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Description of Huddersfield Broad Canal: Also known as Sir John Ramsden's Canal, this 3.5 mile navigation links the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to the Calder and Hebble navigation at Cooper Bridge.
History of Huddersfield Broad Canal: Promoted under an Act of 1774 and opened in 1776.
For more details see the History page.
Rural and industrial mix on the Huddersfield Broad
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Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions of Huddersfield Broad Canal: Length 57 foot 6 inches, beam 14 foot 2 inches. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page
Huddersfield Broad Canal: Table of distances |
Miles |
Locks |
Navigable (N) |
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Junction with Calder and Hebble Navigation Junction with the Calder and Hebble Navigation |
0 |
1 |
N |
SE174208 |
104 |
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Colne Bridge Lock No 2 |
0.3 |
2 |
N |
SE176202 |
104 |
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Ladgrave Lock No 3 |
0.8 |
3 |
N |
SE171196 |
110 |
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Longlands Lock No 4 |
1 |
4 |
N |
SE170192 |
110 |
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Deighton Road Bridge |
A62 |
1.3 |
4 |
N |
SE166190 |
110 |
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Turnpike Road Lock No 5 |
1.6 |
5 |
N |
SE162180 |
110 |
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Reading Lock No 6 |
1.8 |
6 |
N |
SE159188 |
110 |
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Fieldhouse Green Lock No 7 |
1.9 |
7 |
N |
SE156186 |
110 |
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Falls Lock No 8 |
2 |
8 |
N |
SE156185 |
110 |
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Red Doles Lock No 9 |
Also Called Fartown Green Lock |
2.3 |
9 |
N |
SE152183 |
110 |
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Turnbridge Lifting Bridge |
3 |
9 |
N |
SE149172 |
110 |
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Junction with Huddersfield Narrow Canal Junction with the Huddersfield Narrow Canal |
3.5 |
9 |
N |
SE150164 |
110 |
NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.