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Huddersfield Broad Canal

Description: 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: Promoted under an Act of 1774 and opened in 1776.
For more details see the History page.

Navigation Authority: MD's Office: Northern Waterways, General Manager: Yorkshire Waterways, Fearns Wharf, Neptune Street, Leeds LS9 8PB: Telephone 0113 281 6800 : Fax 0113 281 6886 :

Rural and industrial mix on the Huddersfield Broad

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• Pennine Waters
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Related Books

• 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 .
• The South Pennine Ring by John Lower, ISBN: 1 874718 37 7, 128 pages, Published by Hallamshire Press, in 1998, A boaters' and walkers' guide to the Huddersfield and Rochdale Canals.. Order now from .
• Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 5 by Not known, ISBN: 978-0-00-728165-7, 190 pages, Published by Nicholson, in 2009, North West & the Pennines. Includes the Aire & Calder (leeds to Wakefield), Bridgewater, Calder & Hebble, Huddersfield Broad, Lancaster, Leeds & Liverpool, Macclesfield, Peak Forest, Ashton and Rochdale canals plus the Trent & Mersey north of Hardings Wood Junction.. Order now from .
• 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 .

Related videos

• The South Pennine Ring , Released in 2002, 57 minutes Produced by VideoActive, The Huddersfield Narrow and Broad canals, Calder & Hebble, Rochdale and Ashton Canal. Available on tape DVD. Order on video tape from . Order on DVD from

Related photographs

• Huddersfield Broad Canal: Ladgrave Lock No 3 Lorna-Ann on the Huddersfield Broad Canal
• Huddersfield Broad Canal: Turnbridge Lifting Bridge Chimney and lift bridge
• Huddersfield Broad Canal: Turnbridge Lifting Bridge

Related External Web Sites

• Pennine Waterways Peak Forest, Ashton, Rochdale, Leeds & Liverpool, Huddersfield and other canals in the area.
• Aspley Wharf Marina A marina in the centre of Huddersfield.
• 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

• 9th July 1994
• 9th July 1998
• 26th May 2001
• 21st August 2002
• 27th July 2004

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: 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)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Cooper Bridge Lock No 1	Junction with Calder and Hebble Navigation Junction with the Calder and Hebble Navigation		0	1	N	SE174208	104
Colne Bridge Lock No 2			0.3	2	N	SE176202	104
Ladgrave Lock No 3			0.8	3	N	SE171196	110
Longlands Lock No 4			1	4	N	SE170192	110
Deighton Road Bridge	A62		1.3	4	N	SE166190	110
Turnpike Road Lock No 5			1.6	5	N	SE162180	110
Reading Lock No 6			1.8	6	N	SE159188	110
Fieldhouse Green Lock No 7			1.9	7	N	SE156186	110
Falls Lock No 8			2	8	N	SE156185	110
Red Doles Lock No 9	Also Called Fartown Green Lock		2.3	9	N	SE152183	110
Turnbridge Lifting Bridge			3	9	N	SE149172	110
Aspley Basin and Junction	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.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.