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Cherry Tree - Johnson's Hillock
54 -47  miles		 Blackburn
59 -54 miles		 Rishton, Church, Hapton
59 - 71		 Burnley
71-75		 Foulridge Tunnel - Burnley Lane
82 -75 miles
Former Lancaster Canal South Section
47 -37 miles

Foulridge Tunnel
Opened for traffic on May 1st 1796. It took an hour and a half for boats to be legged through the tunnel.
Barrowford
A picturesque village with a busy road. Pendle Water flows through the town. In the former family home of Rodger Bannister is The Pendle Heritage Centre. It is just a short walk from Barrowford Locks.
Nelson
A Northern mill town, terraced houses and mills. Hard to see the boundaries of the town from the towpath. The M65 is never far away from this section.
Brierfield
More mills.

 Greenberfield - Foulridge
87 -82 miles
  Gargrave - Greenberfield
93 -87 miles
Wigan
37 -34  miles		 Gargrave - Skipton
Wigan -Burscough
34 -25 miles		 Skipton
Rufford Branch Skipton to Keighley
99 - 109miles
Burscough -Maghull
24 - 12  miles		 Keighley to Shipley
109 - 115
Melling -Bootle
12 -3  miles		  
Liverpool
3-0 miles		 Liverpool Dock Link home   Leeds
127.25 miles
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Eastern Entrance Foulridge Tunnel
Traffic lights at the end of the tunnel Foulridge Lower Reservoir Sign post on the towpath diversion West entrance 
Foulridge Tunnel
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Leeds 46¼ Miles
L'Pool 81 Miles		 Wanless Bridge #145 Blakey Bridge #144 looking west Towards Lock #47
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Lock #47 Barrowford Locks
Lock #48
 		Barrowford Reservoir Looking down on Lock #49 Bridge #142A
#143 Barrowford Rd bridge
Lock 49
Taken from #143A
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underneath the bridges Lock #51 Barrowford Bottom Lock
note the screw paddle gear at an angle		 Swinden Changeline Bridge #142 MilePost
Leeds 48¼ Miles
L'Pool 79 miles		 red brick canal-side warehouse
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Leeds 49¼ Miles
L'Pool 78 miles		 mill beside bridge#140 #140 Lomeshaye Bridge
the bridge has been widened		 mosaic Hollins Bank Mill
Clogger Bridge #138 Mill with Lob Lane bridge #137 Turnstill Mill, Brierfield Lob Lane Bridge #137
 Brierfield Station		 mill near bridge#137
mill Hawks House Bridge #137 Looking south from #137 Oliver Ings Bridge # 135 Oliver Ings Bridge # 135
Lodge Bridge #134 Heald bridge #133 view wharf railway 132A
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75 miles		 New Hall bridge #132 view from bridge #132 stone on bridge #132 Old Hall Bridge #131B
 
Old Hall Mill Danes House Bridge #131A Colne Road bridge #131 Colne Road bridge #131  
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