


	Whitebirk \| Rishton \| Church \| Hapton \| Rose Grove

City of Liverpool

Stanley Dock Branch

Liverpool
0-3 miles

Bootle to Melling
3-12 miles

Maghull to Burscough
12- 24 miles

Burscough to Wigan
24 - 34 miles

Wigan
34 - 37 miles

Former Lancaster Canal South
37-47miles

Johnson's Hillock to Cherry Tree
47 - 54 miles

Blackburn
54-59 miles

Towpath Treks

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Blackburn to Burnley

Between Blackburn and Burnley are the towns of Rishton, Church and Hapton. The canal passes over then under the M65 as it snakes along the contour. Signs of industry are frequent on this stretch; there are coke ovens at Church and ruins of mining and chemical works.

Leeds
127.25 miles

Shipley to Leeds
115 -125 miles

Stockbridge to Shipley
109 -115 miles

Skipton to Stockbidge
99 - 109 miles

Gargrave to Skipton
93 -99 miles

Greenberfield to Gargrave
87 - 93 miles

Foulridge to Greenberfield
82-87 miles

Burnley Lane to Foulridge Tunnel
75 -82 miles

Burnley
71-75 miles

Rishton, Church and Hapton
59 - 71 miles

Click on the photographs to see a larger image and more information
	Whitebirk


Railway bridge at Whitebirk	Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Whitebirk	Side Beet Bridge #106	Canal at Lower Side Beet

Lower Side Beet	Cut Bridge #107	Horse Escape Slope	Norden Bridge #107A
Rishton


Canal at Rishton	Signpost at Rishton	Rishton Bridge 108A	Canal at Rishton

The view across to Church	Aqueduct over the Motorway	The M65	Approaching the Aqueduct

MilePost LPool 62 Miles Leeds 65¼ Miles	View to Church	Old Canal Basin	The towpath near New Barn Bridge #109

Under the Railway	Looking towards the Railway	Aspen Bridge #110	Aspen Bridge #110

Aspen Bridge #110	Coking Ovens, Church	Coke Oven, Church	Coking Ovens, Church

Coke Oven Arm	Coke Oven Arm	Mooring Ring	Foxhill Bank Bridge#111
Church


Rope Marks	MilePost LPool 63 Miles Leeds 64¼Miles	Canal Map	Canal at Church and Oswaldtwistle

Simpsons Bridge #111D and warehouse	Church Warehouse	Church Warehouse	Church Warehouse

Junk at Church	Church Kirk Mill	Church Kirk Changeline Bridge #112	Church Kirk Changeline Bridge #112

MilePost LPool 63 5/8 Miles Leeds 63 5/8 Miles	Leeds 63 5/8 Miles	In the middle of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal	Liverpool 63 5/8 Miles

MidWay	The Half Way Point	Church Kirk Church

Peel Arm from Peel Bank Bridge #113A	The Peel Arm	The Peel Arm	Rileys Swing Bridge #114

Rileys Swing Bridge #114	Warehouse from Enfield Changeline Bridge #114A	Warehouse Window	MilePost LPool 65 Miles Leeds 62¼Miles

Whalley Road Bridge #114B	Pilkington Bridge #114C	Fosters Swing Bridge #115	4 Pipes

Smith's Swing Bridge #116	Inside a Ruin	Outside a Ruin	Site of Smiths Bridge

Clough Bank Bridge #117	Ruin	MilePost LPool 67 Miles Leeds 60¼ Miles	Altham Bridge #118

A41	Leeds & Liverpool Working Barge	Altham Bridge #118	Ruin by Shuttleworth Hall Bridge #119

Shuttleworth Hall Bridge #119	Shuttleworth Bridge #119A Shuttleworth Hall Bridge #119	Dallam Forge Warrington	Higher Shuttleworth Bridge #120
Hapton


The M65 and the Canal	Hapton Boatyard	Hapton Visitor Moorings	Hapton Bridge #121

Hapton Bridge #121	Hapton Bridge #121	MilePost LPool 69 Miles Leeds 58¼Miles	Boats on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Knotts Bridge #123	Reflections on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.	MilePost LPool 70 Miles Leeds 57¼Miles	124AA 124A Molly Wood Bridge
Rose Grove


Railway #124C	Liverpool Road Bridge #126	The Kennet	The Kennet

Warehouse at Rose Grove	Dugdale Bridge #126A	Maden Fold Bridge	MilePost LPool 71 Miles Leeds 56¼Miles

Gannow Bridge #127A	#127C	#127C	Gannow Tunnel

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