Leeds & Liverpool Canal
The Leeds & Liverpool is a most extraordinary canal. It's very long, and it brought great prosperity to many towns along its route, which still show the marks of the textile industry it served - wool on the Yorkshire side, cotton in Lancashire. These mill towns have endless fascination as you float past, sometimes on high embankments. In between the towns are miles of countryside, usually with stunning views of the Pennines. The middle section, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, deserves its place as one of the most beautiful canals in England. Here you drift along, with rolling hills, stone walls and handsome barns and farms rooted in the landscape.
You can moor up and hear nothing but surround-sound sheep and birds. then you can visit friendly pubs, small villages and towns. In Skipton,
there is a highly romantic castle, a busy market and an endless variety of
shops. Within easy reach is Bingley 5 Rise Locks, one of the Seven Wonders of
the waterways; a visitor attraction in its own right, if you go through the
flight you will find yourself a living part of the exhibit, under rapid-fire
instruction from Barry, its famous lock keeper.
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