Five Rise Sandbeds Locks Café 1.5 miles/2.4km & Crossflats ane ck L Viewing Be area Explore Old Keeper’s Cottage Five Rise Locks Start of trails Bingley Five Rise Locks are the Overflow channel most awesome feature on the or ‘bywash’ Leeds & Liverpool Canal. They are the steepest staircase locks on Five Rise Locks the longest canal in the country!

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NOTE (see below left): Three Rise l Access to site not a suitable for push- Locks n a or wheelchairs here. C l Access via Access via oo Road or Beck Lane Keighley Road rp ive (next to the & L fire station) s ed Le To w n centre Damart mills Bingley & chimney STAY SAFE: Stay Away From Bingley the Edge Bowling approx Green 1/2 mile Mills 0.7km Park Road

NOTE (see Map not to scale: covers approx 1.4 miles/2.4km above right) A little bit of history Bingley Five Rise Locks built more than 200 years go, are one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the Waterways’. The staircase locks open directly from one to another, lifting boats 18 metres (60 feet) up the valley along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

Best of all it’s FREE!*

Five things t o do at Bin gley F Information Watch boats working through the locksive –R itis cane L takeock Five Rise Locks, 45 minutes to go up the locks and 30 minutes Beck Lane, Bingley to go down. BD16 4DT Take a break in the café. It was once the stables Parking where horses that hauled boats in the early days (in town) of canals rested. Cycle along the towpath and catch a train back. Toilets Walk a short way down the valley and see Bingley Café Three Rise Locks (0.3 miles/0.5 km). Picnic more about Bingley Five Rise Locks by Discover Cycling downloading our Smartphone App, Interactive QR code trail or Geocashing trail. Look out for Path signs on site. Allow up to half a day for this visit Did you know?... * Don’t forget: Although the site is always It’s best to feed ducks tasty open the facilities and boat treats like: trips may not be and some may be chargeable. Please • porridge oats check with local businesses • rice before setting out. • peas • chopped lettuce • birdseed Whilst they will gobble up white bread, crisps and chips its junk Sign up for our newsletter and get regular food for you and ducks! updates and offers from the Canal & River Trust.

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