The Packet House

A further visit to the Worsley route on the Superlative Walks website.

This is the Packet House, at the very start of the walk. The Packet House was built in 1760, just before the completion of the Bridgewater Canal. Passenger services along the canal to Manchester started in 1769. Tickets were sold at the Packet House and boats were boarded, by passengers and cattle, at the boat steps in front of the house. The Bridgewater Canal is sometimes described as England’s first canal. It was named after the third Duke of Bridgewater who built the Canal to transport coal from mines at Worsley to Manchester. Opened on 17th July 1761, the Bridgewater Canal was the first canal in Britain to be built without following an existing watercourse.

Views across the lake in Worsley Woods to The Aviary were good today. I was interested to see that The Lodge has been extended since my last visit. As always, Roe Green looked great.