555 - Forge Lane - Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, 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.

The 555 cycle route sign is located on a signpost at the entrance to a pathway that leads from Forge Lane to the Trent and Mersey Canal in Etruria. Route 555 follows the Trent and Mersey Canal from this location - right towards Festival Park and Etruria Junction and left toward Westport Lake at Longport.

The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93.5-mile long canal (150.5 km) in the East Midlands, West Midlands, and north-west of England, from Shadlow to Preston Brook. The first sod was cut by Josiah Wedgwood in July 1766 near Bridge 128 at the northern end of Westport Lake in Stoke-on-Trent. The canal was completed in 1777 and included more than 70 locks and five tunnels, with the company headquarters in Stone. (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 555 can be found at the following link, by typing Forge Lane
Stoke-on-Trent into the grey left hand search box above the map. (visit link)

Node Number: 555 Reachable Nodes: 5 at Westport Lake and Stoke : 550 at Etruria Industrial Museum/ Etruria Junction

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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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