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Skipton | Springs Branch
 

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

Gargrave to Skipton

On this stretch the canal is never far from the Gargrave to Skipton road. The canal passes through green fields and farms.

 

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


Click on the photographs to see a larger image and more information
Leeds Liverpool Canal Gargrave Gargrave  
Higherland Bridge #170 Higherland Bridge #170 Eshton Road Lock #31 Eshton Road Lock #31
view from Higherland Bridge #170 Higherland Bridge #170 Eshton Road Lock #31 Eshton Road Lock #31 Eshton Road bridge #171 and Low Warehouse
Leeds Liverpool Canal Coal Wharf Eshton Road Lock #31 View from Eshton Road Bridge #171 Eshton Road Bridge #171
Coal Wharf Eshton Road Lock #31 View from Eshton Road Bridge #171 Eshton Road Bridge #171
Ray Bridge #172 Ruin by Canal Holme Bridge Aqueduct Holme Bridge Aqueduct
Ray Bridge #172 Ruined Hut Holme Bridge Aqueduct View from Holme Bridge Aqueduct
Farm Buildings By the Canal Paddle Gear on Holme Bridge Lock #30 Holme Bridge Lock #30 Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost
Farm Buildings by the Canal Paddle Gear Holme Bridge Lock #30 Milepost
 L'Pool 94 miles
 Leeds 33¼miles
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal  Yorkshire Highgate Swing Bridge #173
Raven Featureless Canal Highgate Swing Bridge #173 Sulber Hill
Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost Blot on the Landscape Thorlby Swing Bridge #174 Boat on the Leeds & Livrpool Canal
Milepost
 L'Pool 95 miles
 Leeds 32¼miles
Blot on the Landscape Thorlby Swing Bridge #174 A Boat on the Canal
Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost Stone Wall Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost Mooring at Niffany
Milepost
 L'Pool 96 miles
 Leeds 33¼ miles
Stone Wall milestone
 Liverpool 97 miles
Mooring at Niffany
Leeds Liverpool Canal in Yorkshire Niffany Swing Bridge #175 Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost under Bridge #175A
Approaching Niffany Swing Bridge #175 Niffany Swing Bridge #175 Milepost
 L'Pool 97 miles
 Leeds 32¼ miles
under Bridge #175A
Chimney by the Leeds Liverpool Canal The Canal at Skipton Gawflat Swing Bridge #176 Mill by the Canal in Skipton Yorkshire
A Chimney by the Canal Approaching Skipton Gawflat Swing Bridge #176 A mill by the canal
Skipton 
The Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, Skipton perhaps out of all the towns along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is the one which makes the most of the canal. There is a short branch line of the canal, the Springs Branch, which passes underneath the walls of Skipton Castle.
Skipton Castle Skipton Town Hall
The Royal Shepherd
Skipton
The Narrow Boat
Skipton
Skipton Castle Skipton Town Hall
Mill Skipton Yew Tree Skipton Castle Chimney Skipton Church Skipton
A Mill in Skipton Yew Tree A Chimney in Skipton Church Skipton
Leeds Liverpool Canal milepost Skipton  Aqueduct Leeds Liverpool Canal Skipton Canal Signpost Leeds Liverpool Canal Skipton
milepost
L'Pool 98 Miles
Leeds 29¼miles
on an aqueduct
Looking from the junction towards Gargrave Canal Signpost Skipton Canal Cafes
Springs Branch 
 
The Springs Branch Bridge # 1 Springs Branch The Springs Branch The Springs Branch
The Springs Branch Bridge # 1 The Springs Branch The Springs Branch
Mill Bridge #2 Springs Branch Corn mill with waterwheel Mill Bridge #2 Springs Branch Trip boat Leo on the Springs Branch under the Castle walls
Mill Bridge #2 Corn mill with waterwheel Looking back to Mill Bridge #2 Trip boat Leo on the Springs Branch under the Castle walls
  The Springs Branch The Springs Branch  
  Quarry Chute The Springs Branch  
 
View from Belmont Bridge #178 Canal in Skipton View from Belmont Bridge #178 Gallows Bridge #179
View from Belmont Bridge #178 Canal Warehouse View from Belmont Bridge #178 Gallows Bridge #179
Pinder Bridge #179A Tin Footbridge #179C Leeds Liverpool Canal Skipton  
Pinder Bridge #179A Tin Footbridge #179C Brick Buildings  
Leeds Liverpool Canal  Skipton
 

 

   

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