2018

SD4761 : The Lancaster Canal in Lancaster

taken 6 years ago, near to Lancaster, Lancashire, England

The Lancaster Canal in Lancaster
The Lancaster Canal in Lancaster
Viewed from Bridge No 98.
Lancaster Canal

The Lancaster Canal was originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in South Cumbria. The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never completed.The southern part, from Johnson's Hillock to Wigan Top Lock, remains navigable as part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The planned continuation to Westhoughton was never built.

The Lancaster canal is currently only open to navigation for 42 miles from Preston to Tewitfield near Carnforth. The northern terminus at Kendal can no longer be reached; the canal north of Tewitfield having been severed in three places by the construction of the M6 motorway, and by the A590 road near Kendal in the 1960s

LinkExternal link Canal Junction
LinkExternal link Wikipedia
LinkExternal link Lancaster Canal Trust


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Photographer
Mat Fascione   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 17 September, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 6 March, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 475 610 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:2.5590N 2:48.1472W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 475 610
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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