The Liverpool End Of The Liverpool - Leeds Canal
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| Eldonian Village Branch |
The Liverpool - Leeds Canal is over 200 years old and covers a distance of 127 miles.
Originally, it served as a vital transport route for industry, but now serves a different purpose providing a place for walkers, joggers, cyclists, canoeists, nature watchers and... barges - well it is a canal after all!
The area surrounding the Liverpool end of the canal has undergone many changes over the past few decades so I sent the drone up to get an aerial view of how it all looks, especially now it has a new neighbour with Everton Football Club building their stadium at Bramley Moore Dock.
Boundary Street
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| Boundary Street, Liverpool. It begins from Kirkdale Road (continues into Scotland Road) Everton's new stadium is at the other end |
Boundary Street is so called because it was the boundary separating Kirkdale and Liverpool which were originally separate towns.
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| Eldonian Village near Boundary Street |
Where Did The Canal End?
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| Where it ends now at Eldonian Village |
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| Bridge Pub Chisenhale Street |
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| Blue arrow shows the old canal route The aerial shot above shows where the canal now ends at Eldonian Village. The blue arrow shows the old route of the canal which went under Chisenhale Street. The bridge is still there, but an electricity transformer now resides in the place where the canal once flowed. The other side has been completely filled in with residential buildings erected on the old canal route. A building that has survived is the former pub on the bridge at Chisenhale Street, aptly named 'The Bridge'. It was better known as the Flyhouse because workers from nearby Tate and Lyle would frequent there. Being covered in sugary stuff, the workers would be followed into the pub by a load of flies! The Bridge pub is shown by the red arrow in the picture above. More pics and info to follow, so stay tuned ! |
