Not winding as in winding a clock; but winding as in winding a baby! One of 17 winding holes along the canal, where boatmen would turn their horse- drawn boats of 70 feet in length, using the wind to assist whenever they could. A busy area of canal engineering, with Denton Reservoir lying behind the trees on the far side of the canal. Denton Brook feeds this reservoir, which in turn supplies the canal with water. Having completed its task in topping up the reservoir, the brook carries on its way, being taken under the canal bed in a culvert. This tributary of the River Witham, becomes 'Old Beck' and later 'Foston Beck' on reaching the river. The steel bridge, over the overspill weir (being one of many), maintain the water level in the canal.