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 / 53.7928; -1.5480
End point	53°24′11″N 2°59′34″W / 53.4030°N 2.9929°W / 53.4030; -2.9929

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Legend
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 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) Keighley Silsden Skipton Thanet Canal (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 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  M58   M57  Aintree Bootle Liverpool Canal Link 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.