Walton Summit area was important toward the South East near Brindle as the summit of the Lancaster canal's Walton Summit Canal Basin. This southerly stretch of canal was linked with to the northern section at its Preston basin via the Lancaster Canal Tramroad, locally known as 'Old Tram Road'. Walton Summit Walton Summit is an industrial area between Clayton Brook and Bamber Bridge, near Preston in Lancashire. It is in the South Ribble district. It is near the M61, M65 and M6 motorways and has a bit of single carriageway motorway from the M65/M61 roundabout. There is also the Lancaster Canal nearby.
East Lancashire Railway (1844–1859) 3 August 1846. The B&PR's Act of Parliament also allowed for a connection with the proposed Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington and Colne Extension Railway (BBA&CER), which would run from Stubbins Junction to Accrington, providing a direct link between Blackburn and Colne. A second BBA&CER act allowed it to lease or sell itself to the MB&RR, and so in 1845 the two companies joined. The MB&RR later that year changed its name to the East Lancashire Railway (ELR). The following year, the ELR acquired the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway (LO&PR), which gave it direct access to Liverpool Docks. The LO&PR's line