Canal Street is located near Rosamund Street.
In 1980, a new car park was opened on the street.
In 2003, the murderous financial advisor Richard Hillman tried to kill himself and his family by driving into the canal on Canal Street. His passengers (Gail Hillman and Sarah, David and Bethany Platt) managed to escape, but Richard drowned. The canal was shortly afterwards subject to a police operation in which the car was removed and his body found.
Canal Street was revisited by David in 2007 when he left a voicemail for his mother Gail telling her that he was going to commit suicide. He then drove himself into the canal, in a way recreating his ordeal four years earlier. This occurred on the day of the wedding of his sister Sarah and Jason Grimshaw. However, after his family had listened to the voicemail and were left distraught and deeply worried, David returned home soaking wet. He had just tricked his family into thinking he was dead, in order to ruin his sister's wedding!
Richard Hillman's car plunging into the canal on Canal Street.
The police searching for David Platt's body in 2007.
Canal Street and its canal in 2007; David contemplates suicide in the car