Winsford > Vale Royal > Hartford > Hunts Lock
At Winsford Bridge, the Weaver is half a mile from Winsford town centre
Winsford Flashes are lakes caused by subsidence due from pumping of Salt in Mid Cheshire.
Top Flash is situated just beside and below the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.
As the river passes the Red Lion pub, the Weaver enters the Navigation - 20 miles from the end of the river at Weston Point.
At Winsford, the river was once thronged on both banks with salt works. Now the east bank is landscaped as the Weaver Parkway.
On the left is the Meadowbank Mine of the Salt Union, sending rock salt all over the country to grit the winter roads.
Close by the mine is the start of the Whitegate Way - the track bed of the former railway line to Cuddington.
Newbridge is a quiet spot and the next stretch to Vale Royal locks is one of the prettiest parts of the river.
Leaving Vale Royal behind, the river soon passes under the 'Blue Bridge' of the Northwich by-pass and Marshall's Arm nature reserve is on the left, followed by Jalsea Marine - a mooring for many interesting boats and once a productive ship building yard.
As you approach Hunts locks to the right is the Northwich Rowing Club and on the backwater Riversdale Bridge - which was rebuilt in 2010.