Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is 6 feet and 11 inches. The maximum draught is 2 feet and 11 inches.
Notable features of the waterway include Bates Tunnel, Standedge Tunnel and Scout Tunnel
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 82M - South Pennine Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 12M - Huddersfield Canals Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
Ashton-under-Lyne Junction Junction of Ashton and Huddersfield Narrow Canals |
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Whitelands Bridge No 111 | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Ashton Lock No 1W | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Ashton Lock Arm | ½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Minerva Road Bridge No 110 | ½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Bus Depot Bridge No 109 | ¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Texas Street Bridge No 108 | 1 furlong | 1 lock | |
Plantation Street Bridge No 107 | 2¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Plantation Lock No 2W | 2¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Tame Lock No 3W | 2¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
Clarence Street Bridge No 106 | 4 furlongs | 3 locks | |
Tame Pipe Bridge | 5¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Aqueduct over River Tame | 5½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Peel Street Narrows | 6 furlongs | 3 locks | |
Peel Street Bridge No 104 | 6¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Bayley Street Bridge No 103 | 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Staley Wharf Winding Hole | 7¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Wharf Tavern (Stalybridge) | 7¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Caroline Street Bridge No 102 | 7¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Stalybridge Lock No 4W | 1 mile | 3 locks | |
Stalybridge Lock No 5W | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
Armentieres Bridge No 101A Stalybridge |
1 mile and ¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Melbourne Street Bridge No 101 The street is pedestrianised |
1 mile and 1¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Oldhams Bridge No 99A | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Stalybridge Lock No 6W | 1 mile and 2¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Stalybridge First New Road Bridge | 1 mile and 4 furlongs | 6 locks | |
Stalybridge Footbridge | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Stalybridge Second New Road Bridge | 1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Mottram Road Bridge No 99 | 2 miles and ½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Lock No 7W (Huddersfield Narrow Canal) | 2 miles and 1 furlong | 6 locks | |
Knowle Street Winding Hole | 2 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
Knowle Street Bridge No 97 | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
Millbrook Pipe Bridge | 4 miles | 7 locks | |
Staley Hall Lock No 8W | 4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
Waterways Office (Manchester and Pennine Waterways, Stalybridge) - Canal & River Trust | 4 miles and 4 furlongs | 8 locks | |
Grove Road Bridge No 96 | 4 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Swineshaw Brook Aqueduct | 4 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Black Rock Lock No 9W | 4 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Black Rock Bridge No 94 | 4 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
Avenue Lock No 10W | 5 miles | 9 locks | |
Scout Mill | 5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
Terrace Lock No 11W | 5 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
Scout Tunnel (southern entrance) | 5 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
Scout Tunnel (northern entrance) | 5 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
Whitehead's Lock No 12W | 5 miles and 5 furlongs | 11 locks | |
Egmont Street Bridge No 92 | 6 miles and ¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
Mossley Bottoms Winding Hole | 6 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
Bottoms Bridge No 91 | 6 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
Micklehurst Aqueduct | 6 miles and 2 furlongs | 12 locks | |
Micklehurst Bridge No 89 | 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
Wharf Cottage Lock No 13W | 6 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
Winterford Footbridge No 88 Mossley |
6 miles and 5½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
Woodend Lock No 14W | 6 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
Roughtown Court Winding Hole | 7 miles and 1½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
Roaches Lock No 15W | 7 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 14 locks | |
Roaches Lock Inn Canalside |
7 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
Tollemache Arms Canalside |
7 miles and 3½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
Roaches Lock Bridge No 87 | 7 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
Gas Works Footbridge No 86 | 7 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
Gas Works Lock No 16W | 7 miles and 4 furlongs | 15 locks | |
Division Lock No 17W | 7 miles and 5 furlongs | 16 locks | |
Division Bridge No 85 | 7 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
Royal George Aqueduct | 7 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
Keith Jackson Lock No 18W | 8 miles | 17 locks | |
Royal George Bridge No 83 Greenfield Village |
8 miles and ¾ furlongs | 18 locks | |
Royal George Lock No 19W | 8 miles and ¾ furlongs | 18 locks | |
Manns Wharf Bridge No 82 | 8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 19 locks | |
Manns Wharf Bridge Winding Hole | 8 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 19 locks | |
Shaw Hall Bridge No 81 | 8 miles and 5½ furlongs | 19 locks | |
Frenches Bridge No 80 | 8 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 19 locks | |
Frenches Wharf Marina | 9 miles and ¼ furlongs | 19 locks | |
Halls Footbridge No 79 | 9 miles and 1½ furlongs | 19 locks | |
Hall Lock No 20W | 9 miles and 1½ furlongs | 19 locks | |
Uppermill High Street Bridge No 78 Uppermill Village |
9 miles and 4½ furlongs | 20 locks | |
Wade Lock No 21W | 9 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 20 locks | |
Saddleworth Visitor Centre Winding Hole Saddleworth Visitor Information Centre |
9 miles and 5½ furlongs | 21 locks | |
Clogger Knoll Bridge No 77 | 9 miles and 6 furlongs | 21 locks | |
Dungebooth Lock No 22W | 10 miles and ¾ furlongs | 21 locks | |
Saddleworth Railway Viaduct No 76 | 10 miles and 1½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
Mytholm Bridge No 75 | 10 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
Lime Kiln Lock No 23W | 10 miles and 2 furlongs | 22 locks | |
Saddleworth Aqueduct | 10 miles and 2 furlongs | 23 locks | |
Brownhill Bridge No 73 | 10 miles and 2½ furlongs | 23 locks | |
Wool Road Winding Hole Non tunnel traffic wind here |
10 miles and 3½ furlongs | 23 locks | |
Wool Road Visitor Mooring | 10 miles and 4 furlongs | 23 locks | |
Wool Road Bridge No 70 | 10 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 23 locks | |
Old Lane Bridge | 10 miles and 4½ furlongs | 23 locks | |
Wool Road Lock No 24W | 10 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 23 locks | |
Navigation Lock No 25W | 10 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 24 locks | |
Twelve Mile Lock No 26W | 10 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 25 locks | |
Coffin Lock No 27W | 10 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 26 locks | |
Embankment Lock No 28W | 11 miles | 27 locks | |
Alice Footbridge No 69 Saddleworth Village |
11 miles and ¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
Cast Iron Lock No 29W | 11 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 28 locks | |
Dobcross Lock No 30W | 11 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
Diggle Subway Aqueduct | 11 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 30 locks | |
Ward Lane Bridge No 66 | 11 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 30 locks | |
Geoffrey Dickens Lock No 31W | 11 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 30 locks | |
Western Summit Lock No 32W | 12 miles and ½ furlongs | 31 locks | |
Diggle Winding Hole | 12 miles and 1½ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Diggle | 12 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Spring Grove Aqueduct | 12 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Standedge Tunnel (western entrance) | 12 miles and 4 furlongs | 32 locks | |
Standedge Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 15 miles and 6 furlongs | 32 locks | |
Waterways Office (Manchester and Pennine Waterways, Huddersfield) - Canal & River Trust Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre |
15 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Tunnel End Footbridge No 62 | 15 miles and 6½ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Tunnel End Winding Hole | 15 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Tunnel End Railway Bridge No 61 | 15 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Bridge No 61 Narrows | 15 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Marsden Pipe Bridge | 16 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Station Road Bridge No 60 | 16 miles and 3 furlongs | 32 locks | |
Railway Lock No 42E Marsden. Eastern summit lock |
16 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 32 locks | |
Station Approach Bridge No 59 | 16 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 33 locks | |
Goods Yard Bridge No 57 | 16 miles and 3½ furlongs | 33 locks | |
Dirker Lock No 41E | 16 miles and 4 furlongs | 33 locks | |
Hopper Lock No 40E | 16 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 34 locks | |
Warehouse Hill Lock No 39E | 16 miles and 5½ furlongs | 35 locks | |
Smithy Holme Bridge No 56 | 16 miles and 5½ furlongs | 36 locks | |
Colne Lock No 38E | 16 miles and 6 furlongs | 36 locks | |
Smudger's Lock No 37E | 16 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 37 locks | |
White Skye Lock No 36E | 16 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 38 locks | |
White Syke Bridge No 55 | 16 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 39 locks | |
Moorvale Lock No 35E | 16 miles and 7½ furlongs | 39 locks | |
Cellars Lock No 34E | 16 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 40 locks | |
Sparth Lock No 33E | 17 miles and ¾ furlongs | 41 locks | |
Pig Tail Bridge No 54 | 17 miles and 1 furlong | 42 locks | |
Pig Tail Lock No 32E | 17 miles and 1½ furlongs | 42 locks | |
Fishers Footbridge No 53 | 17 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 43 locks | |
Booth Lock Winding Hole Non tunnel traffic wind here |
17 miles and 4 furlongs | 43 locks | |
Booth Lock No 31E | 17 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 43 locks | |
Booths Bridge No 52 | 17 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 44 locks | |
Bank Nook Lock No 30E | 17 miles and 5½ furlongs | 44 locks | |
White Hill Lock No 29E | 17 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 45 locks | |
Booths Bank Bridge No 51 | 17 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 46 locks | |
Waring Bottom Lock No 28E | 17 miles and 7½ furlongs | 46 locks | |
Waring Bottom Lock Bridge | 17 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 47 locks | |
Mill Pond Lock No 27E | 18 miles and ½ furlongs | 47 locks | |
Skew Bridge Lock No 26E | 18 miles and 1½ furlongs | 48 locks | |
Shaw Carr Footbridge No 48 | 18 miles and 1½ furlongs | 49 locks | |
Shaker Wood Lock No 25E | 18 miles and 3½ furlongs | 49 locks | |
Shuttle Lock No 24E | 18 miles and 5½ furlongs | 50 locks | |
Uppermill Bridge No 47 | 18 miles and 5½ furlongs | 51 locks | |
Slaithwaite Aqueduct | 18 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 51 locks | |
Dartmouth Lock No 23E | 18 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 51 locks | |
Old Bank Bridge No 45 | 18 miles and 7 furlongs | 52 locks | |
Slaithwaite Bridge | 18 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 52 locks | |
Britannia Road Bridge No 44 | 18 miles and 7½ furlongs | 52 locks | |
Pickle Lock No 22E | 19 miles and ½ furlongs | 52 locks | |
Slaithwaite Winding Hole | 19 miles and 1 furlong | 53 locks | |
Waterside Lock No 21E Lock moved during restoration |
19 miles and 1½ furlongs | 53 locks | |
Platt Lane Bridge No 42 | 19 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 54 locks | |
Original Site of Lock No 21E | 19 miles and 2 furlongs | 54 locks | |
Spot Lock No 20E | 19 miles and 3½ furlongs | 54 locks | |
Lees Mill Bridge | 19 miles and 4½ furlongs | 55 locks | |
Holme Lock No 19E | 19 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 55 locks | |
Can Lock No 18E | 19 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 56 locks | |
High Westwood Lock No 17E | 20 miles and ¼ furlongs | 57 locks | |
Low Westwood Bridge No 40 | 20 miles and ¼ furlongs | 58 locks | |
Linthwaite | 20 miles and ½ furlongs | 58 locks | |
Linthwaite Winding Hole | 20 miles and 1½ furlongs | 58 locks | |
Low Westwood Lock No 16E | 20 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 58 locks | |
Golcar Brook Bridge No 39 | 20 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 59 locks | |
Golcar Brook Lock No 15E | 20 miles and 3 furlongs | 59 locks | |
Scarwood Bridge No 38 | 20 miles and 3 furlongs | 60 locks | |
Ramsden High Lock No 14E | 20 miles and 5½ furlongs | 60 locks | |
Ramsden Mill Bridge No 37 | 20 miles and 5½ furlongs | 61 locks | |
Ramsden Low Lock No 13E | 20 miles and 6 furlongs | 61 locks | |
Whitham Bros Bridge No 36A | 20 miles and 6½ furlongs | 62 locks | |
Scarr Bottom Roadbridge No 35 | 20 miles and 7½ furlongs | 62 locks | |
Golcar Aqueduct | 21 miles and ½ furlongs | 62 locks | |
Golcar | 21 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 62 locks | |
Rough Holme Lock No 12E | 21 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 62 locks | |
Morley Lane Bridge No 33 | 21 miles and 4 furlongs | 63 locks | |
Library Lock No 11E | 21 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 63 locks | |
Spring Garden Lock No 10E | 21 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 64 locks | |
Whiteley Bottom Bridge No 32 | 21 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 65 locks | |
Isis Lock No 9E | 21 miles and 5½ furlongs | 65 locks | |
Isis Lock Winding Hole | 21 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 66 locks | |
Roller Lock No 8E | 21 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 66 locks | |
Armitage Bridge No 31 Milnsbridge |
21 miles and 7 furlongs | 67 locks | |
Armitage Pipe Bridge | 21 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 67 locks | |
Fountain Lock No 7E | 21 miles and 7½ furlongs | 67 locks | |
Mark Lock Pipe Bridge | 22 miles and 1½ furlongs | 68 locks | |
Mark Bottom Lock No 6E | 22 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 68 locks | |
Stoney Battery Pipe Bridge | 22 miles and 2 furlongs | 69 locks | |
Mark Bottom Bridge No 30 | 22 miles and 3 furlongs | 69 locks | |
Birkhouse Lane Bridge No 29 | 22 miles and 5 furlongs | 69 locks | |
Paddock Foot Aqueduct | 22 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 69 locks | |
Paddock Foot Lock No 5E | 22 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 69 locks | |
Springwood Railway Viaduct No 26 | 22 miles and 6 furlongs | 70 locks | |
Longroyd Lock No 4E | 22 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 70 locks | |
Manchester Road Bridge No 24 | 22 miles and 7 furlongs | 71 locks | |
Site of Sellers Lock No 3E | 23 miles and ½ furlongs | 71 locks | |
Site of former Sellers Tunnel | 23 miles and ¾ furlongs | 71 locks | |
Sellers Lock 3E | 23 miles and 2 furlongs | 71 locks | |
Kirklees College Access Bridge 23A | 23 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 72 locks | |
Chapel Hill Road Bridge No 23 | 23 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 72 locks | |
Coal Wharf Lock No 2E | 23 miles and 3 furlongs | 72 locks | |
Bates Tunnel (western entrance) | 23 miles and 3 furlongs | 73 locks | |
Bates Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 23 miles and 3½ furlongs | 73 locks | |
Queen Street South Bridge No 22 | 23 miles and 3½ furlongs | 73 locks | |
Site of Lock 2E | 23 miles and 4 furlongs | 73 locks | |
Commercial Street Bridge No 21 | 23 miles and 4½ furlongs | 73 locks | |
University Footbridge No 20B | 23 miles and 5 furlongs | 73 locks | |
Stanley Dawson Lock No 1E | 23 miles and 5½ furlongs | 73 locks | |
Huddersfield University Footbridge No 20A Huddersfield University |
23 miles and 6 furlongs | 74 locks | |
Huddersfield University Footbridge No 20AA | 23 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 74 locks | |
University Arm | 23 miles and 6½ furlongs | 74 locks | |
Firth Street Bridge No 20 | 23 miles and 7 furlongs | 74 locks | |
Aspley Basin (Huddersfield) Moorings for Huddersfield and Junction of Huddersfield Broad and Narrow Canals |
23 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 74 locks |
- Zapato Brewery — associated with Bank Nook Lock No 30E
- Brewery
- Tollemache Arms — associated with Tollemache Arms
- Public House
- Roaches Lock Inn — associated with Roaches Lock Inn
- Public House
Wikipedia has a page about Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an inland waterway in northern England. It runs just under 20 miles (32 km) from Lock 1E at the rear of the University of Huddersfield campus, near Aspley Basin in Huddersfield, to the junction with the Ashton Canal at Whitelands Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne. It crosses the Pennines by means of 74 locks and the Standedge Tunnel.