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Gannow Tunnel | Weavers Triangle | Burnley Embankment
 

City of Liverpool

 

Dock Link

 

Stanley Dock Branch

 

Liverpool
0-3 miles

 

Bootle to Melling
3-12 miles

 

Maghull to Burscough
12- 24 miles

 

Rufford Branch

 

Burscough to Wigan
24 - 34 miles

 

Wigan
34 - 37 miles

 

Leigh Branch

 

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

Burnley

Burnley is the location of one of the 7 wonders of the canal world, the "Straight Mile" of Burnley Embankment.

City of Leeds

 

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


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Leeds Liverpool Canal Foulridge Gannow Tunnel 
 
Gannow Tunnel Top Gannow Tunnel Gannow Tunnel Gannow Tunnel
View from Tunnel Top Gannow Tunnel Gannow Tunnel Gannow Tunnel
Burnley Mill by Leeds Liverpool Canal Mill By the Leeds Liverpool Canal Canal Aqueduct over M65 Canal Aqueduct over Motorway
New Houses & Old Mill Mill by Canal Canal Aqueduct Canal Aqueduct
Railway Bridge #129A Mitre Bridge #129B Mill Windows Empty Mills by the Leeds Liverpool Canal
Railway Bridge #129A Mitre Bridge #129B Mill Windows Empty Mills of Burnley
Slater Terrace, Burnley Slater Terrace, Burnley Sandygate Bridge #130 Sandygate Bridge #130
Slater Terrace Slater Terrace and the chimney of the boiler house for Sandygate Shed Sandygate Bridge #130 Sandygate Bridge #130
Weavers Triangle 
 
Walker Hey Footbridge 130A Industrial Building by Leeds Liverpool Canal Burnley Manchester Road wharf, Burnley Manchester Road wharf Burnley
Walker Hey Footbridge #130A Celtique mill or Waterloo shed with chute to canal Manchester Road Wharf Under the covered wharf
Canal Warehouse, Burnley R&J Rankin Union Iron Foundry Manchester Road Toll Office Burnley Towrope pulley Burnley Wharf
Wharf Crane R&J Rankin Union Foundry Manchester Road Toll Office Towrope Pulley
Manchester Road Wharf Manchester Road Bridge #130B Mill by Canal in Burnley Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost
Manchester Road Wharf Manchester Road Bridge #130B One of the large mills in Burnley milepost
 LPool 73 Miles
 Leeds 54¼Miles
Mill Burnley by leeds Liverpool Canal Mill in Burnley by the Leeds Liverpool Canal under Finsley Gate Bridge #130E Coat of Arms on Finsley Gate Bridge #130E
Mill in Burnley by the Leeds Liverpool Canal Mill in Burnley by the Leeds Liverpool Canal under Finsley Gate Bridge #130E Coat of Arms on Finsley Gate Bridge #130E
Burnley Embankment  
Known as the Straight Mile although it is less than a mile long.
Burnley Embankment Burnley Embankment Burnley Embankment
Burnley Embankment Burnley Embankment   Burnley Embankment
Burnley Embankment Burnley Embankment Burnley Embankment Burnley Embankment
Aqueduct #130G looking towards Turf Moor Burnley Embankment Looking towards Turf Moor Burnley Embankment
Godley Bridge #130H Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost The Brun Aqueduct Bank Hall Arm, Leeds Liverpool Canal
Godley Bridge #130H milepost
LPool 74 miles
Leeds 53¼miles
The Brun Aqueduct Bank Hall Arm
Colne Road Bridge #131    
Colne Road Bridge #131      
Leeds Liverpool Canal  Burnley Lane
 

 

   

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