The Heywood Branch Canal was a branch of the Rochdale Canal from Castleton which led to Heywood. It opened in 1834 and carried traffic until 1937. It was abandoned in 1952 along with most of the Rochdale Canal and although the Rochdale Canal has been reopened the junction lies under the embankments of the M62 motorway.
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