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Rochdale Canal — photographed by Tim Green
Photo: Tim Green · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Rochdale Canal

Sowerby Bridge to Manchester via the Pennines. Heavily affected by combined sewer overflows — a poster canal for the Truth Engine.

52 km

Length

92

Locks

1

Storm overflows

0

Active right now

0

Spill events · 24 h

0

Open discrepancies

0

Monitors offline

52

Canal segments

Spill record· last 12 months · across the canal

1

spill event

13h

cumulative discharge

12.8 h

longest single event (all time)

2025-07-16

first event on record

Locks· 92

+ 12 more locks on this canal