Lancaster Canal

Lancaster Canal
Cathouse Bridge (No. 64) over the navigable section of the canal in Garstang
Specifications
Maximum boat length	70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)
Maximum boat beam	14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
Locks	14
Status	Navigable
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust
History
Original owner	Lancaster Canal Navigation Co
Principal engineer	John Rennie
Other engineer(s)	William Crossley
Date of act	1792
Date of first use	1797
Date completed	1826
Geography
Start point	Preston
End point	Kendal
Branch(es)	Glasson Dock
Connects to	River Lune, Ribble Link

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Legend
Kendal Canal Head 178 Sedgwick aqueduct  A590  Kendal Link road Hincaster Tunnel (380yd) 174  A590  Kendal Link road End of watered section 171 Stainton aqueduct Killington Reservoir Peasey Beck 165 Crooklands aqueduct canal feeder  M6  culvert 162  A65  Moss End culvert canal feeder 160 Farleton aqueduct 154A  M6  Spinney culvert 153A North Road culvert 145 New Mill aqueduct 144 Burton aqueduct 141A  M6  Cinderburrow culvert Tewitfield locks (8) 139  A6070  culvert End of navigable section Tewitfield Marina Quarry Capernwray Arm 132A railway bridge 132 Keer aqueduct 129B  M6  motorway 121  A6  Town End bridge 120 Hest Bank Swing Bridge 107 Lune Aqueduct 106  A589  Bulk Road aqueduct Lancaster 97 railway bridge River Lune Lock and dock Glasson Basin 94  A588  Ashton road Sixth lock Fifth lock Fourth lock Third lock Second lock First lock Glasson Branch Junction 82 Cocker aqueduct 69  B5272  Snape Wood Bridge Garstang marina Bridge House marina 63B  A6  Preston Lancaster Road Garstang 61 Wyre aqueduct Catterall basin 52 Calder aqueduct 47  A6  Green Man bridge Barton Grange marina 46 Brock aqueduct Bilsborrow 38 Hollowforth aqueduct Moons Bridge marina 33 Woodplumpton aqueduct Swillbrook marina 28A  M55  16A  B6241  Tom Benson Way Ribble Link locks 1-3 11A  A5085  Blackpool Road Ashton basin Preston Original terminus Southern Section Fishergate tunnel Avenham Park inclined plane River Ribble trestle bridge Tramway Penwortham inclined plane Walton inclined plane Walton summit Whittle Hill Tunnel  M61  Johnsons Hillock Locks now Leeds and Liverpool Canal Wigan locks

The Lancaster Canal is a canal in North West England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria (historically in Westmorland). The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never completed, and much of the southern end leased to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, of which it is now generally considered part.

Of the canal north of Preston, only the section from Preston to Tewitfield near Carnforth in Lancashire is currently open to navigation for 42 miles (67.6 km), with the canal north of Tewitfield having been severed in three places by the construction of the M6 motorway, and by the A590 road near Kendal. The southern part, from Johnson's Hillock to Aspull, remains navigable as part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The planned continuation to Westhoughton was never built.