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Some renovated lime kilns by the Caldon Canal

Easy to pass, good condition

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nice detail on a beautiful path

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nice stop during the hike

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It's worth looking here

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Clearly visible next to the path

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The Devil's Staircase is situated in Consall Woods in Staffordshire. It consists of 200 thigh-burning steps that lead you through oak trees, wetlands and deep woods.

Open again in June 2021 with serving from a window and chairs and picnic benches in the garden. Good free parking alongside for general use (not just for tea shop visitors). Prices steeper than I expected - slice of cake (albeit large) and a cup of tea = £6.75 (2021)

Lovely setting for a tea room by the side of Froghall Wharf and the Cauldon canal. Serving during COVID times from a window with lots of picnic benches and chairs in the garden and alongside the canal. Some covered seating in a tent. Service friendly but a little slow. Large portions but prices seem steep - £6.75 for a slice of cake and a cup of tea anyone? (2021). Good free parking alongside for a ride along the canal.

The gothic arch of Cherry Eye Bridge is a splendid sight, but it is its name that gives a hint to this now tranquil region's industrial past. It is named after the red eye that the 18th-century iron workers suffered from dust particles thrown into the air by the various industrial processes. In its 1730 heyday, the Churnet Valley's works produced an annual 150,000 tonnes of ironstone. The Consall Nature Park is full of vestiges from this booming era.

The bridge is designed to allow a horse pulling a narrowboat to cross over to the opposite tow path without being un-coupled

Here is a replacement cast iron milestone 'and the original stone one rescued from the waterways museum at Stoke Bruerne where it had languished face down in a shed for years.' source: audiotrails

A very spacious car park with a visitor centre and immediate access to many trails. Bring a backpack and lunch and spend the day here. There are many woods to explore that can be accessed directly from the nearby Caldon Canal and a couple of incredible places within walking distance to refresh yourselves, namely: Black Lion & Hetty's.

Just below the Visitor Centre. It seems popular with fishermen as well as the reputed herons.

Made by the railway company to make space for the railway line. It was made using recycled materials and on some of the posts you can see grooves from the horse tow ropes.

One of the Consall woods. It is unique in that it is home to an old industrial waterfall and The Devil's Staircase.

Lock No.1 of the Uttoxeter canal is located at Froghall Wharf. The Uttoxeter branch of the canal is derelict, but the first lock and basin at Froghall have been restored by the Caldon and Uttoxeter Canals Trust and re-opened on 23rd July 2005. A bequest by Christine Vernon was made to the Inland Waterways Association which provided money for mooring pontoons and new stone to restore the first lock and basin of the Uttoxeter Canal. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall as far as Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England. It was authorised in 1797, but did not open until 1811. With the exception of the first lock and basin at Froghall, it closed in 1849, in order that the Churnet Valley Railway could be constructed along its length. Such is progress, I guess.

The timber walkway beneath was replaced last year too. It has been done to a fantastic standard. It is heartening to see these glorious canals maintained so well for the current and future enjoyment of hikers and bikers.

London Works Bridge near Consall in Staffordshire Often called Podmore Bridge, it crosses the Caldon Canal (Bridge No 50B) and the Churnet Valley Railway. It is wrongly numbered as 50 in the 2007 printing of Nicholson's Waterways Guide 4. The Caldon and Uttoxeter Canals Trust calls it London Works Bridge, and also omits the B from its number. The number 50 belongs to Consall Forge Bridge

This is the seventeenth and last lock on the Caldon canal. Like all locks on this canal it is a single width lock (approx 7' 6").  The Caldon canal is properly known as the Caldon branch of the Trent & Mersey canal, opened in 1779. The canal runs from the junction with the Trent & Mersey canal at Etruria to its terminus at Froghall which is 17 miles in total. At Hazlehurst the Leek branch runs for 2 1/2 miles to its terminus at Leek. The Uttoxeter branch used to leave the canal at Froghall but is now disused apart from the basin and first lock at the junction.