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IWA Branch
Merseyside & West Lancashire - Leigh Arm to Plank Lane; Liverpool to Top Lock of Wigan Flight; Rufford Branch.
North
Lancashire & Cumbria - Top Lock of Wigan Flight to
West Riding
-
Greenberfield Top
Lock to Leeds
Navigation Authority
Leeds to Greenberfield and
Springs Branch
British Waterways, Fearns Wharf, Neptune Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 8PB. T: 0113 281 6800, F: 0113 281 6886
Greenberfield to Eldonian Basin; Walton Summit Branch; Leigh Branch; Rufford Branch and Stanley Dock Branch.
British Waterways
Trafalgar House
Temple Court
Birchwood
Warrington
Cheshire
WA3 6GD
T: 01925 847700
F: 01925 847710
The main email and
website address is the same for both offices:
enquiries.hq@britishwaterways.co.uk
www.britishwaterways.co.uk
The canal runs from Leeds to Liverpool over 127 miles
(204km) and some 91 locks.
The Rufford branch runs for 7.25 miles (11.7km) and the Leigh branch for
7.5 miles (12.1km). There are seven locks between the junction at
Burscough and Rushford Village, plus a tidal lock onto the River Douglas
at Tarleton. Also on the Leigh Branch there are two further locks
shortly after leaving the junction at Wigan. The remainder of the
length is lock-free.
Liverpool to Wigan
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
72ft |
14ft 3in |
8ft |
3ft 6in |
|
21.94m |
4.34m |
2.37m |
1.06m |
Wigan to Leeds
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
62ft |
14ft 3in |
7ft 6in |
3ft 6in |
|
18.83m |
4.34m |
2.28m |
1.06m |
Rufford Branch
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
62ft |
14ft |
8ft |
3ft 6in |
|
18.83 |
4.2m |
2.37m |
1.06m |
Leigh Branch
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
62ft |
14ft 3in |
8ft |
3ft 6in |
|
21.94 |
4.34m |
2.37m |
1.06m |
Boaters’ Services
Hire Boat Companies
Lower Park Marina
Kelbrook Road, BARNOLDSWICK, BB18 5TB
Tel: 01282 815883
Fax: 01282 816421
Pennine Cruisers
The Boat Shop, 19 Coach Street,
SKIPTON, BD23 1LH
Tel: 01756 795478
Fax: 01756 700213
Silsden Boats
Canal Wharf, Silsden, KEIGHLEY, BD20
0DE
Tel: 01535 653675
Fax: 01535 670101
barbara@silsdenboats.freeserve.co.uk
Snaygill Boats
Skipton Road, Bradley, SKIPTON, BD20
9HA
Tel: 01756 795150
Fax: 01756 799077
Boatyards
Classic Narrowboats Ltd
Repairs, emergency call out, diesel,
gas, cranage, slipway, chandlery
Wheelton Boatyard, Kenyon Lane,
Wheelton, CHORLEY, PR6 8EX
Tel: 01254 831444
Fallwood Marina
Repairs, diesel, gas, cranage, slipway
Pollard Lane, Bramley, LEEDS, LS13 1ER
Tel: 0113 2581074
Hainsworth’s Boatyard
Repairs, emergency call out, pump out,
diesel, gas, slipway, chandlery
Fairfax Road, BINGLEY, BD16 4DR
Tel: 01274 565925
L&L Cruisers
Repairs, emergency call out, pump out,
diesel, gas, slipway
Rawlinsons Lane, Heath Charnock,
CHORLEY, PR7 4DE
Tel: 01257 480825
Lower Park Marina
Repairs, emergency call out, pump out,
diesel, gas, wet dock, slipway, chandlery
Kelbrook Road, BARNOLDSWICK, BB18 5TB
Tel: 01282 815883
Pennine Cruisers of Skipton
Repairs, emergency call out, pump out,
diesel, gas, dry dock, chandlery
The Boat Shop, 19 Coach Street,
SKIPTON, BD23 1LH
Tel: 01756 795478
Fax: 01756 700213
Rodley Boat Centre
Canal Wharf, Canal Road, Rodley,
LEEDS, LS13 1LP
Tel: 0113 2576132
Silsden Boats Ltd
Repairs, emergency call out, pump out,
diesel, gas, slipway
Canal Wharf, Silsden, KEIGHLEY, BD20
0DE
Tel: 01535 653675
Fax: 01535 670101
barbara@silsdenboats.freeserve.co.uk
Snaygill Boats
Repairs, emergency call out, pump out,
diesel, gas, dry dock, chandlery
Skipton Road, Bradley, SKIPTON, BD20
9HA
Tel: 01756 795150
Fax: 01756 799077
Swiftcraft Moorings
Repairs, diesel, gas, chandlery
The Boat House, Parkin Lane, Appley
Bridge, BRADFORD, BD10 0NF
Tel: 01274 611786
White Bear Marina
(owned by British Waterway)
Repairs, emergency call out, pump out,
diesel, gas, slipway, chandlery
White Bear Marina, Park Road,
Adlington, CHORLEY, PR7 4HZ
Tel: 01257 481054
Historical Information
This, the longest canal in Britain built by a single canal company, took forty years to complete and was opened in 1816. The building of this canal between Leeds and Liverpool connected with waterways to Hull and formed part of a passage between the Irish and North seas. This broad canal allowed access for Yorkshire keels to travel over the Pennines. Yorkshire merchants were keen to obtain lime and limestone from the Craven District to fertilise agricultural land and to produce a mortar to increase the size and height of buildings used for weaving; the canal also provided access to export routes to colonial markets in Africa and America, via Liverpool and enabled a supply of coal from Wigan to Liverpool.
Further Information
For books, maps, guides, videos, DVDs and gifts on this canal, click here
Websites
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society
Local government links
Blackburn
with Darwen BC
Burnley BC
Chorley BC
