Whitley Lock No11, near Eggborough
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The Aire and Calder Navigation runs for 33 miles from Leeds to Goole, with a branch of 7.5 miles from Wakefield to Castleford.
It had 8 locks spaced out between Leeds and Goole, 3 locks on the Wakefield branch and also a number of flood locks.
The canal was never closed and is still used by a small amount of commercial traffic in addition to a fair number of leisure craft.
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It had 8 locks spaced out between Leeds and Goole, 3 locks on the Wakefield branch and also a number of flood locks.
The canal was never closed and is still used by a small amount of commercial traffic in addition to a fair number of leisure craft.
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/358315
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/628378
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/656013
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 53°41'31"N 1°8'36"W
- Haddlesey Flood Lock No 3 4.4 km
- Polington Lock No 12 5.6 km
- Ferrybridge Lock No 10 8.6 km
- Bulholme Lock No 9 14 km
- Site of Kippax Lock No 7 17 km
- Ocean Lock Goole (Lock No 13) 18 km
- Ouse Lock 18 km
- Victoria Lock 18 km
- Sprotbrough Lock 21 km
- Naburn Lock 23 km
- Coal storage 2.1 km
- Machinery room 2.5 km
- Eggborough Power Station 2.5 km
- Switch 2.6 km
- Water treatment unit 2.8 km
- Plasmor Ltd. 3.3 km
- Kellingley Solar Field 4 km
- Great Heck Solar Field 4.4 km
- Kellingley Colliery (closed) 4.4 km
- Former RAF Burn 6.9 km