Category: #canal

Trent and Mersey Canal industrial landscape: #5from7photo

This week we made a visit to the Westport Lake nature reserve on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent. After walking around the lake we then walked south along the adjacent Trent and Mersey Canal. This took us through an industrial landscape some of which was derelict. Here are a selection of photos taken with my compact camera:

Middleport pottery visitor centre
Bottle kiln at the Middleport Pottery visitor centre
Derelict buildings full of trees by the canal
Another derelict building fronting the canal. Taken from the bridge visible in the previous photo.
Yet another derelict building fronting the canal, this one with a tree growing out of what was the roof

To my eyes there is something attractive about these old buildings in a state of decay…