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|   Lightshaw Meadows - 1720 - 1969 - Bamfurlong, UK
in Timelines This information board next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal in the area round Lightshaw Meadows has information about how mining in the area needed better transport links which resulted in the building of canals and railways. posted by:  dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/06/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Industrial Heritage Of Lightshaw Meadows - Bamfurlong, UK
in UK Historical Markers This information board on the towpath of the Leigh Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal has historical information about the industrial past of what is now a country park. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/06/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.4 km |  Ecology of Lightshaw Meadows - Bamfurlong, UK
in Flora and Fauna Information Signs This information board has information about the ecology of Lightshaw Meadows, once a mining area, now a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/06/2016 last visited: never |
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|  LNWR Boundary Marker, Newton-le-Willows Station
in Public Land Survey Marks LNWR Boundary marker at Newton-le-Willows train station posted by: joed293 location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 06/14/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN2.9 km |  Former Dover Lock 2 On The Leigh Branch Of The Leeds Liverpool Canal - Abram, UK
in Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts This lock chamber is from a redundant lock on the Leigh Branch of The Leeds & Liverpool Canal. posted by: ntpayne location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 11/07/2018 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE3.1 km |  Bridge 8 On Leigh Branch Of Leeds Liverpool Canal -
in Moving Bridges This electrically operated draw bridge was built in 1972 to replace an earlier wooden swing bridge. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/04/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.1 km | Former Dover Lock 1 On The Leigh Branch Of The Leeds Liverpool Canal - Abram, UK in Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts This lock chamber is from a redundant lock on the Leigh Branch of The Leeds Liverpool Canal which at 127 miles long is the longest canal in Northern England. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 09/28/2016 last visited: 05/31/2018 |
 view galleryNE3.4 km |  Unlock - Leigh, UK
in Abstract Public Sculptures This sculpture has used real lock gates taken from the Leeds Liverpool Canal and formed into a book. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 08/02/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryN4.3 km |  West Coast Main Line Railway Bridge - Bamfurlong, UK
in Railroad Bridges This bridge carries the West Coast Main Line railway over the Leigh Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/09/2016 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW4.5 km | The Mucky Mountains - Newton-le-Willows, UK in UK Historical Markers This sign stands next to an old lock on the disused Sankey Canal. It is one of a number of similar signs on The Newton Heritage Trail and has information about things of interest near the sign. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/23/2017 last visited: 03/24/2022 |
 view gallerySW4.5 km | Bradley Swing Bridge On Sankey Canal - Newton-le-Willows, UK in Moving Bridges This swing bridge on the disused Sankey Canal is one of the few that are still capable of moving. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/23/2017 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW4.7 km | Disused Sankey Canal - Hey Lock - Newton-le-Willows, UK in Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts Although this lock has been filled in, this stretch of canal is ion water on both sides of the lock. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/13/2017 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW4.8 km | Disused Sankey Canal - Bradley Lock - Newton-le-Willows, UK in Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts The gates at one end of this lock are left shut marking a divide between a dry section of the canal, and a section that is still in water. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/13/2017 last visited: 03/24/2022 |
 view gallerySW4.8 km | Sankey Viaduct - Newton-le-Willows, UK in Railroad Bridges This 9 arch railway viaduct was built in 1829 to carry the Liverpool and Manchester Railway over Sankey Brook and the Sankey Canal. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/17/2017 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW4.8 km |  Sankey Viaduct - Newton-le-Willows, UK
in Arch Bridges This 9 arch railway viaduct was built in 1829 to carry the Liverpool and Manchester Railway over Sankey Brook and the Sankey Canal. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/16/2017 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW5 km | Welcome To The Sankey Canal - Newton-le-Willows, UK in UK Historical Markers This sign stands next to an old lock on the disused Sankey Canal. It is one of a number of similar signs on The Newton Heritage Trail and has information about things of interest near the sign. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/23/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryN5 km | Liverpool To Wigan Railway Bridge - Bamfurlong, UK in Railroad Bridges This bridge carries the Liverpool to Wigan railway over the Leigh Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/09/2016 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW5 km | Disused Sankey Canal - Newton Common Lock - Newton-le-Willows, UK in Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts This lock is on a stretch of the canal that has been filled in. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/12/2017 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW5.3 km | Sankey Canal Spillway Bridge - Newton-le-Willows, UK in Arch Bridges This 8 arch brick bridge carries the towpath of the disused Sankey Canal over an overflow channel. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/16/2017 last visited: never |
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|  "You Are Here" At Canal Junction - Leigh, UK
in 'You Are Here' Maps This map is at the head on junction of the Leigh Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal and the Bridgewater Canal. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 09/10/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryE5.3 km | Leigh Bridge At Canal Junction - Leigh, UK in Arch Bridges This bridge carries King Street over the head on junction of the Leigh Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal and the Bridgewater Canal. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 09/09/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryE5.3 km |  Handshake - Leigh, UK
in Outside Wooden Display Carvings This carving of two arms with their hands gripping each other marks the junction of two canals. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 09/21/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryE6 km | Mather's Lane Bridge Over Bridgewater Canal - Leigh, UK in Arch Bridges This bridge carries Mather Lane over the Leigh Branch of the Bridgewater canal next to two old cotton mills. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 09/09/2016 last visited: never |
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| Disused Sankey Canal - Winwick Lock - Winwick Quay, UK in Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts Although this lock has been filled in, the remains of the gates are still in place. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/23/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryE6 km | "You Are Here" At East Bond Street On The Busway - Leigh, UK in 'You Are Here' Maps This map is at the East Bond Street Park and Ride facility on the Tyldesley Guided Busway.
The map shows the 7.5 km route from Ellenbrook to Leigh. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 11/10/2020 last visited: never |
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