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Watch boats working through Bingley locks

Bring binoculars and look for damselflies and dragonflies

Take a boat trip from New Dock in Leeds and view the waterfront from the canal

Pack wellies and find puddles to splash in

Walk down the towpath and look for wildflowers

Bike along the towpath and watch boats go through the locks

Check out the waterside cafes

Watch anglers fishing for roach, chub, tench and fearsome pike

Check out Standedge Visitor Centre and discover more about the tunnel

Take binoculars and keep a look out for seals at Tees Barrage

Tees Barrage & Stockton, Ripon, Skipton, Bingley, Saltaire, Leeds, Woodlesford Lock, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Standedge Tunnel & Vistor Centre, Naburn, Pocklington, Sprotborough, Drakeholes Are you looking for inspiring places to visit with the family? Then look no further than your local canal or river. This guide features a selection of our best waterside places to visit in Yorkshire & North East – whatever the weather! Each location includes a map, suggestions of fun-packed activities you can do and useful information on where to park, places to eat, toilets and boat trips.

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1. Tees Barrage & Stockton 2. Ripon 3. Skipton 4. Bingley 5. Saltaire 6. Leeds 7. Woodlesford Lock 8. Hebden Bridge 9. Sowerby Bridge 10. Standedge Tunnel & Vistor Centre 11. Naburn 12. Pocklington 13. Sprotborough 14. Drakeholes * AINA Waterways

* This map shows waterways managed by members of the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities (AINA). We have not featured places to visit on waterways managed by these organisations. There are other inland waterways that have not been shown, the information on this map is for guidance only, for accurate information please visit our website. White water course The Talpore Riverview Café Princess of Wales Bridge Tees Barrage Stockton International White Water Centre

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Welcome Princess station River Cruises Tees Barrage Navigation Lock Visit Dipping pond the Tees Barrage & Stockton Yar m Opened in1995, the Tees Barrage is one Little adventures HM Bark Endeavour the waterways wonders. It took four on your doorstep years to build and involved diverting the STAY SAFE: mighty River Tees. Don’t miss it! Stay Away From the Edge Map not to scale: covers approx 0.5 miles/0.8km A little bit of history The Tees Barrage was built to improve the river’s watersports facilities by making this stretch of the water non-tidal. Four massive floodgates control the flow of the river and prevent flooding. The Olympic- class White Water Centre built alongside it, hosts major watersports competitions. An awesome day out!

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Five things to do at th e Tee s Bar See the Tees Barrage from the viewingrag platforme & Sto candkto n Information admire this great engineering feat. Don’t miss the fish Tees Barrage ladder that allows migrating fish such as salmon to Tees Barrage Way navigate the barrage. Stockton-on-Tees TS18 2QW Cycle to the beautiful Infinity Bridge and then to the replica of HM Bark Endeavour commanded by Parking Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage to Australia Toilets + and New Zealand. Café Take binoculars and keep a look out for seals. Learn a new water sport such as windsurfing, water Pub and jet-skiing, sailing, rowing, canoeing or Picnic white-water rafting. Boat trips Climb the 18m-high Air Trail – the highest in the UK and the only one to be found alongside an Olympic Path standard white water course! Allow half to full day for this visit

* Don’t forget: Did you know?... Although the site is always open the facilities and boat It’s best to feed ducks tasty treats like: trips may not be and some • porridge oats may be chargeable. Please check with local businesses • rice before setting out. • peas • chopped lettuce • birdseed Whilst they will gobble up white bread, Sign up for our crisps and chips its junk food for you newsletter and get regular and ducks! updates and offers from the Canal & River Trust.

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STAY SAFE: Stay Away From Map not to scale: covers approx 0.5 miles/0.8km the Edge Boroughbridge A little bit of history The River Ure becomes difficult to navigate upstream of Boroughbridge. So Ripon Canal, and other small sections of canal along the Ure, was cut so that boats could pass from Hull and York to Ripon. The main cargo was coal from Yorkshire and flax for the Knaresborough linen industry on the return industry.

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Five things t o do at Ri pon C Visit one of the bird hides locateda alongnal the Information canal. See how many birds you can spot and Canal Wharf name in five minutes. Ripon HG4 1AQ Take a boat trip and discover more about Ripon Canal. Parking

Walk down the towpath and look for Toilets wildflowers. Spot old canal buildings now converted into Café other uses. Boat trips Visit Ripon Cathedral. A church has been Path built on this site since 672AD. Allow 1-2 hours for this visit

* Don’t forget: Although the site is always open the facilities and boat trips may not be and some may be chargeable. Please Did you know?... check with local businesses before setting out. Our lock gates are handbuilt by skilled carpenters in our workshops in the West Midlands and Yorkshire, from FSC Green Oak. Each one is unique and can take up to a month to make. Once built they last for about 25 years. Sign up for our newsletter and get regular updates and offers from the Canal & River Trust.

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Discover Skipton Skipton is a beautiful market town situated on the Leeds & Liverpool Skipton Castle Canal, the longest canal in Britain. Mill With a Norman castle too, it’s all you Bridge need for a great day out! t Church e e Bridge r h t c S t n Street e r a e e t r r a B t W S Skipton Wharf s g l n a i Brook r n p a Coach Street Street S C Brewery Bridge Swingbridge Coach Street Leeds &

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STAY SAFE: Stay Away From Map not to scale: covers approx 1.4 miles/2.4km the Edge A little bit of history The Springs Branch leaves the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in the centre of Skipton. It was built for Lord Thanet, who lived in Skipton Castle and owned the limestone quarries served by the branch. Stone was brought from the quarries by horse drawn trams and loaded into boats for the journey to Leeds.

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Five thing Information s to do at Sk Coach Street Car Park ipton Coach Street Check out Skipton Castle, built in 1090. The Skipton BD23 1LE Springs Branch winds round it and forms a moat. Parking Walk along the canal and spot old warehouses, a (pay & display) water mill and the chute that was used to deliver limestone into the canal barges. Toilets Sit at the wharf, eat fish and chips and Café feed the ducks. Pub Take a boat ride and discover more about the Information Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Explore the award-winning High Street with its Picnic independent shops and bustling market. Cycling Boat trips Path Allow up to half a day for this visit Can you name the different parts * Don’t forget: Although the site is always of a narrowboat? open the facilities and boat 1 2 3 trips may not be and some may be chargeable. Please check with local businesses before setting out.

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© Canal & River Trust Charity no. 1146792 A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped produce these. 02/18 Five Rise Sandbeds Locks Café 1.5 miles/2.4km & Crossflats ane ck L Viewing Be area Explore Bingley Old Lock 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 Keighley 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.

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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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Little adventures Saltaire is a textile village built on the River Aire and the Leeds Dowley Gap Aqueduct on your doorstep (1/2 mile/0.8km) & Liverpool Canal. It has World & Bingley Heritage Status – that means it’s as important as Stonehenge!

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Map not to scale: covers approx 0.5 miles/0.8km A little bit of history Saltaire is named after Victorian industrialist Sir Titus Salt who sited his textile mills beside the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the River Aire (hence Salt-Aire). He built the village with stone cottages, schools, hospitals and churches for his workers. It was a far cry from the slums where mill workers usually lived.

Best of all it’s FREE!* ve thi Information Fi ngs to d o at Salts Mill Salt Victoria Street aire Titus Salt didn’t approve of pubs so Saltaire Saltaire BD98 8AA was a ‘dry’ village. Follow his spirit and take a break in cafés! Parking Bike along the towpath and watch boats go Toilets through the locks. Cafe Have a picnic in Roberts Park on the banks of the River Aire. Keep a look out for otters which have Pub been spotted here. Information Follow the Saltaire to Bingley QR trail. Look out Picnic for signs on site. Play area Visit Salts Mill built in the grand Italianate style. Today it houses the largest collections Cycling of work by David Hockney, one of Britain’s Path great modern painters. Sculpture Trail Allow 2-3 hours for this visit Can you name the different parts * Don’t forget: Although the site is always of a narrowboat? open the facilities and boat 2 trips may not be and some 1 3 may be chargeable. Please check with local businesses before setting out.

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© Canal & River Trust Charity no. 1146792 A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped produce these. 02/18 Discover Leeds Waterfront Parts of Leeds Leeds Station waterfront were once almost derelict. Now Brewery regenerated with vibrant Wharf waterside cafés and bars, a world-class Leeds city museum, art galleries centre and public art, it’s a great place to visit. Armley Mills River Aire & Kirkstall Royal Armouries

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Leeds Dock STAY SAFE: Stay Away From the Edge Map not to scale: covers approx 0.5 miles/0.8km A little bit of history Leeds Dock, located on the Aire & Calder Navigation, was once a vast complex of store yards and warehouses busy offloading coal and goods from the barges that plied this wide canal. It was a nerve centre that provided a vital cross-Pennine link from Liverpool to the North Sea via the Aire & Calder Navigation and the Humber.

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Five thing s to do at Le eds W Information Take a boat trip from Leeds Dock andat eviewrfro thent The Tetley waterfront from the canal Hunslet Road Visit The Royal Armouries and discover a world-class Leeds LS10 1JQ

collection of arms and armour. Look out for exciting Parking (all P&D) activities for kids. Toilets (in pubs, cafes

Take a walk along the towpath to Thwaite Mills (2.7 and attractions) km/1.7 miles), a water-powered mill which at various times milled rape oil for lubrication and lighting, Café and crushed wood for dyes and whiting for Pub household products Picnic bench Take a look at The Tetley, a stunning art deco building Boat trips (from that has great art exhibitions and family art activities Leeds Dock to Granary Pack a picnic, choose a picnic bench overlooking the Wharf and back) waterfront and soak up the atmosphere. Path Allow 3 hours for this visit

Can you name the different parts * Don’t forget: of a narrowboat? Although the site is always open the facilities and boat 1 2 3 trips may not be and some may be chargeable. Please check with local businesses before setting out.

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© Canal & River Trust Charity no. 1146792 A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped produce these. 02/18 Explore Woodlesford Lock Located just five miles from Leeds, Woodlesford Lock on the Aire & Calder Navigation, is one of the best Thwaite Mills Fishponds Lock places to escape the city and enjoy Museum country walks. & Leeds

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Map not to scale: covers approx 0.5 miles/0.8km A little bit of history The Aire & Calder Navigation was built to connect Leeds to the Humber and the North Sea. Unique to this navigation were ‘Tom Puddings’, huge open containers for carrying coal, linked together and pushed along by tugs. The waterway still carries commercial traffic but Best of all today, it makes its way through peaceful countryside. it’s FREE!* ve thi Fi ngs to d o at Wood Picnic Pack binoculars and trackl edownsfor exoticd wooden Information wildlife such as elephant, antelope, giraffe, Lgorilla,ock deer Woodlesford Lock and the very rare Gruffalo! Woodlesford Use the bird screen to watch a huge variety of bird West Yorkshire life. Look out for sand martins on the riverbank, the LS26 8PU blue flash of a kingfisher or spot a forked-tailed red kite circling in the sky. Parking (free & Visit Thwaite Mills, a water-powered mill which at P&D) various times milled rape oil for lubrication and Toilets (in hotel, lighting, and crushed wood for dyes and whiting for pubs and cafés household products in village) Keep a look about for working boats and barges Café Take a walk. There’s a circular walk to Fishponds Lock (1.75 miles), or a towpath walk to Lemonroyd Lock Pub (1.5 miles), or try part of the Leeds Country Way, a 62- Picnic bench mile long circular walk divided into 4-6 mile sections. Path

Allow 2 hours What to Spot for this visit Explore the waterside together. * Don’t forget: How many of these can you spot? Although the site is always A duck quacking open the facilities and boat trips may not be and some may be chargeable. Please check with local businesses before setting out. The number of a  A fascinating insect  bridge or lock 

The names of A face two boats or animal Sign up for our in the newsletter and get regular An interesting clouds updates and offers from stone or brick    the Canal & River Trust. Simply go online and search for ’. Go to canalriverexplorers.org.uk ‘canal newsletter to discover lots of fun things to do with the family.

© Canal & River Trust Charity no. 1146792 A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped produce these. 02/18 Explore Hebden Bridge Discover this lovely old textile mill town on the Rochdale Canal. The spectacular scenery and quirky, independent shops, Hardcastle galleries and cafés in Hebden Crags (NT) Bridge, ensure a great day out. Heptonstall River 1 mile Stubbing Hebden Lock House A646 Packhorse Town Centre Bridge Ma rke Theatre t S tre et Cinema Hebden Bridge Rochda N Marina le ew Ro Ca nal ad

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Hebden Sowerby Bridge Bridge STAY SAFE: Stay Away From Map not to scale: covers approx 0.5 miles/0.8km the Edge A little bit of history Hebden Bridge was, and still is, famous for the production of corduroy. It was once known as ‘trouser town’! Packhorses took the cloth from the mills to the canal, and from there to Sowerby Bridge or Lancashire. Many of the old mills still stand, but most are now converted into studios and workshops.

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ve thi Fi ngs to d o at H ebde Information n Bridge Take Albert Street a boat trip and discover more about the Hebden Bridge Rochdale Canal. HX7 8AH Explore the many art galleries and independent shops in the town centre. Parking Pick up a heritage trail and explore Hebden Bridge. Toilets Walk up to the old packhorse bridge that gives its Café name to the town. Pub Spot old mill buildings and workers’ cottages stacked up the steep valley. Information Picnic Boat trip Path Allow 2-3 hours for this visit Did you know?... * Don’t forget: Although the site is always Our lock gates are handbuilt open the facilities and boat by skilled carpenters in trips may not be and some may be chargeable. Please our workshops in the West check with local businesses Midlands and Yorkshire, from before setting out. FSC Green Oak. Each one is unique and can take up to a month to make. Once built they last for about 25 years. Sign up for our newsletter and get regular updates and offers from the Canal & River Trust.

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Footbridge Explore Sowerby Bridge Sowerby Bridge Wharf Sowerby Bridge Wharf is where two waterways STAY SAFE: Stay Away From meet on the edge of the Pennines. Once a the Edge major industrial centre, now trendy pubs and cafes occupy many of the old canal buildings. Map not to scale: covers approx 0.5 miles/0.8km A little bit of history Sowerby Bridge Wharf was a vital link in the chain of waterways stretching from the Humber to the Mersey. Here, cargo was transferred from long boats called Mersey flats to the shorter Yorkshire keels because they were too big for the locks on the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

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Five thing s to do at So werb Take a walk round the canal basiny – B itsri donege of W theha rf finest in the country. Information Stanley Street Walk Over to Tuel Tunnel Lock – the deepest Sowerby Bridge lock in Britain. Watch boats being raised nearly 6 HX6 2AJ metres (18 feet) and chat to our lock keeper. Check out the waterside cafes and spot Parking how many have been converted from old Toilets canal warehouses. Café Spot Wainhouse Tower built for local dye works Pub owner, John Wainhouse. The textile industry once boomed here with raw and processed cotton Picnic delivered to and from the mills by canal. Boat hire Boat building has a long tradition here. You can Path still see colourful narrowboats being refitted and repaired on the Wharf. Allow 3 hours for this visit

* Don’t forget: Although the site is always Can you name the different parts open the facilities and boat trips may not be and some of a narrowboat? may be chargeable. Please 1 2 3 check with local businesses before setting out.

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© Canal & River Trust Charity no. 1146792 A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped produce these. 02/18 rom the E dge the way F A STAY SAFE : STAY Huddersfield S tay Marsden Marsden Discover Discover Standedge Tunnel is the longest, Tunnel Standedge canal tunnel and oldest highest one of It’s be built in Britain. to the waterways. of the wonders miss it! Don’t

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River Colne Standedge Tunnel Standedge Tunnel Centre Visitor Standedge Tunnel covers approx 0.5 miles/0.8km 0.5 approx scale: covers to Map not Tunnel End Tunnel reservoir Ashton- under-Lyne Watersedge Watersedge Café A little bit of history Standedge Tunnel was cut through the Pennines by hundreds of navvies working with nothing but picks, shovels and muscle power. It took 16 years, and after many financial and constructional difficulties, opened in 1811. More than three miles long, there’s no towpath so boats were ‘legged’ through. Phew!

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ve thi Fi ngs to d o at S tande Information dge Tunnel Take a boat trip into the tunnel and find out what HD7 6NQ it must have been like to ‘leg’ boats through. Parking + Check out the Visitor Centre located in an old canal warehouse. Discover more about the tunnel Toilets and how it was built. Café Visit the Loft Space Creative hub. Visitor Centre Take a break in the Watersedge Café and enjoy a Picnic bench delicious snack. Keep an eye open for wildlife in the Tunnel End Play area Reservoir Nature Trail. Boat trips Path Allow half a day for this visit

Did you know?... * Don’t forget: It’s best to feed ducks tasty Although the site is always open the facilities and boat treats like: trips may not be and some • porridge oats may be chargeable. Please 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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© Canal & River Trust Charity no. 1146792 A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped produce these. 02/18 Pocklington Wellington Oak Yo r k Yor Explore k Road Hull A1079 Pocklington Canal Canal Head Most of Pocklington Canal lies within a Site of Special Scientific Top Lock Interest (SSSI). It’s one of the best places on the canal system Silburn Lock to spot birds, insects, small mammals and plants. Giles Lock

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Map not to scale: covers approx 1.4 miles/2.4km A little bit of history Pocklington Canal is a broad canal that runs for almost ten miles (15.3 km) through nine locks. It was built to allow Yorkshire keels, which operated on the River Derwent, to use it. In the 1960s, the canal was in serious decline but thanks to a team of dedicated volunteers, much of it has been restored.

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Five things to do at Pock Information lingto n Canal Melbourne YO42 4QJ Take a boat trip and discover more about the & Pocklington Canal. Pocklington YO42 1NW Look for swing bridges, quaint hump-backed bridges, restored and unrestored locks. Parking Bring binoculars to look out for uncommon wildlife Information such as water voles and damselflies. (Sunday & bank holiday Have a picnic on the banks of the canal and watch afternoons) out for nesting birds in the reeds. Picnic Pack wellies and find puddles to splash in. Boat trips (Sunday & bank holiday afternoons)

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© Canal & River Trust Charity no. 1146792 A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped produce these. 02/18 Old pumphouse Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation Old Snow’s Doncaster Explore Wood Sprotbrough Sprotbrough Lock is one of the loveliest spots on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation. It’s one of the best places on the canal n system to watch birds. Sprotbrough r Do Lock e v

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STAY SAFE: Stay Away From Conisborough the Edge Map not to scale: covers approx 1.4 miles/2.4km A little bit of history The Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation runs from Sheffield to Keadby where it joins the River Trent. Sprotbrough Locks is a peaceful spot surrounded by woodlands and a nature reserve – a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It’s a wonderful place to escape city life and enjoy country walks and easy bike rides.

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ve thi Fi ngs to d o at S prot brough Information Bird spotting is a must in summer. Pack binoculars Sprotbrough Locks and look out for birds attracted to the Sprotbrough Nursery Lane Flash. Sprotbrough Take a boat trip and discover more Sheffield & Doncaster DN5 7NB South Yorkshire Navigation. Parking Enjoy a picnic on the banks and feed the ducks. Watch anglers fishing for roach, chub, tench and Pub fearsome pike. Picnic Watch boats pass through Sprotbrough Lock. Cycling

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Map not to scale: covers approx 1.4 miles/2.4km A little bit of history The Chesterfield Canal carried bulky goods such as coal, limestone, lead, timber and local produce such as cheese between Chesterfield and the River Trent. On this canal, boats weren’t painted with traditional ‘rose and castles’ patterns, and boatmen lived ‘ashore’ with their families rather than on boats.

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Five things to do at Drak eholes Look out for the entrance to Drakeholes Tunnel. Information It was built without a towpath so the boats were Eel Pool Road ‘legged’ through. Doncaster Take a fishing net and go canal dipping. DH10 5DH Look out for the colourful narrowboats. Parking Pack a picnic, sit on the canal banks and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere. Toilets Bring binoculars and look for damselflies and Picnic dragonflies that thrive on the still waters of canals. Path

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Nature trail & Nature sensory garden Little adventures adventures Little covers approx 0.7 miles/1.2km 0.7 approx scale: covers to Map not on your doorstep A little bit of history The first lock at Naburn was built in 1757 – one of the earliest examples of canal engineering in the country. In Victorian times, a larger lock was built alongside the original one to allow large freight barges to pass through. It was opened with much ado by Queen Victoria’s grandson, Prince Albert Victor.

Best of all it’s FREE!* ve thi Fi ngs to d o at N abur Take a walk on the banks of then River Loc Ouseks and Information watch out for red kites, kingfishers and herons Naburn Locks Check out old canal buildings such as the forge, Naburn workshop, the lock keeper’s cottage and the cast York YO19 4RU iron swing bridge Parking Explore the Naburn nature trail and sensory garden Take Toilets a leisurely scenic boat trip to York along the (at the locks) mighty River Ouse Walk or bike up the towpath to Naburn village and Pub discover the historic church and traditional pub. Picnic

Boat trips

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Nature Trail

Allow 2 hours for this visit

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