North Pennine Ring

North Pennine Ring
Two narrow boats in Kings Road Lock give an idea of the size of locks on the Aire and Calder Navigation.
Locks	218
Status	Canal ring
Navigation authority	British Waterways

[v · Legend Aire and Calder Navigation Castleford Junction 5 locks 6 locks Fall Ing Leeds Calder and Hebble Navigation Leeds and Liverpool Canal 13 locks Huddersfield Broad Canal 44 locks 15 locks Sowerby Bridge Foulridge Tunnel Rochdale Canal 36 locks 41 locks 47 locks Ashton Canal 9 locks Castlefield Jn Leeds and Liverpool Main Line Leeds and L'pool Leigh Branch 2 locks Leigh Bridgewater Canal Stretford Jn Main line to Runcorn

The North Pennine Ring is a canal ring which crosses the Pennines between Manchester and Leeds.

History

Whilst the concept of canal rings had begun in the 1960s with the Cheshire Ring, the North Pennine Ring is a recent addition, as it was only with the restoration of the Rochdale Canal in 2002 that the ring became a possibility.

The term was coined by enthusiasts as an adjunct to the South Pennine Ring, devised as a marketing tool by British Waterways.

Component canals

Clockwise from Manchester (Castlefields Junction):

• Bridgewater Canal
• Leeds and Liverpool Canal
• Aire and Calder Navigation
• Calder and Hebble Navigation
• Rochdale Canal

Coordinates: 53°28′28″N 2°15′24″W / 53.47444°N 2.25667°W / 53.47444; -2.25667

See also

UK Waterways portal

• Canals of the United Kingdom
• History of the British canal system

References