Mancunians have branded the Rochdale Canal an “eyesore” after the grim reality of what lies on the bottom of the busy city centre waterway has been exposed.
Masses of junk has been revealed on the stretch of the waterway between Canal Street and Oxford Road after it was drained last month for maintenance work to take place.
The Canal and River Trust is carrying out essential repairs to this section of the busy canal network, as well as conducting a huge clean-up operation.
