550 - Bridge 39 Caldon Canal - Denford, Nr Cheddleton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,UK. - Cycling Routes on Waymarking.com

The cycle route is a part of the UK National Cycle Network. It is a network of safe, traffic-free paths and quiet on-road cycling and walking routes that criss-cross the country, linking up villages, towns and cities.

This 550 sign is attached to a wooden post located on the tow path at road Bridge No 39, travelling from Waterhouses towards Etruria. This is the junction of the Caldon Canal with Sutherland Road and Park Lane. There is also a sign on the other side of the bridge, both indicating the direction to travel.

Route 550 starts at the car park on Earlsway in Waterhouses and runs from Waterhouses to Etruria Junction in Stoke-on-Trent. The route follows country roads from Waterhouses to Basford Bridge where it joins the Cauldon Canal.

The Caldon Canal was built between Etruria and Froghall in 1776 at a cost of £23,560 and was intended to carry limestone from the quarries at Cauldon Low near Waterhouses to Stoke on Trent. A tramway, included in the cost, was built from the quarries to the canal.
In 2014 the historic towpath of the Caldon Canal was improved to provide a link connecting the Potteries through the Staffordshire Moorlands to the Peak District. The project costing £2m was spent on improving the towpath for both walkers and cyclists. (visit link)

"Recent Schemes (North Staffs)
To improve cycle access to the Peak District from the Potteries funding has been obtained (2013) to upgrade the Caldon canal towpath from Stockton Brook to Cheddleton to complete route 550 which connects route 555 at Etruria (and route 5 at Shelton) with NCR 549 (the Manifold Trail). The towpath of the Leek branch of the Caldon canal will also be improved to link NCR 550 to Leek and the Roaches and will become NCR 559." Source: (visit link)

The organisation called SUSTRANS was set up in Bristol in 1977. They had a vision to improve conditions for people walking and cycling.
By the 1990s cycling and walking routes had been built all over the country, mainly using disused railway paths and canal towpaths. In 1995, they campaigned and won the first ever grant from the Millennium Commission for £42.5 million to create a UK-wide network that linked the routes to provide high-quality, convenient routes for walking and cycling. The Network that exists today involves hundreds of partners. Source: (visit link)

Route 550 can be found at the following link, by typing Cheddleton Churnet Valley Station into the grey left hand search box above the map. (visit link)

Node Number: 550 Reachable Nodes: 549 - at Waterhouses 559 - at Denford

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• Provide at least two photographs, one a close-up of the sign, clearly showing the number and another of the sign showing it in its surroundings. Tell us something about the area, or your journey.
• Toon tenminste twee foto's een close-up van het knooppuntbord waarop het knooppuntnummer duidelijk te lezen is. En toon een foto waarin zowel het knooppunt als de omgeving te zien is. Vertel iets over de omgeving of over je reis.

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