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Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section

Description of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section: Castleford Junction (main line Goole to Leeds) to Wakefield Fall Ing Lock (junction with Calder and Hebble Navigation).
For the History of this waterway see the History page.

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Aire and Calder Navigation and River Aire

Navigation Authority of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section MD's Office: Northern Waterways, General Manager: Yorkshire Waterways, Fearns Wharf, Neptune Street, Leeds LS9 8PB: Telephone 0113 281 6800 : Fax 0113 281 6886 :

Stanley Ferry on the Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section

Related Articles of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section

• Yorkshire Journey

Related Books of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section

• The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England (2) by Charles Hadfield, Edition: volume 2, ISBN: 0 7153 5975 4, 252 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1973, Order now from .
• The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England (1) by Charles Hadfield, Edition: Volume 1, ISBN: 0 7153 5719 0, 254 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1972, Order now from .
• Yorkshire's River of Industry by J Ogden, Published by Terrence Dalton Ltd, in 1972, The River Calder.
• Pearson's Canal Companion: Pennine Waters by Michael Pearson, Edition: Third, ISBN: 0 9545383 4 X, 80 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son, Includes the Leeds & Liverpool Canal from Wigan to Leeds, the Aire & Calder/ Calder & Hebble and Rchdale route from Leeds to Littleborough, and the Huddersfield Broad and Narrow canals.. Order now from .
• The Canal & River Sections of the Aire & Calder Navigation by Mike Taylor, ISBN: 1 903425 37 9, 144 pages, Published by Wharncliffe Books, in 2003, A pictorial history of the waterways with the aid of strip maps dating from the 1930s.. Order now from .

Related photographs of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section

• Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section: Stanley Ferry Aqueduct

Related External Web Sites of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section

• Fairies Hill Moorings Reasonably priced moorings on the Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section. In a secure secluded rural location.
• Calder Navigation Society The society was formed in 1969 as an association of Boaters, Ramblers and others who are interested in the preservation and development of the Calder & Hebble Navigation, the Huddersfield Broad Canal, the Wakefield Branch of the Aire & Calder Navigation, and other associated waterways.

Related Cruising Logs of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section

• 8th July 1994
• 13th May 1996
• 6th July 1998
• 14th June 2000
• 21st May 2001
• 15th August 2002

Other Related Pages of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions of Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section: Length 142 foot, beam 17 foot 6 inches. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Aire & Calder Navigation - Wakefield Section: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Fall Ing Junction	Junction with Calder and Hebble Navigation Calder and Hebble Navigation junction		0	0	N	SE342198	111
Old Wharf Branch junction			0	0	N	SE342198	111
Railway Bridge			1	0	N	SE351207	104
Broadreach Lock No 1 (Flood Lock)			1.3	1	N	SE352211	104
Stanley Ferry Aqueduct			2.6	1	N	SE355230	104
Birkwood Lock No 2			3.3	2	N	SE359240	104
King's Road Lock No 3			4.3	3	N	SE373244	104
M62 Motorway Bridge			4.8	3	N	SE379249	104
Woodnook Lock No 4			5.5	4	N	SE391251	104
Methley Bridge	A639 road bridge		6.6	4	N	SE409258	105
Castleford Mere			7.4	4	N	SE422263	105
Castleford Junction	Junction with Aire & Calder Main Line Aire & Calder Navigation Main Line junction		7.5	4	N	SE423263	105

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.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.