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Bingley Five Rise Locks Bingley Five Rise Locks Sandbeds Five Rise Locks Café 1.5 miles/2.4km & Crossflats ane ck L Viewing Be area Old Lock Keeper’s Cottage Start of Explore Bingley trails Overflow channel Five Rise Locks or ‘bywash’ Bingley Five Rise Locks are the most awesome feature on the Five Rise Locks Leeds & Liverpool Canal. They are the steepest staircase locks on the longest canal in the country! Old Blacksmith’s Forge North Bog STAY SAFE: Stay Away From the Edge Three Rise l a Locks n a C NOTE l (see below left): Access via o o Access to site not Keighley Road p er suitable for push- (next to the Liv & or wheelchairs here. fire station) s ed Access via Keighley Le To w n Road or Beck Lane centre Damart mills Bingley & chimney Map not to scale: covers approx ½ mile/0.7km Bingley Bowling approx For more information and 1/2 Green mile places to go, download our App - Mills 0.7km Canal & River Trust ‘Places to Visit’ - Park Road available in the App Store and Google Play NOTE (see above right) canalrivertrust.org.uk Inspire me 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! Information ive thing F s to d Five Rise Locks, o at Beck Lane, Bingley Bin BD16 4DT gley Fiv Watch boats working through the lockse –R it icanse takeLo c45k s Parking (in town) minutes to go up the locks and 30 minutes to go down. Toilets Take a break in the café. It was once the stables where horses that hauled boats in the early days of canals rested. Café Cycle along the towpath and catch a train back. Picnic Walk a short way down the valley and see Bingley Three Rise Locks (0.3 miles/0.5 km). Cycling Discover more about Bingley Five Rise Locks by Path downloading our Smartphone App, Interactive QR code trail or Geocashing trail. Look out for signs on site. Allow up to half a day for this visit * Don’t forget: Although the site is always open the facilities and boat trips may not be and some Share your adventure may be chargeable. Please check with local business Post a picture on our Facebook page facebook.com/canalrivertrust before setting out. and tell us about your best discovery. me a t co rus The Canal is where I learnt that I was much better at steering Be River T al & a boat than my older brother. And it’s where I tell tales to my an iend! C ily Fr grandchildren about what a great industrial nation we once were. Fam If we don’t look after them they’ll be gone. Forever. What a waste. Arthur, aged 74 (and still the best skipper in town). Please set up a regular donation at canalrivertrust.org.uk/familyfriend or phone 0303 040 4040 and request your family welcome pack. Explore f urther Go to canalri verexplo rers. family. org.uk with the to discover lots of fun things to do © Canal & River Trust Charity Commission no. 1146792 A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped produce these – you know who you are. 07/13.
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