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Wigan Pier | Junction with Leigh Branch | Top Lock

City of Liverpool

 

Dock Link

 

Liverpool
0-3 miles

 

Bootle to Melling
3-12 miles

 

Maghull to Burscough
12- 24 miles

 

Rufford Branch

 

Burscough
to Wigan
24 - 34 miles

 

Wigan
34 - 37 miles

 

Leigh Branch

 

Former Lancaster Canal South
37-47miles

 

Johnson's Hillock to Cherry Tree
47 - 54 miles

 

Blackburn
54-59 miles




 The Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Wigan

Wigan is famous for its pies and its pier.  Wigan's coalfields were a key location on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

City of Leeds

 

Leeds
127.25 miles

 

Shipley to Leeds
115 -125 miles

 

Stockbridge to Shipley
109 -115 miles

 

Skipton to Stockbidge
99 - 109 miles

 

Gargrave to Skipton
93 -99 miles

 

Greenberfield to Gargrave
82- 93 miles

 

Foulridge to Greenberfield
87-93 miles

 

Burnley Lane to Foulridge Tunnel
75 -82 miles

 

Burnley
71-75 miles

 

Rishton, Church and Hapton
59 - 71 miles

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Leeds Liverpool Canal Burscough      
  Seven Stars Bridge  #50 Seven Stars Bridge #50  
      34 ½ Miles to Liverpool
Wigan Pier
 
Wigan Pier Wigan Pier Crane Cogs Wigan Warehouse
Wigan Pier Wigan Pier Crane Cogs Wigan warehouse
Wigan Pier Wigan Pier Wigan Pier Wigan Pier
Under the covered loading bay Wigan Pier The Way We Were
(closed)
Wigan Warehouses
Braile Map The Orwell The Orwell Terminus Warehosue
Braile map The Orwell The Orwell Terminus Warehouses
Pottery Changeline Bridge #51 Pottery Changeline Bridge #51 Pottery Changeline Bridge #51 Pottery Changeline Bridge #51
Pottery Changeline Bridge #51 Pottery Changeline Bridge #51 Pottery Changeline Bridge #51 Bridge Roller on Bridge #51
Trencherfield Mill Trencherfield Mill Ambush  
Trencherfield  Mill Trencherfield Mill Ambush and Viktoria  
The Wigan Lock Flight
 
Bottom Lock #87 Dry Dock Lock #86 Lock #86
Bottom Lock #87 Dry Dock Lock #86 Lock #86
Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost Signpost Leigh Branch <Leigh Branch Link>
Mile Post
 LEEDS 92¼ MILES
 LPool 35 MILES
Leigh Branch Signpost Leigh Branch  
 
  Wigan Junction Weathered Brick Cable Bridge
Lock #85 Railway Bridge Britannia Bridge #53 Lock #83
Lock #85 Railway Bridge  Britannia Bridge and Lock #84 Lock #83
Lock #83 Lock #82 Canal Terrace Lock #82
Lock #83 Lock #82 Canal Terrace Lock #82
Lock #79 Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost Lock #77 Lock #77
Lock #79 Mile Post
 Leeds 91¼ Miles
 LPool 36 Miles
Lock #77

Peel Hall Bridge #55
Lock #77

Lock Winch Lock #76 Lock #76 Rusty Chain
Lock Winch Lock #76 Lock #76 Rusty Chain
Lock #74 Rusty Chain Lock #23 Lock #73
Lock #74 Rusty Chain Lock #73 Lock #73
Lock #72 Leaky Gates Lock #70 Wigan Flight
       
Wigan Flight Leaking Lock Kirkless Hall Bridge #56 Lock #69
Down the Flight Leaky Gates Kirkless Hall Bridge #56
 with Lock 69 behind
Lock #69
Lock #69 Lock #68 Lock #68 Lock #68
Lock #69 Lock #68 Lock #68 Lock #68
Lock #67 Lock #67 Lock #67 Dusk at the Locks
Lock #67 Lock #67 Cale Lane Bridge #57 from Lock #67 with the Commercial Inn Dusk at the Locks
Dusk at the Wigan Flight Lock #66 Leeds Liverpool Canal Milepost Withington Lane Bridge #58
Dusk at the Locks Lock #66 Mile Post
 Leeds 90¼ Miles
 LPool 37 Miles

Withington Lane Bridge #58

Wigan Top Lock Industrial Relic    
Top Lock #65 Either part of the old Albion Iron Works or part of an old mine shaft.    
Leeds Liverpool Canal  Lancaster Canal
 
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