Miles to Liverpool |
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Liverpool City Centre
Old Hall Street
Pall Mall Terminus
Eldonian Village
Stanley Dock Branch
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The former canal basins are in Liverpool city centre. The canal now starts in Eldonian Village, a modern housing estate. |
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Sandhills
Bank Hall |
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The canal passes old warehouses and former industry. |
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Bootle |
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A quiet stretch of canal, a mixture of residential and former industry. |
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Bootle
Litherland |
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Leaving Bootle Strand the canal passes behind industrial units and wasteland. |
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Litherland |
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The canal passes rows of houses and a new tescos supermarket. Anti-vehicle gates on towpath |
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Rimrose Valley Country Park |
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The canal runs alongside the country park with new housing on the far bank. |
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Gorsey Lane |
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a mixture of new housing and old council estates. |
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Netherton |
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The council estates intrude onto the canal at bridges. Anti-vehicle gates on towpath |
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Old Roan |
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Housing estates back on to the canal. Anti-vehicle gates on towpath |
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Aintree Race Course |
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The backgardens of houses back on to the towpath while Aintree Race Course is on the far side. Anti-vehicle gates on towpath |
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M57 |
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The canal is on an embankment above scrub and wasteland. It passes under the M57 |
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Melling
M58 |
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The canal passes the fields below Melling |
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Maghull |
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The canal enters Maghull with houses, the backs of shops and playing fields bordering the canal. Drapers Bridge 11B gives access to Maghull Station. Anti-vehicle gates on towpath |
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Red Lion Bridge |
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The backgardens of Maghull run down to the canals edge, after the Running Horses pub there are fields to the west. |
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Lydiate |
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The boats of the MMBC are moored along here, with a high hedge and trees lining the towpath. |
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The fields grow a variety of produce, cabbages, corn, sunflowers and lavender. The towpath is grassy and the hedgerow can be overgrown. |
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Downholland |
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Grassy towpath surrounded by fields |
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Haskayne |
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While the canal is never far from the main road this stretch is quiet and agricultural. |
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Halsall |
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Carpark by Halsall Warehouse bridge #25 near the Saracens Head pub. |
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Small car parks at the former wharves at bridges #26 and #27. |
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Scarisbrick |
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The woods of Scarisbrick Hall line one side and the boats of the MMBC the other and a large caravan park. |
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Heatons Bridge |
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Martin Lane |
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New Lane Bridge |
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Burscough Bridge |
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Burscough Bridge Station, on road parking |
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Parbold |
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Bottom Lock Wigan |
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Top Lock Johnsons Hillock |
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Limited on road parking by the Top Lock pub. |
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Eanam Wharf |
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Blackburn Station is within walking distance of Eanam Wharf. There is a large car park for rail users at the station. |
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Half Way |
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Hapton Bridge |
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Brierfield Wharf |
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Barrowford Wharf |
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Bottom Lock Banknewton |
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Bottom Lock Gargrave |
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Kildwick Wharf |
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Bingley Five Rise |
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Field Three Rise |
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119-120 |
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Rodley Wharf |
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Leeds River Lock |
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Leeds |
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