a.twiddler
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From another angle.
From the other direction.
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My bike and a canal
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From another angle.
From the other direction.
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FrothNinja
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Been closed off for months now - seems nowt moves quickly on the Leeds & Liverpool
wiggydiggy
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Leeds Liverpool and Lancaster Canals
When the Lancaster Canal was first opened, a link to Leeds Liverpool was required, but it was never built. Instead a tramroad was constructed to link the two canals. Very little of the route survives today, the southernmost link into the LL is now a short branch from Johnsons Hillock. There are a few unavigable and filled in remains of the route until it crosses with the M61 for a second time. After that there are no remains until after Bamber Bridge where it is a very useful cycleway into Preston. The Lancaster Canal is to the north and after the destruction of the tramway it remained isolated until 2002 when the Ribble Link opened.
The final part of the old branch that is still easily identified as a canal, this is disconnected from the network though can be walked along for some of it. The route north of here has mostly been built over until Bamber Bridge.
And at the other end this bridge was a replica of the orginal one that carried the tramway over the River Ribble, this has now also been demolished with a new one due to open this year.*
And if you were travelling the whole route when you could, to the East eventually you'd go past Maurice Dixon Mill in Leeds
And then the terminus at Leeds Basin, the old warehouse on the left is now mixed use offices and a restaurant
Not pictured - The Lancaster Canal - I checked my photos and none have my bike in! I have cycled it Preston > Holme though its definately a MTB route as due to the isolated natured few parts of it have been surfaced.
*I know that picture doesn't feature a canal, but figured its worth including as part of the story
When the Lancaster Canal was first opened, a link to Leeds Liverpool was required, but it was never built. Instead a tramroad was constructed to link the two canals. Very little of the route survives today, the southernmost link into the LL is now a short branch from Johnsons Hillock. There are a few unavigable and filled in remains of the route until it crosses with the M61 for a second time. After that there are no remains until after Bamber Bridge where it is a very useful cycleway into Preston. The Lancaster Canal is to the north and after the destruction of the tramway it remained isolated until 2002 when the Ribble Link opened.
The final part of the old branch that is still easily identified as a canal, this is disconnected from the network though can be walked along for some of it. The route north of here has mostly been built over until Bamber Bridge.
And at the other end this bridge was a replica of the orginal one that carried the tramway over the River Ribble, this has now also been demolished with a new one due to open this year.*
And if you were travelling the whole route when you could, to the East eventually you'd go past Maurice Dixon Mill in Leeds
And then the terminus at Leeds Basin, the old warehouse on the left is now mixed use offices and a restaurant
Not pictured - The Lancaster Canal - I checked my photos and none have my bike in! I have cycled it Preston > Holme though its definately a MTB route as due to the isolated natured few parts of it have been surfaced.
*I know that picture doesn't feature a canal, but figured its worth including as part of the story
