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At the top of the Wigan flight of locks is a T-Junction. To the right of the locks is a bridge and the end of the old Lancaster Canal South Part. To the left is the canal up to Johnsons Hillock Locks. At the junction there are BW facilities for boaters. |
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View from Monk Hall Bridge #59 looking east |
Looking from Monk Hall Bridge towards the junction of the Lancaster Canal South and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal |
Junction of Leeds & Liverpool Canal (on right) with the Lancaster Canal. Monk Hall Bridge #59 straight ahead. |
BWB facilities, shower, toilet, water, refuse and waste disposal. BWB key needed for these facilities. |
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Looking towards the end of the former Lancaster Canal section |
Shedfield Bridge #59B |
Milepost
LPool 38 Miles
Leeds 89¼ Miles |
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company Boundary Stone |
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Benchmark |
Masons Mark |
From Haigh Park Bridge #60 |
Sennicar Bridge #61 |
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MilePost
LPool 39 Miles
Leeds 88¼ Miles |
The Douglas Valley
Formerly Pendlebury Row canal cottages |
Pendlebury Bridge #61 |
Canal at Red Rock |
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Car parking by Red Rock Bridge #63 |
Red Rock Bridge #63 |
TV Mast on the hill |
Aqueduct over disused Railway Line |
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MilePost
LPOOL 40 Miles
LEEDS 87¼ Miles |
Wooded Canal |
Arley Bridge #64 |
The moated Arley Hall |
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Reflections on the canal |
Weavers Bridge #65 |
Sheep by the canal |
MilePost
LPool 41 Miles
Leeds 86¼ Miles |
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Canal Reflections |
Waterhouse Bridge #67 |
Waterhouse Bridge #67 |
View from Waterhouse Bridge #67 |
Adlington was a coal mining town for many years. Ellerbeck Colliery was owned by the Adlington Coal Company. There is a large marina by White Bear Bridge. |
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Red House Bridge #68 |
Red House Bridge #68 |
MilePost
LPool 42 Miles
Leeds 85¼ Miles |
The Bridge
Adlington |
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White Bear Marina Adlington |
White Bear Marina Adlington |
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Canal Reflections |
Looking towards Rawlinson Bridge #71 |
MilePost
LPool 43 Miles
Leeds 84¼ Miles |
Boat Hire |
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the old railway embankment from Ellerbeck Colliery |
Idle Bridge #72 |
Chorley Rd #72a |
Giles Bridge #73 |
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milepost |
L'Pool 44 Miles
Leeds 83¼ Miles |
#74A |
#74A |
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#74A |
Barracks Bridge #75 |
Barracks Bridge #75 |
Cowling Bridge #75A |
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L'Pool 45 Miles
Leeds 82¼ Miles |
Aqueduct |
Aqueduct |
Crosse Hall Bridge #76 |
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Workhouse Bridge
#77 |
Froom Street Bridge #77A |
Bagganley Bridge
#78 |
L'Pool 46 Miles
Leeds 81¼ Miles |
Formerly known as Knowley Moss this area gained its new name with the coming of the canal. The area was a base for the navvies building the Lancaster Canal, locals likened it to the Botany Bay penal colony in Australia. After the canals construction mills were developed here. The Blackburn Railway viaduct which once crossed the canal here was demolished in 1968. |
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Lock & Quay
Botany Bay |
Botany Bay |
Botany Bay Boatyard |
Botany Bay |
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MilePost
LPool 47 Miles
Leeds 80¼ Miles |
Johnsons Hillock |
The Malthouse Farm |
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The original plan was for the north and south sections of the Lancaster Canal to be linked with an aqueduct over the River Ribble. This proved to be too expensive and an alternative was found. Instead of the stone aqueduct a wooden bridge was built in 1803 to link the two sections of canal via a network of tramroads. At Walton Summit the barges would stop at quaysides and their loads would be transfered to the tramway which would take the cargo down to the bridge and over to the Lancaster Canal.
The branch canal between the junction with the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the Summit terminus originally had a 259 yard tunnel which, following a collapse, is now two shorter tunnels with a cutting between them. The branch was last used in the 1930s and fell into disrepair. The building of the M61 and a housing estate has wiped out most of the canal but there are still parts of the canal remaining. The tunnel entrance, a culvert under the canal and some bridges remain. |
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The Junction with the Walton Summit Branch |
From the Junction Bridge |
The end of the canal seen from above |
The end of the canal |
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Formerly the Navigation Inn |
The line of the canal |
Culvert |
Canal Cutting |
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Inside the Tunnel |
Tunnel Entrance |
Moss Bridge |
Moss Bridge |
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Moss Bridge |
Former Canal Basin |
Former Bridge |
Summit Bridge |