Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
	Ainscoughs mill in Burscough
Specifications
Maximum boat length	62 ft 0 in (18.90 m); (A 62' boat can traverse the whole canal; craft up to 72' formerly worked between Liverpool and Leigh.)
Maximum boat beam	14 ft 4 in (4.37 m); (Boats with a beam of 14' 4" can traverse the whole canal; craft with a beam up to 14' 6" formerly worked between Liverpool and Leigh.)
Locks	91
Maximum height above sea level	487 ft (148 m)
Status	Open
Navigation authority	Canal & River Trust
History
Principal engineer	John Longbotham
Other engineer(s)	James Brindley; Robert Whitworth
Date of act	1770
Construction began	1770
Date of first use	1774
Date completed	1816
Date extended	1822
Geography
Start point	53°47′34″N 1°32′53″W / 53.7928°N 1.5480°W
End point	53°24′11″N 2°59′34″W / 53.4030°N 2.9929°W

Neville Street, Leeds city centre

Leeds railway station, Leeds city centre

Holl Beck Enters the River Aire

River Aire, Aire and Calder Navigation

Lock 1, River Lock, start of the Leeds and Liverpool (1)

River Aire / Railway / Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Bondman or Monkpit Dam

Formerly the Canal Warehouse

Canal Basin, Granary Wharf, Leeds city centre

Monkpit Branch – Monkpit Lock was beneath the railway

Formerly the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Office

Access to Granary Wharf, beneath the railway station

Lock 2, Office Lock, Leeds city centre (1)

Tower Works – three listed towers

Railway Bridge 225H

Leeds to Shipley

Footbridge over the River Aire from the canal towpath

Monk Bridge 225G, Whitehall Road

Viaduct approach to Leeds Central Railway Station

Lock 3, St Ann's Ing Lock (1)

Bridge 225D A58 Wellington Road

Formerly the Lock Keepers Cottage, Oddy Locks, Wortley

Locks 4–5, Oddy Two Rise Staircase Locks (2)

Lock 6, Spring Garden Lock (1)

Danish Camp (Site of), Giant's Hill, Armley

Leeds–Harrogate Railway aka Kirkstall Viaduct, Harrogate line

Footbridge to Milford Place / Botany Bay Wharf

Viaduct Road / Canal Road, Bridge 225A

Entrance to Armley Mills Industrial Museum, from Canal Road

Armley Mills Industrial Museum

Airedale line (Leeds–Bradford/Skipton) and the Settle & Carlisle

Aire Valley Marina

Redcote Lane / Redcote Lane footbridge

Wyther Lane aka Amen Corner

Broad Lane, leading to Bramley

Kirkstall Brewery

Bridge 221A, B6157 Bridge Road

Lock 7, Kirkstall Lock (1)

Kirkstall Abbey

Locks 8–10, Forge Three Rise Staircase Locks (3)

Kirkstall Forge / Bramley Fall Woods

Locks 11–13, Newlay Three Rise Staircase Locks (3)

Footbridge / Pollard Lane, Newlay

Ross Mills Weir / Ross Mill Swing Bridge 219

Rodley Nature Reserve

Moss Bridge Road / Moss Swing Bridge 218

Bridge Road Swing Bridge 217

Bridge 216A

A6120 Leeds Ring Road, Rodley

Packhorse bridge / Owl Swing Bridge 216

Calverley Bridge

Lodge Swing Bridge 215, Calverley

Thornhill Bridge 214B, Parkin Lane leading to Calverley Cutting

Bridge 214A, A658 Harrogate Road

Apperley Bridge Marina

Apperley Road / Millman Swing Bridge 214

Locks 14–15, Dobson Two Rise Staircase Locks (2)

Canal and River Trust Office, Dobson Locks, Apperley Bridge

Airedale line (Leeds-Bradford/Skipton) and the Settle & Carlisle

Idle Swing Bridge 212

Esholt Footbridge

Locks 16–18, Field Three Rise Staircase Locks (3)

Footbridge, Baildon / Buck Hill Swing Bridge 211, Thackley

Oddies Swing Bridge 210

Wharfedale line

Dock Swing Bridge 209, Dock Lane, Shipley

Bradford Wharfs

Locks (10)

Bradford Canal

Shipley

Lock 19, Hirst Lock (1)

Dowley Gap, seven-arch aqueduct over the River Aire

Locks 20–21, Dowley Gap Two Rise Staircase Locks (2)

Locks 22–24, Bingley Three Rise Locks (3)

Locks 25–29, Bingley Five Rise Locks (5)

(or Springs Branch)

Lock 30, Holme Bridge Lock (1)

Eshton Beck

Locks 31–35, Gargrave locks (5)

Priest Holme Rly bridge

Priest Holme aqueduct over the River Aire

Winterburn reservoir

Locks 36–41, Bank Newton locks (6)

Lancashire–Yorkshire border (Bedlam Dike)

Locks 42–44, Greenberfield locks (3)

Summit pound

Little Cut

Lower Park Marina, Barnoldswick

Pre 1974 Lancashire–Yorkshire border (County Brook)

Foulridge Tunnel

(1640 yd)

Slipper Hill & Whitemoor reservoirs

Foulridge reservoirs (2)

Barrowford reservoir

Summit pound

Locks 45–51, Barrowford locks (7)

Colne Water

M65 bridge

Reedley Marina

Burnley to Bootle

Burnley Embankment

Burnley Wharf / Weavers' Triangle visitor centre

Burnley Barracks & Burnley Manchester Road

M65 aqueduct

Gannow Tunnel

(559 yd)

M65 bridges (4)

M65 aqueduct

Rishton Reservoir

Locks 52–57, Blackburn locks (6)

River Darwen

M65

Locks 58–64 Johnson's Hill locks (7)

Formerly the Lancaster Canal

M61

Manchester–Preston line

A6 Bolton Road

White Bear Marina, Adlington

Formerly the Lancaster Canal

Locks 65–85, Wigan locks (East of Leigh branch) (21)

Wigan Junction

Poolstock locks (2)

Leigh Branch

West Coast Main Line

Jn with Bridgewater Canal

River Douglas

Locks 86–87, Wigan locks (West of Leigh branch) (2)

Wigan Pier

Locks 88–89, Pagefield and Ell Meadow Locks (2)

Crooke Village Marina

M6

Locks 90–94, Dean Locks and Appley Locks (4)

To River Ribble

Tarleton Lock connects to River Douglas

8 locks on branch

Rufford Branch

Scarisbrick Marina

Stanley Dock locks (4)

Eldonian Basin, Liverpool

Philips Street coal yards basin (closed 1960s)

Clarkes Basin (closed 1886)

Stanley Dock

Lock

Tunnels (3) Pier Head

Mann Island Lock

Tidal gate

Canning Dock

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.

Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks system.