Church It's house behind me. This is called station house So this must possibly have been where the station master would have lived or it's built in a completely different style To the one up at Rushden. So maybe it wasn't actually built when the railway was built Maybe the current owner has just decided to call it station house. I'm not sure So the road we're on if you were to go from Bosley or Bosley to The village the original village by road This is the way you'd go up the hill around the corner turn left onto the main road that runs from Leeds and Macklesfield And it's probably over a mile. It wouldn't take long in the car. They take about five minutes But it was would have been quite a long way to have walked from the village itself It would be quite nice to walk up to the village, but we won't do that today Maybe one day we will because it's already evening. It's lovely evening, but still we've got a railway to explore So we won't explore the railways as well. So look as you're coming down here. It says heavy goods vehicles Plant vehicles crossing and we are coming to the site of the old level crossing and indeed site the old railway station Now when I did my research things have changed a bit because I mentioned it was rather industrial area When I looked there was all factories here. They appear to have demolished most of them But this area here as you can see suddenly the road goes just a little bit flat before Carrying on down this is where the railway line would have crossed. That's looking towards Macklesfield That is looking towards leak. I don't think the doors are going to open and a train is going to come out Let's have a look at these abandoned mills which appear to be in the process of demolition So the station I believe would have been just there. So yeah, you can see they really are well underway with the demolition You can see piles of rubble It's I'm not gonna. I'm not sure what's gonna happen if anyone knows what the plans are not woodchips in there So it does say private property and everything no trespassing. So we will stick to the road So route trains would have come across here and the station would have been Here somewhere now. I'm just trying to see if I can see it's his trespassers will be frosty So certainly not going beyond those gates, but from what I can see it doesn't look like there's anything left of the station at all But what I thought we'll do is we'll walk down the road through the hoarding each side and We'll just see what we can see because there was the path up to the village Which is public footpath so we should still be able to get onto that and that will cross the trap bed So we might be able to see some more of the trap bed there You can see there's a CCTV camera. Anyway, there's probably some security guard in an office now watching thinking what is that guy doing? Anyway, that looks like that was possibly the factory's offices and that Building is built probably where the railway station would have been I've imagined the station building would have been there I think there's some, well I can see there's some cottages here So these could have been a combination of railway workers or mill workers But the other interesting thing about this mill is it had its own narrow gauge railway which opened in 1887 Which went from here to the canal now we will come to the canal later on So it'd be interesting if we can find any remains of that because I've been told there is a cutting you might be able to see But I'm not entirely sure so just gonna let there's traffic temporary traffic lights. I'm quite safe to stand in the middle of the road You can see where most of the factories have gone. There's a building here with a hole in the roof So if you're ashamed to think they're gonna demolish that I don't know what I think for this one I might have to come back in a few years time and see what's happened. Then there's these cottages which Look like if they weren't derelict so they could be quite nice cottages, but they certainly need some work On those in double glazed windows, but look at the windows on that one and indeed Those ones there's that smell. You know when you walk past the building which has been demolished of sort of Rubble and everything So there is the end of the site I'm just gonna Don't think we can get in the close of it. Let's just have a quick look here. So yeah signs everywhere same private property The river is just down there, but that gives us quite a good view there of the extent Not only of the size of the mill, but the demolition Project and there's the cottages now the footpath that should take us up onto the trap bed Should be about here somewhere. So let's go and have a look see what we can find So the row along with the run behind Cottages you can hear the river quite clearly now So that's a funny thing that someone has made a Face or snowman almost out of tires that footpath should be here but maybe It is Further down the lane. I'll have to go and have a look what I'll do is I'll leave this clip here and When I found the footpath and we'll carry on so I'm gonna leave you with the smiling snowman Nathan tires So I've just come down the lane slightly from the tire snowman. He was just up there We're now running alongside the river And it looks as though there might be some more Demolition of this old factory going on up here, but it should be down here I was thinking the path up to the village was just there But I think it's gonna be a couple of hundred yards Further down the road so I can see more hoarding ahead But no building so that whether they've demolished some more factories. I'm not entirely sure I'll have to have a look on street view because when I looked on street view doing my research all of those factories were there So what's obviously happened is they've since demolished it and Be very interesting to see what they do put in the place and what comes to the site the railway station So I think we'll definitely have to revisit this one in due course once we've seen You know what's become of the sites are now the river leaves Park company with a road and I said there's some more hoarding on good I can see a public footpath sign ahead, which is what I was hoping for So there appears to be some more sort of light industrial Units here and the footpath that I've been looking for should be just past this building here. So the footpath is How residents from the village would have got down to the railway station whether they had to then walk along the lane I'm not sure or whether there was a path parallel to the railway, but my reasoning for taking you over Up that footpath and over the railway line is so we can have a better look at The site that actual track bed itself. So more industrial places. I'm not quite sure what all of this is There's lots of big silos and stuff It's and the further I've actually goes right through the middle of it So this time we can and the road goes over the river so we might as well have a quick look on the road bridge before we Go and find the track bed So let's just have a look at the river and then soon we should come to the canal. We might even see it I'm not sure so here is the River on One side if you have a look on the other side, but the river is a bit overgrown But you get quite a good view now. I can see what I'm looking for Look across over there You can see an embankment Now that is not a railway. That's the canal and that's where we're heading for so probably what I'm going to do I think there's a footpath running off up those fields when I've been Up to the railway track. I might come back this way if there's not a route along the railway And I'll go across the field on the public footpath up to the canal And then we can see where the railway line across the canal because even if we can't get on to the track bed It should be a squander. It's a other said There's a public footpath here. So let's follow it. See where we go through quite strange really going through the middle of an industrial factory and it certainly has this Abandoned feeling I mean I'm not doing urban exploration. So I'm not going to start Timing up and everything but Some people probably would find that quite fun, but then you could risk getting into trouble Which I'm not overly Wanting to do. Ah now this is interesting. I can see That we may not be able to get on to the track bed because there's a bridge So we're going to go under the track bed. Now whether there'll be a way onto the track bed I'm not sure but this path does take you all the way up to the village It's a bit muddy today So There is a kind of a Not much of a proper fence, but there is a sort of a fence Effectively stopping you going up onto the embankment, but at least we can go under the track bed So what looks like it happens here Is the footpath Carries on up here. Let's just go through this gate So there's a good view of the bridge where it's a bit obscure by trees. I agree. Let's just go up here This isn't a football. See if we go up here might see You can see where the track bed went as an electric fence. I won't open these Electric gates. So there we are that is the track bed just there You can see how the track went into a cutting and the station would have been a couple of hundred yards The other side of that cutting. So now what I'm going to do is head back to the river bridge and Let's see where I'll come to next So as I mentioned in the last trip I'd come down to where the bridge was over the River Dane and follow that Footpath, so that's exactly what I'm doing. So the bridge is just there now the railway line would have ran Just over there where the trees are So you've got the river first the other side of this field and then the railway and as I mentioned Up ahead of us the embankment you can see is the canal so the railway must have been Higher up because I believe the row went over the canal. That's the one thing We're definitely going to do today We're at least going to find the bridge where the railway went over the canal But it does appear to all be private land Which is a bit of a shame because I can't really see what you can do with a linear piece of land I suppose tractors can drive up and down it be nice though if it was open as a public footpath, you know all the way So what happens? I think the river Turns and comes along here in front of us. There should be an aqueduct up here somewhere So although this is supposed to be a railway video. It is going to feature some Canal as well. It is my intention at some point. I don't know when to do the canals so we can Well, you know when we do that we'll cover things more like locks and acts There's going to be quite a lot of locks in this area But I'm not going to go into too much detail on them in this one because as mentioned It's primarily about the railway. So the one thing though I don't know about and I'm wondering if any of my viewers can help me is that there was this two-foot six gauge Railway line which ran for about three-quarters of a mile from the mill to the canal So it must have run along the same Sort of route as the standard gauge line. So it opened in 1887 and closed in 1929 So chances of there being any pictures of it are probably quite unlikely because People on the whole didn't take pictures. There have been just so many Industrial railways that those who took pictures probably weren't didn't think it would be you know That worthy of taking a picture. It's a bit like I suppose. What would it be today? You probably wouldn't worry about taking a picture of an internet router in someone's house because it's not that You know, it's not exciting. Is it? Unless you're really into computers. So chances are no one ever Did document anything if anyone does know of any links to any pictures of the Railway stroke tramway then please do comment and tell me nothing. I don't know is was it work by steam or was it work by horses? I'm sort of thinking going by the relatively short distance. It's possible It could have been work by horses because it's quite a flat route But then there's a chance it could have also been work by steam because with various factories not too far such as Stoke on Trent and Manchester You know, there was no short supply of builders of steam locomotives So again, if you can answer any of those questions, how was the railway powered are there any pictures of it? And where exactly did it go? Then please do comment and tell me and it's possible in the future as well as Seeing what happens at the site of the factory we could perhaps Sort of do the future because then it will be the present and more of the past So I'm just going to carry on now up to the canal literally walking towards the Sun And when I find some more things to show you I Shall show you them we might even find something obvious that is the trap bed of the two foot six gauge line I'm not sure so Wait and see Well, that's been a bit of an adventure. Well, it's called Henry's adventures. I suppose what you expect I've been climbing through all this Himalayan balsam weed, but I've made it to the canal Now I thought I'd show you from this side. You can see there's an overflow down there I could just glimpse the aqueduct through the trees, but there's nowhere I could go to get a decent shot of it So at the moment, I can't show you what it looks like, but other than it looks pretty impressive But here we are now we've come to bridge 57. So we're going to go over the canal along the canal and Over the aqueduct as well and soon maybe even now not quite No, but we shall be able to find where the railway Crosses the canal so there's not much to see on that side the path I'm on carries on that way But we're going to leave that path now and we're going to go over this style That's not really a style and down onto the canal to path I'll just tell you a little bit about Himalayan balsam weed basically one of those plants It looks quite nice. It has quite a sweet smell It was bought over here by the Victorians being ornamental plant and now it's just nothing but a nightmare to anyone who works in countryside management I've During my time working for the National Trust I spent numerous times clearing Himalayan balsam weeds So yeah, so it can be looks nice. It's a bit of a nightmare It's quite attractive seen really along here and we've got to complete it. There is a barge coming along So I'm now walking over this very narrow Boardwalk as well as it is over the overflow because the overflow is water on it's just pretty bit slippery So the water off the canal runs off Down there and it must join the river So let's just get across here. We should pass the boat in a minute So as I said, it is supposed to be a railway video, but it's Turned into more of a canal video at least for the moment until we get back to the trap bed It's a very nice scene there If you excuse the nettles in the foreground So there's a canal boat just coming along, very nice scene something so calm about seeing a canal boat So now the canal boat's past us. We are just coming up to the aqueduct now. So we should perhaps get quite a good view from the aqueduct there's another canal boat northern soil they always have quite nice names and for those of you interested There's the number there. I don't take canal boat numbers. Maybe when I've seen every train in the world I might start doing boats, but At the moment there's enough trains I haven't seen so I'm not going to start that just yet if ever We might be able to see the aqueduct here because we're just coming up to it So let's have a look. Let me see There's this cast iron fence now Well that is pretty high So this is just a one-arched job, but it is quite high and quite spectacular Ideally if we could get down into that field We'd get a really nice picture, but I don't think we're going to be able to do that But look out there Shows you pretty off About 60-odd feet above the river now Not as high as upon the Aqueduct, but you know we are quite high and it's nice view Thank you So I am now going to try and find the railway track bed Passing a few more boats On the way So the railway line must have been in front of us three before those trees Grew up you could have once stood here and you'd have seen trains along the railway line So that's how the scene would have been once enough to now see the fields I came across in the factory in the distance So it's a very very pleasant place for an evening walk. I've not come here before But as I said one day I'll do the whole of the canal either on foot or on a boat And we'll we'll see more of it Even if I do things for you making all the canal open as a dog's bark Yes, I can see what I want to see Well firstly I can see a look and secondly I can see The railway bridge over the canal So the question is Are we going to be able to get onto the track bed? But if we can't At least we've Got this far Now there's two things I can do really If I can get onto the track bed then I will And I'll walk along as far as I can go So eventually joins the line from Stoke on Trent up through Macklesfield to Stockport and Joins the main line and there was a station called North Road Which would be quite good if we could Feature that's obviously being an operational railway We won't be going down onto the track, but there's a road bridge So I'm thinking we can look over The road bridge But that is probably about a mile from here. So what I might do Although I'm now pretty about a mile from where I parked the car I might just walk back And drive up there because there might not be a lot to make a video on Other than say look, this is the site of the station And we might be able to get maybe a passing Pendelina. I'm not sure And well, we should be able to get a train passing So here Is the lock. So this is I believe this is the beginning Of a flight of locks. So one day we'll have to make a video On this lock flight But although we're walking past it. It isn't actually really the subject of the video But what we can see here Is quite clearly see the trap bed the bridge And an embankment What can we get onto it is the question I'll have to have a look In a minute I'm not sure. It doesn't look like When there's no public footpath Marked on the map And I believe it was somewhere around here that that two foot gauge Two foot six or other Inch gauge railway line Came to Okay, so here's the bridge double track formation No footpath there But that said There's another lock here So we might at least get To get a better view again. No footpath I think the narrow gauge line must have come to somewhere Round here If that was once a wall Or is it just an area for boats To wait to pass through the locks So if now there's the railway line trap bed embankment Orchard lock this one's called So We're now on to the lock flight. I think what I'll do Is um I'll leave this clip here and I'm going to carry on up the lock flight. I've decided To the site of the station purely because Um We're running parallel to the railway so I should be able to see more of it I won't do too much on lock flight because like I said another day I'll come back and I'll make a video on the lock flight itself. So there we are there Here's the railway bridge over the canal. So I'm quite pleased we found that