2018

SD4766 : Lancaster Canal, Hest Bank

taken 6 years ago, near to Hest Bank, Lancashire, England

Lancaster Canal, Hest Bank
Lancaster Canal, Hest Bank
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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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Canals Camera: Panasonic DMC-G7 Canal: Lancaster Canal other tags: Canal Canal Towpath Towing Path Canal Bridge Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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SD4766, 87 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 1 April, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 9 April, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 473 665 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:5.5234N 2:48.3787W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 473 665
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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