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Cherry Tree - Johnson's
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Blackburn 59 -54 miles |
Rishton, Church, Hapton 59 - 71 |
Burnley 71-75 |
Foulridge Tunnel
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Former Lancaster Canal South Section 47 -37 miles |
This section of canal was originally
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Greenberfield -
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Wigan 37 -34 miles |
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Wigan -Burscough 34 -25 miles |
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Skipton to Keighley 99 - 109miles |
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Burscough -Maghull 24 - 12 miles |
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Melling -Bootle 12 -3 miles |
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Liverpool 3-0 miles |
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Leeds 127.25 miles |
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| From what was Johnson's Hillock Bridge | A quarter mile to the Junction |
At the end of the line |
Looking up Walton Summit Branch |
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Junction with Walton summit branch |
New housing near Moss lane Bridge #80 |
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| Barracks Bridge #75 | #74A | #74A looking towards #75 | #74A |
#74 with Mile Post L'Pool 44 Miles Leeds 83¼ Miles |
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| Giles Bridge #73 | Chorley Rd #72a | Idle bridge #72 | the old railway embankment from Ellerbeck Colliery |
Boat Hire at Rawlinson Bridge #71 |
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under Rawlinson bridge mark of where milepost used to be and star shaped masons mark. |
Towards Rawlinson bridge #71 |
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Adlington marina |
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Under a bridge |
Red House Bridge #68 |
View from Waterhouse Bridge |
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Waterhouse Bridge #67 |
Towards #67 |
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Sheep |
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Weavers Bridge #65 |
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Arley Hall with its moat, now part of Wigan Gold Club |
Arley bridge #64 |
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Iron aqueduct over disused railway |
Looking towards the television mast |
Red Rock Bridge #63 |
Parking at Red Rock
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Along the canal from Red Rock |
#62 Pendlebury Bridge |
View down to the Douglas Valley. This field was once Pendlebury Row about 10 canal side houses. Demolished at the turn of the 20th century. |
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#61 Sennicar Bridge |
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Duck in Flight |
Canada Geese by boat lake |
View from Haigh Park bridge |
Masons Mark on Bridge #60 Haig Park bridge |
Bench mark on #60 |
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Leeds Liverpool Canal Company marker. Common on this stretch where footpaths meet the towpath. |
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#59B Shedfield bridge |
Looking towards end of former Lancaster Canal |
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Junction of Leeds Liverpool (on right) with the Lancaster canal. Monk Hall Bridge #59 straight ahead. |
BWB facilities, shower, toilet, water, refuse and waste disposal. BWB key needed for these new clean facilities. |
Either part of the old Albion Iron Works or part of an old mine shaft. |
Looking from Monk hall bridge towards the junction between the Lancaster Canal South and the Leeds Liverpool Canal |
View from Monk Hall bridge #59 looking east |
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