Rochdale canal

Reopening was easy ... all we needed was some cash!

OPENING up the Rochdale Canal was never going to be insurmountable from an engineering point of view, but raising the money was quite another matter.

Money needed to save wildlife on the canal

ENDANGERED species that make their home in and around the Rochdale Canal will be put at risk unless The Waterways Trust can find the money to build a new canalside reserve.

A brief history of the Rochdale canal

THE first canal to be built over the formidable barrier of the Pennines, the Rochdale runs from the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge.

Councillor Allen Brett

OPENING up the canal was never going to be insurmountable from an engineering point of view, but raising the money was quite another matter.

Boaters will be a splash hit with economy

Director of Rochdale Council's Regeneration Unit, Andy Zuntz, said of the restoration scheme: "The premise is that we would not have gone ahead with this scheme if it wasn't going to make a significant difference to the economy of the borough.