The canal which is now restored, runs through the centre of Stalybridge. It starts at Ashton under Lyne, and finishes in Huddersfield....

At the close of the 18th century, industry in the form of cotton mills began to flourish in an area to the north west of the town known...

Many occupants of Stalybridge still remember the time in 1965 when the redevelopment of the town centre included filling in the canal....