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Huddersfield Narrow Canal

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is a narrow canal and is part of the Waterways of mainland Britain. It runs for 23 miles and 7¼ furlongs through 74 locks from Ashton-under-Lyne Junction (where it joins the Ashton Canal) to Aspley Basin (where it joins the Huddersfield Broad 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 not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Notable features of the waterway include: Bates Tunnel, Sellers Tunnel, Standedge Tunnel and Scout Tunnel

Ashton-under-Lyne Junction Junction of Ashton and Huddersfield Narrow Canals
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
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 4¼ 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 ¾ furlongs	6 locks
Lock No 7W	2 miles and 1¼ furlongs	6 locks
Knowle Street Winding Hole	2 miles and 1¾ furlongs	7 locks
Knowl Street Bridge No 97	2 miles and 4¾ furlongs	7 locks
Millbrook Pipebridge	4 miles	7 locks
Bywith Lock No 8W	4 miles and 3½ furlongs	7 locks
Grove Road Bridge No 96	4 miles and 4¼ furlongs	8 locks
Swineshaw Brook Aqueduct	4 miles and 4½ 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 2½ furlongs	10 locks
Scout Tunnel (South end)	5 miles and 3½ furlongs	11 locks
Scout Tunnel (North end)	5 miles and 4¼ furlongs	11 locks
Whitehead's Lock No 12W	5 miles and 5¼ furlongs	11 locks
Egmont Street Bridge No 92	6 miles and ½ furlongs	12 locks
Bottoms Bridge No 91	6 miles and 1¾ furlongs	12 locks
Micklehurst Aqueduct	6 miles and 1¾ furlongs	12 locks
Micklehurst Bridge No 89	6 miles and 3 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 5½ furlongs	13 locks
Roughtown Court Winding Hole	7 miles and ¾ furlongs	14 locks
Roaches Lock No 15W	7 miles and 1¼ furlongs	14 locks
Roaches Lock Bridge No 87	7 miles and 3¼ furlongs	15 locks
Gas Works Footbridge No 86	7 miles and 3¼ furlongs	15 locks
Gas Works Lock No 16W	7 miles and 3½ furlongs	15 locks
Division Lock No 17W	7 miles and 4½ furlongs	16 locks
Division Bridge No 85	7 miles and 5¼ furlongs	17 locks
Royal George Aqueduct	7 miles and 5¾ furlongs	17 locks
Keith Jackson Lock No 18W	7 miles and 7½ furlongs	17 locks
Royal George Bridge No 83 Greenfield Village	8 miles and ¼ furlongs	18 locks
Royal George Lock No 19W	8 miles and ½ furlongs	18 locks
Manns Wharf Bridge No 82	8 miles and 2¼ furlongs	19 locks
Shaw Hall Bridge No 81	8 miles and 5¼ furlongs	19 locks
Frenches Bridge No 80	8 miles and 7 furlongs	19 locks
Halls Footbridge No 79	9 miles and 1 furlong	19 locks
Hall Lock No 20W	9 miles and 1¼ 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 4½ 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 5¾ furlongs	21 locks
Dungebooth Lock No 22W	10 miles and ½ furlongs	21 locks
Saddleworth Railway Viaduct No 76	10 miles and 1¾ furlongs	22 locks
Mytholm Bridge No 75	10 miles and 1¾ furlongs	22 locks
Lime Kiln Lock No 23W	10 miles and 1¾ 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	10 miles and 3½ 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 4½ 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 and ¼ furlongs	27 locks
Alice Footbridge No 69 Saddleworth Village	11 miles and ¾ furlongs	28 locks
Cast Iron Lock No 29W	11 miles and 1 furlong	28 locks
Dobcross Lock No 30W	11 miles and 2½ furlongs	29 locks
Diggle Subway Aqueduct	11 miles and 4¼ furlongs	30 locks
Ward Lane Bridge No 66	11 miles and 5¾ furlongs	30 locks
Geoffrey Dickens Lock No 31W	11 miles and 6 furlongs	30 locks
Western Summit Lock No 32W	11 miles and 7¼ furlongs	31 locks
Spring Grove Aqueduct	12 miles and 2¼ furlongs	32 locks
Diggle	12 miles and 3¼ furlongs	32 locks
Standedge Tunnel (West end)	12 miles and 4¼ furlongs	32 locks
Standedge Tunnel (East end)	15 miles and 6 furlongs	32 locks
Reservoir Overspill Bridge No 63 This bridge is out of sequence as it's over the tunnel	15 miles and 6¼ furlongs	32 locks
Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre	15 miles and 6½ furlongs	32 locks
Tunnel End Footbridge No 62	15 miles and 6¾ furlongs	32 locks
Tunnel End Winding Hole	15 miles and 7 furlongs	32 locks
Tunnel End Railway Bridge No 61	15 miles and 7½ furlongs	32 locks
Bridge No 61 Narrows	16 miles	32 locks
Marsden Pipe Bridge	16 miles and 3 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 3½ 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 5¾ 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 7 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 1 furlong	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 2½ furlongs	43 locks
Booth Lock Winding Hole	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 4½ 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 1¾ 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 5¾ furlongs	51 locks
Slaithewaite Aqueduct	18 miles and 6¾ furlongs	51 locks
Dartmouth Lock No 23E	18 miles and 7 furlongs	51 locks
Old Bank Bridge No 45	18 miles and 7 furlongs	52 locks
Slaithwaite Bridge	18 miles and 7¼ furlongs	52 locks
Brittania Road Bridge No 44	18 miles and 7¾ 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 1¾ furlongs	53 locks
Platt Lane Bridge No 42	19 miles and 1¾ furlongs	54 locks
Original Site of Lock 21E	19 miles and 2¼ furlongs	54 locks
Spot Lock No 20E	19 miles and 3½ furlongs	54 locks
Lees Mill Bridge	19 miles and 4¾ furlongs	55 locks
Holme Lock No 19E	19 miles and 5½ 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 ½ furlongs	58 locks
Linthwaite	20 miles and ¾ furlongs	58 locks
Low Westwood Lock No 16E	20 miles and 1¾ furlongs	58 locks
Golcar Brook Bridge No 39	20 miles and 2 furlongs	59 locks
Golcar Brook Lock No 15E	20 miles and 3 furlongs	59 locks
Scarwood Bridge No 38	20 miles and 3¼ 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 2 furlongs	62 locks
Cawlersley 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 5 furlongs	64 locks
Whirley 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 5¼ 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
Sellers Lock No 3E	23 miles and ½ furlongs	71 locks
Sellers Tunnel (West end)	23 miles and ¾ furlongs	72 locks
Sellers Tunnel (East end)	23 miles and 2½ furlongs	72 locks
Chapel Hill Road Bridge No 23	23 miles and 2½ furlongs	72 locks
Coal Wharf Lock No 2E	23 miles and 3 furlongs	72 locks
Bates Tunnel (West end)	23 miles and 3¼ furlongs	73 locks
Bates Tunnel (East end)	23 miles and 3¾ furlongs	73 locks
Queen Street South Bridge No 22	23 miles and 3¾ furlongs	73 locks
Commercial Street Bridge No 21	23 miles and 4¾ furlongs	73 locks
University Footbridge No 20B	23 miles and 5¼ furlongs	73 locks
Stanley Dawson Lock No 1E	23 miles and 5½ furlongs	73 locks
Huddersfield University Footbridge Huddersfield University	23 miles and 6 furlongs	74 locks
New Huddersfield University Footbridge	23 miles and 6½ furlongs	74 locks
University Arm	23 miles and 6¾ furlongs	74 locks
Firth Street Bridge No 20	23 miles and 7¼ furlongs	74 locks
Aspley Basin Moorings for Huddersfield and Junction of Huddersfield Broad and Narrow Canals	23 miles and 7¼ furlongs	74 locks