Parking info – I have got permission from Malkin’s Bank Golf Club for us to use their overflow car park for easy access to Lock 62. It can be accessed from the main road through Malkin’s Bank village. By Sat Nav use postcode CW11 4XN.

If you’re travelling from Rode Heath on the A533, carry on for about 1.5 miles until you come to a crossroads. Turn left onto New Inn Lane and follow this for about half a mile. Turn right at a 3 way junction just before Hassall Green onto Betchton Road. Carry on for about a mile and turn left into the entrance to Malkin’s Bank Golf Course just before the new houses. Carry on over the canal bridge, then right through the main car park and carry on to the signposted Overflow Car Park.

If you’re travelling from Sandbach, take the A533 to Alsager. After about half a mile, just past the Co-op and opposite the Top of the Hill Chip Shop, take a right onto Hassall Road. After about 0.8 miles Hassall Road takes a gradual left and becomes Betchton Road. Carry on past the new houses and right into Malkin’s Bank Golf Course. Proceed to the Overflow Car Park as above.