ON ITS FINAL STRETCH THE WEAVER SPLITS NEAR FRODSHAM, THE RIVER WEAVER PASSING BENEATH FRODSHAM BRIDGE, THE WEAVER
NAVIGATION BENEATH SUTTON BRIDGE BEFORE MERGING AGAIN AT WESTON POINT CLOSE TO THE START OF THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.

RAILWAY VIADUCT AT FRODSHAM SPANNING THE RIVER WEAVER, WHICH ACTED AS AN IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION ROUTE TO THE MIDLANDS
POTTERIES BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE MAJOR CANALS .

LONE BEECH TREE FACING WILLOWS AND CONIFERS UPSTREAM OF DUTTON LOCK AND CLOSE TO ANOTHER SPLIT IN THE RIVER (TO THE LEFT OF SHOT),
WHERE FLOOD WATER DETOURS THROUGH SLUICE GATES (SEE COVER IMAGE).

FRODSHAM LOCK, DERELICT AND IN-FILLED. NEARBY, DOZENS OF BARGES WERE ABANDONED AS THE NAVIGATION FELL INTO DISUSE FOLLOWING THE
DECLINE OF THE SALT INDUSTRY AT NORTHWICH AND WINSFORD.

CAREY PARK, NORTHWICH, PART OF A SERIES OF COUNTRY PARKS CREATED ACROSS THE FORMER AREA OF INTENSIVE SALT MINING. FLOODING OF THE
ABANDONED MINES RESULTED IN SUBSIDENCE OF THE WHOLE TOWN AND THE CREATION OF 'FLASHES', HUGE LAKES WHICH FORMED OVERNIGHT AS THE
GROUND COLLAPSED AND THE WEAVER FLOODED IN. IN 2007 MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF A 'CONCRETE' MIX (CEMENT AND PULVERISED FUEL ASH) WERE
PUMPED BELOW GROUND VIA AN IMMENSE PIPELINE IN AN EFFORT TO SHORE UP THE WORKINGS BY REPLACING THE PUMPED OUT BRINE WATER.

CAR PARKING CLOSE TO ASHTON'S AND NEUMANN'S FLASHES, NOW WETLAND AREAS WITH VIEWING PLATFORMS AND BIRD HIDES. BY 1897 THE AREA WAS
THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF SALT IN BRITAIN. THE UK'S ONLY ROCK SALT MINE IS LOCATED AT NEARBY WINSFORD, ON THE ROUTE OF THE WEAVER. THE
BROWN COLOURED SALT IS USED FOR WINTER ROAD GRITTING AND CATTLE LICK. ABANDONED MINES ARE USED FOR DOCUMENT AND SENSITIVE
MATERIAL STORAGE.

FLOATING HOTEL, NORTHWICH. FOR MANY YEARS BUILDINGS IN THE TOWN HAVE BEEN BUILT ON JACKS SO THEY CAN BE RAISED FOLLOWING SUBSIDENCE.
THIS HOTEL IS AN INGENIOUS ALTERNATIVE. THE FLASHES WHERE MAJOR SUBSIDENCE OCCURRED COVER HUNDREDS OF ACRES AND WERE POLLUTED
BY THE DUMPING OF WASTE FROM SODA ASH PRODUCTION (AN INDUSTRY THAT REQUIRED A LOT OF SALT). THIS CREATED LIMEBEDS AND THE LANDSCAPE
WAS ABANDONED AS UNUSABLE. ONE OF THE MAIN COMPANIES, BRUNNER MOND, LATER AMALGAMATED WITH 30 OTHER COMPANIES TO FORM ICI.

PIPELINE CROSSING THE WEAVER NAVIGATION AT FRODSHAM. IN THE BACKGROUND IS ROCKSAVAGE, RUNCORN, THE START OF EXTENSIVE
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BASED AROUND THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY.

ACCESS FOR WALKERS, FRODSHAM LOCK.

CLAY PIGEON SHOOT AND MACHINERY - THE SOUND OF SHOOTING DOMINATES THE PEACEFUL RIVER WEAVER AND CAN BE HEARD FOR MILES AROUND.

DUTTON LOCKS, CAPABLE OF TAKING TWO BARGES AT A TIME AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SEASON. ALTHOUGH A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE INLAND THE
DREDGED NAVIGATION ALLOWED THE PASSAGE OF SEA-GOING VESSELS UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY. NOW A POPLUAR WALKING SPOT AND TOURIST
DESTINATION.

RECENTLY CREATED FOOTPATH AND BENCH ALONG THE RIVER WEAVER NEAR FRODSHAM.