This
part of the canal runs from the now demolished Soap House Bridge (also
known as High Town Bridge) at Shay Lane to the canal summit at Lock
15 - about 5 km from the River Calder at Heath. The canal towing path
swopped sides (east to west) at Lock 14.
On
this stretch the canal is not in water. A little water, and much mud,
is present from lock 15 southwards under Walton Hall Bridge towards Haw Park Bridge and the Stoneheaps Cutting.
Click on the pictures below to enlarge.
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 The Upper Lock Keeper's Cottage and the towing path bridge. Situated
at Lock 14 (Shaw's Lock), Walton Park is behind the cottage. not the clearest picture, but it gives an idea. Photographed in the early 20th century. Courtesy John Goodchild Loan Collection. |
 Canal route (now a public footpath) adjacent to Cherry Tree near Lock 13. © John S. Sargent June 2000. |
 Lock 14. Originally, there was a bridge here, see picture above, taking the towing path across the canal. © John S. Sargent June 2000. |
 Another view of Lock 14 (Shaw's Lock). The cottage may also have been known at one time as "Peacock's". This picture was taken in the mid-1920s. The lock-keeper's cottage, bridge and most of the lock have now gone. Photograph: D.M. Thompson. |
 About 5 km from the River Calder, Lock 15, the canal summit, near Walton Hall Bridge. © John S. Sargent June 2000. |
 This gateway in the wall leads from the canal near Lock 15 into Walton Park on the Waterton Trail. A locked gate is now in place and access is via a nearby wooden bridge over the canal. © John S. Sargent 21st October 2000. |
 About 5 km from the River Calder, Lock 15, the canal summit, near Walton Hall Bridge. © John S. Sargent 21st October 2000. |
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