Standing at the busy leeds road bradley crossroads the inn is a multi award winning pub. The huddersfield broad canal or sir john ramsden s canal is a wide locked navigable canal in west yorkshire in northern england.
A short channel connecting to the river colne once led off to the right of the picture.
Huddersfield broad canal. It is part of the south pennine ring linking with the calder hebble canal at cooper bridge and the huddersfield narrow canal at aspley basin. The buildings are part of the university of huddersfield. It later became known as the broad canal to distinguish it from the narrow canal.
The animal was found by a dog walker in bushes by the canal near colne bridge road off leeds road huddersfield on friday 28 august at around 5pm. Lock 1e is to the west of the a629 wakefield road and the canal had been filled in beneath the road. The canal has a total of 9 locks along the route.
A new bridge was built in 1985 but the width was only sufficient for narrowboats and so the 300 yards 270 m section of broad canal from the. It was later known as sir john ramsden s canal after the lord of the manor and main land owner. Huddersfield broad canal pubs cafes.
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 57. The huddersfield broad canal has been reborn from a weed clogged channel in the 1980s to a popular boating route today thanks to the restoration of the connecting huddersfield narrow canal and the upgrading of the canal facilities. At the end off the canal in bradley you could head to the white cross for some refreshments after your walk.
The huddersfield broad canal was originally known as the cooper canal as it branched off the calder and hebble navigation at cooper bridge. A four week old starving and sick puppy was dumped by the side of a canal in huddersfield. The huddersfield broad canal is a broad canal and is part of the waterways of mainland britain it runs for 3 miles and 4 furlongs through 9 locks from cooper bridge junction where it joins the calder and hebble navigation main line to aspley basin huddersfield where it joins the huddersfield narrow canal.
From there it then continues through the outskirts of huddersfield to join the peak forest canal and ashton canal. The rspca has now launched an appeal to find the callous person who dumped the small tan pup by the huddersfield broad canal. The waterway is 3 75 miles 6 km long and has 9 wide locks.
It follows the valley of the river colne and connects the calder and hebble navigation at cooper bridge junction with the huddersfield narrow canal near aspley basin in huddersfield. This is the southern end of the huddersfield broad canal. The huddersfield narrow canal connects with the huddersfield broad canal at the eastern end of lock 1e.
The huddersfield broad will take boats up to 14 2 wide but there is a length. At one end it links the calder and hebble navigation to the huddersfield narrow canal. The huddersfield narrow canal leads in from the left of the picture with lock 1e being just out of the picture.
The huddersfield broad canal is a 3 7 mile stretch of canal maintained by the canal river trust. The huddersfield broad canal also known as the sir john ramsden canal runs for nearly 4 miles and has 9 locks.
