HARECASTLE TUNNEL KIDSGROVE - Deep beneath Kidsgrove lies one of Britain’s most atmospheric canal passages — Harecastle Tunnel. Carved by hand in the 18th century and later rebuilt by Telford, this tunnel became a lifeline for the Potteries, carrying boats, industry, and generations of working boatmen through its dark, iron‑stained waters. But Harecastle is more than engineering. It’s a place of stories — from the exhausting “legging” journeys of early boatmen to the eerie legend of the Kidsgrov