From	To	Miles	Locks	Ave Time	Ave L/M	Max Time	Max L/M	Min Time	Min L/M	No Voy
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Tuel Lane Lock No 3	0.38	2	0hr 45min	3.17	0hr 45min	3.17	0hr 45min	3.17	1
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Blackpit Lock No 9	5.38	7	3hr 35min	3.45	3hr 45min	3.30	3hr 25min	3.62	2
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Callis Lock No 13	6.88	11	5hr 0min	3.58	5hr 10min	3.46	4hr 50min	3.70	1
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Old Royd Lock No 17	9.00	15	6hr 55min	3.47	7hr 5min	3.39	6hr 45min	3.56	1
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Shop Lock No 18	9.63	16	7hr 20min	3.49	7hr 30min	3.42	7hr 10min	3.58	1
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Todmorden Lock No 19	9.75	17	7hr 35min	3.53	7hr 45min	3.45	7hr 25min	3.61	1
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Smithyholme Lock No 25	10.88	23	9hr 37min	3.52	10hr 0min	3.39	9hr 15min	3.66	2
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Hollings Lock No 27	11.13	25	10hr 0min	3.61	10hr 10min	3.55	9hr 50min	3.67	1
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Travis Mill Lock No 28	11.38	26	11hr 5min	3.37	11hr 20min	3.30	10hr 50min	3.45	2
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Longlees Lock No 36	12.88	34	12hr 44min	3.68	14hr 10min	3.31	10hr 25min	4.50	5
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Broadbottom Lock No 7	1.13	1	0hr 25min	5.10	0hr 25min	5.10	0hr 25min	5.10	1
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Mayroyd Mill Lock No 8	2.13	2	1hr 20min	3.09	1hr 20min	3.09	1hr 20min	3.09	2
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Stubbing Upper Lock No 11	2.88	5	2hr 40min	2.95	2hr 40min	2.95	2hr 40min	2.95	1
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Rawden Mill Lock No 12	3.63	6	2hr 50min	3.40	2hr 50min	3.40	2hr 50min	3.40	1
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Holmcoat Lock No 14	4.63	8	3hr 40min	3.44	3hr 40min	3.44	3hr 40min	3.44	1
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Lob Mill Lock No 16	5.50	10	5hr 25min	2.86	5hr 25min	2.86	5hr 25min	2.86	1
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Shop Lock No 18	6.63	12	6hr 2min	3.08	6hr 5min	3.06	6hr 0min	3.10	2
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Gauxholme Highest Lock No 24	7.63	18	8hr 40min	2.96	8hr 40min	2.96	8hr 40min	2.96	1
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Bottomley Lock No 33	9.25	27	11hr 50min	3.06	11hr 50min	3.06	11hr 50min	3.06	1
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Longlees Lock No 36	9.88	30	14hr 20min	2.78	14hr 20min	2.78	14hr 20min	2.78	1

From the Rochdale Canal to the Calder and Hebble Navigation

From	To	Miles	Locks	Ave Time	Ave L/M	Max Time	Max L/M	Min Time	Min L/M	No Voy
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1	Junction with Halifax Branch (closed)	2.25	1	0hr 45min	4.33	0hr 45min	4.33	0hr 45min	4.33	1
Tuel Lane Lock No 3	Sowerby Bridge Basin	0.50	3	1hr 0min	3.50	1hr 0min	3.50	1hr 0min	3.50	1
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	Sowerby Bridge Basin	3.13	5	3hr 7min	2.60	3hr 10min	2.57	3hr 5min	2.64	2
Broadbottom Lock No 7	Sowerby Bridge Basin	4.25	6	2hr 55min	3.51	2hr 55min	3.51	2hr 55min	3.51	1
Blackpit Lock No 9	Sowerby Bridge Basin	5.50	8	3hr 25min	3.95	3hr 25min	3.95	3hr 25min	3.95	1

Ripon Canal

Related Waterway click to see more details of the waterway - including the table of distances.

• Ripon Canal

Related Cruising Logs

• 20th September 1995
• 3rd June 1996
• 30th June 1998
• 10th July 2000

For details of the meanings of these various statistics see the Cruise Times Index Page

From	To	Miles	Locks	Ave Time	Ave L/M	Max Time	Max L/M	Min Time	Min L/M	No Voy
Bell Furrows Lock	Rhodes Field Lock	0.25	1	1hr 0min	1.25	1hr 0min	1.25	1hr 0min	1.25	1

From the Ripon Canal to the River Ure

From	To	Miles	Locks	Ave Time	Ave L/M	Max Time	Max L/M	Min Time	Min L/M	No Voy
Bell Furrows Lock	Boroughbridge	6.38	2	2hr 12min	3.79	2hr 20min	3.59	2hr 5min	4.02	2
Bell Furrows Lock	Newby Hall Landing	2.75	1	1hr 0min	3.75	1hr 0min	3.75	1hr 0min	3.75	1
Rhodes Field Lock	Newby Hall Landing	3.00	2	2hr 0min	2.50	2hr 0min	2.50	2hr 0min	2.50	1
Ripon Basin	Boroughbridge	6.88	3	3hr 22min	2.93	4hr 5min	2.42	3hr 0min	3.29	4

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.