The Leeds Liverpool Canal Burscough to Wigan

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Junction Bridge looking East	Glover's Swing Bridge #33	MilePost LPool 25 Leeds 102¼ Miles	Along the Canal near Burscough

Ring O'Bells	Pill Box	Moss Bridge #35	Moss Bridge #35

Pill Box and LifeBoat	Spencer's Swing Bridge #36	MilePost LPool 26 Leeds 101¼ Miles	Canal View

Pill Box	Aqueduct 37A	Aqueduct 37B	Giant's Hall

A cyclist and a cruiser	MilePost LPool 27 Miles Leeds 100¼ Miles	Site of Brick Bridge up to ~1922
Parbold
Approaching Parbold by canal gives you one of the most photogenic views on the canal. Although the bridge is a concrete replacement for the original changeline bridge, the trees and sail-less windmill make this a very pretty scene. An interesting point of canal interest at Parbold is the spur of the canal which is all that remains of the original Parliamentary Line of the canal.

View from Parbold Bridge #37D	The Windmill Parbold	Parbold	Parbold Windmill

Parbold	Old Line, Parbold	Rose of Parbold	MilePost Leeds 99¼ Miles LPool 28 Miles

Canal nr Parbold	Chapel House Bridge #39	View East of Chapel House Bridge #39	Gillibrand Bridge #40

Hand Lane Bridge #41	Hand Lane Bridge #41	Railway Viaduct	MilePost Leeds 98¼ Miles LPool 29 Miles
Appley Locks
Appley Locks are the first locks since Liverpool. Boaters had the choice between one deep lock or two shallow locks. At the moment only the deep lock is working. The two shallow locks were built to save water. The emptying upper lock of a boat going downhill could fill the lower filling lock of a boat going uphill. There was once a large house on the island between the two sets of locks, there is little sign of it now, nor the houses that were once in the fields next to the towpath.

Approaching Appley Locks	Appley Locks	Life on a Lock	Lock Gates

Shallow Locks at Appley Locks	Appley Locks	Lock Ladder	Overgrown Lock Gates

Water Sensor	Appley Locks #91	Between the locks and the bridge	Appley Bridge #42
Appley Bridge
Appley Bridge is a small hamlet which was once quite industrial. Now new housing has replaced the factories.

Approaching Appley Bridge	The Waters Edge	Appley Bridge	MilePost Leeds 97¼ Miles LPool 30 Miles

Canal at Applely Bridge	The River Douglas	Ranicar's Swing Bridge #44 (open)	Fisher's Swing Bridge #45 (open)
Dean Locks
Next to the lock keepers house at Dean Locks is the remains of the lock which took boats from the canal to the River Douglas. There are two locks on the canal, but only one is still in use. The M6 crosses the canal high above on a viaduct.

Autumn Leaves	MilePost Leeds 96¼ Miles LPool 31 Miles	Dean Locks #90	Dean Locks #90

Gate Paddle Gear	Locked Lock	Disused Lock	Ground Paddle

Above Dean Locks #90	M6	Gathurst Bridge #46	Gathurst

Cycle Gate	Leeds Liverpool Canal at Gathurst	Remains of the light railway which crossed the canal from the dynamite factory to t he depot by the River Douglas	In the trees on the other side to the towpath are the remains of the dynamite factory

MilePost Leeds 95¼ Miles LPool 32 Miles		Canal at Crooke	Site of Coal Staithe
Crooke
A side arm of the canal at Crooke once ran straight into a coal mine. The junction with the tunnel branch is now a marina. Railways brought coal from coal mines down to a staithe by the canal to be loaded onto barges. The area around here has suffered from subsidence which may explain why the bridges have had their stone spans replaced with metal spans. Crooke Lock was replaced by Pagefield Lock due to local subsidence. The lock chamber remains but without its gates.

Crooke Hall Inn	Crooke Hall Inn	Crooke in the Rain	Reflections at Crooke

Crooke Staithe	Crooke Marina	Grimshaw's Bridge #48	Crooke Lock (disused)

Crooke Lock	Canal Bank	Boundary Stone	Martland Mill Bridge #49

MilePost Leeds 94¼ Miles LPool 33 Miles	Ell Meadow Lock #89	Disused Ell Meadow Lock #89	Ell Meadow Lock #89

Ell Meadow Lock #89	Ell Meadow Lock #89	JJB Stadium from Under Bridge #49A	Along the towpath towards the JJB Stadium

Site of a wooden bridge in the 1800's, removed by 1906.	Pagefield Lock #88	Pagefield Lock #88	Pagefield Lock #88




	Parbold \| Applely Locks \| Applely Bridge \| Dean Locks \| Crooke

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Burscough to Wigan