The navigation connects the towns of sowerby bridge and brighouse with the city of wakefield. Aire calder navigation bridgewater canal calder hebble navigation huddersfield narrow canal huddersfield broad canal lancaster canal leeds liverpool canal macclesfield canal manchester bolton bury canal peak forest and ashton canals rochdale canal sankey canal and trent mersey canal.
Calder and hebble canal map. Researched and written by jeannette briggs. The calder and hebble navigation runs from the wakefield branch of the aire and calder navigation at wakefield to the rochdale canal at sowerby bridge. You can do short sections by using local buses to get you to the start and finish of your walk.
The link wasn t completed for over 37 more years at which point the calder hebble navigation travelling through our tiny section of tag cut formed part of the m62 motorway of its day. Covered in this guide are. And was constructed after the success of the leeds and liverpool aire and calder canal showed the way for the industrialists of.
Running for 21 5 miles between sowerby bridge and wakefield the calder hebble was designed to extend navigation from the aire and calder navigation at. There is a towpath all the way which makes it a great flat walking route. The calder and hebble navigation from sowerby bridge to wakefield and on to castleford.
The calder and hebble navigation is a broad inland waterway with locks and bridgeholes that are suitable for 14 foot wide 4 3 m boats in west yorkshire england construction to improve the river calder and the river hebble began in 1759 and the initial scheme which included 5 7 miles 9 2 km of new cuts was completed in 1770 and has remained navigable since it was opened. It is 21 5 miles 34 4 km long and has 27 locks. The calder and hebble navigation is also joined by the huddersfield broad canal at cooper bridge junction and has a small arm to dewsbury of 1.
The calder and hebble navigation runs for 21 miles from wakefield to sowerby bridge yorkshire. Once a key cog in the industrial revolution wheel the now rural peaceful calder hebble navigation is a real northern treat. It has 27 locks and a number of flood locks.
Plans for the rochdale canal were first discussed in 1767 but events such as britain s war with america hindered that progress. The calder and hebble navigation main line is a small river and is part of the calder and hebble navigation 72ft length boats it runs for 2 miles and 1 furlongs from salterhebble junction where it joins the calder and hebble navigation halifax branch and the calder and hebble navigation main line to sowerby bridge basin which is a dead end. The calder and hebble navigation between wakefield and sowerby bridge pub guide details of pubs canalside or a short distance from the calder and hebble navigation between wakefield and sowerby bridge giving address including postcode map telephone number and services facilities available.
No longer commercial this mainly rural canal is open to everyone to enjoy the great outdoors together. Now that the rochdale canal and huddersfield narrow canal have been restored the calder hebble navigation is once again an essential part of the waterway routes across the pennines.
