Bootle
3 miles from Liverpool, Bootle is a town which has seen many phases of renewal over the decades. The area around the canal shows signs of the renovations from the 1980s. There is access to the canal by the Strand shopping centre at the changeline bridge. There are two stations nearby: Bootle New Strand and Bootle Oriel Road on the Southport to Liverpool Northern line.
Sandhills Close to Sandhills bridge is Sandhills station on the Northern line.
Eldonian Basin
A successful redevelopment of the canal in Vauxhall. The surroundings of the canal are good but it is a shame there isn't more use of the canal itself. The village hall has a carpark with access to the canal.
Liverpool
Liverpool was once the second largest port in the country and one of the most important cities of the Empire.

#2A Stanley Road 
Changeline  Bridge 

Flats now stand on the site of a Goods Warehouse, the basin and wharf remain. 

Bridge #0 in distance, Warfe Inn by  Bridge #M

Buses and nasty weed

LPool 2 Miles
Leeds 125¼ Miles
Near bridge L

Liverpool's Collingwood Dock is reached via Stanley Dock. This branch of the canal was added in 1846 when the expansion of the railway disrupted the canals original route to Old Hall Street and the Princes Dock area. The four locks on this branch are large enough to allow the Liverpool flats access to the canal. It is from this terminus that the canal link will join canal to the South Docks. The locks were designed and supervised by Jesse Hartley, the stone work is typical of Hartley's docks. The original plan was to have the country's (and world's) first integrated dock, canal and railway depot. Instead two warehouses were built where the docks would have been.

Originally the canal terminated at Clarke's Basin, 1792, which was on the Mersey side of Old Hall Street. On the other side of the road was Old Hall Street Basin (1) on Maps below. To accommodate the expansion of the railways the canal was in filled in 1886 leaving Clarke's Basin stranded and unused. The Tobacco Warehouse was built on half of Stanley Dock in 1901 (2) in maps below. The canal between  the "New Basin" (just south of the Chisenhale Street bridge) and the Philips Street coal yards basin was re-built, it was straightened and moved about 50 meters east. The Pall Mall Warehouses were built along side, with new canal offices.  The canal went right up to the warehouses to allow cargo to be loaded/unloaded directly. Large doors allowed goods wagons access to the warehouses from the new Pall Mall road (3) on Maps Below. In 1960 the canal behind the warehouses was in filled up to the Chisenhale Street Bridge (Bridge A).  In 1978 a local housing group from Eldonian Street were told they were to be re-housed and the community split up. They protested and the Eldonian Village plan was created. The area was cleared of its housing and industrial buildings. The canal was shortened yet again this time to just north of bridge B Burlington street bridge. The Eldonian Basin was created with the Eldonian Village Hall and sports centre. www.eldonians.org.uk A new bridge was built to give access to the housing estate as part of Phase II of the regeneration. This new bridge, Vauxhall Bridge was opened by former local Cilla Black.

Eldonian Basin

Part of the regeneration of this area in the 1970's and 1980's.

#B Burlington Street Bridge 

The former Clarke's Basin terminus of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal built 1792, closed 1886. Now only one brick building c1800 remains. The iron girder displays information about the Leeds-Liverpool canal and the basin. The building shown was part of a coopers yard next to Clarke's basin. Old Hall Street Basin was on the other side of the road north of Old Leeds Street. This is now the business centre of Liverpool, in an area of offices and banks.