 Thereafter it re-emerges in Stockton Heath just past the London Road Swing Bridge (A49) where it runs north-easterly passing under Loushers Lane Bridge until eventually passing under Knutsford Road at the site of the former Black Bear Public House.The course of the canal runs a short distance then to terminate and re-join the River Mersey close to Kingsway North Bridge.The Wigg Island nature reserve covers and was opened in April 2002.