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Rochdale Canal

The Rochdale Canal is a broad canal and is part of the Waterways of mainland Britain. It runs for 32 miles and ¼ furlongs through 92 locks from Castlefield Junction (where it joins the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line)) to Sowerby Bridge Junction (where it joins the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line - 72ft length boats)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Ashton Canal at Ducie Street Junction.

Notable features of the waterway include: M60 Tunnel, Manchester 18, Deansgate Tunnel, Edinburgh Way Tunnel and Tuel Lane

Castlefield Junction Junction of Bridgewater and Rochdale Canals
Castle Street Bridge No 101	¼ furlongs	0 locks
Dukes Lock No 92	¼ furlongs	0 locks
Dukes Lock Footbridge No 100a	¾ furlongs	1 lock
Deansgate Railway Bridge	1 furlong	1 lock
Deansgate Arm Small arm under railway bridge	1¼ furlongs	1 lock
Deansgate Tunnel (West end)	1½ furlongs	1 lock
Deansgate Tunnel (East end)	1¾ furlongs	1 lock
Tunnel Lock No 91 Also called Deansgate Lock	2 furlongs	1 lock
Whitworth Street West Footbridge No 1	2 furlongs	2 locks
Whitworth Street West Footbridge No 2	2¼ furlongs	2 locks
Whitworth Street West Footbridge No 3	2½ furlongs	2 locks
Albion Mills Lock No 90	2½ furlongs	2 locks
Albion Street Bridge	2¾ furlongs	3 locks
Tib Lock Footbridge	3¼ furlongs	3 locks
Tib Lock No 89	3½ furlongs	3 locks
Tib Basin Possibly the junction of the Manchester and Salford Junction Canal	3¾ furlongs	4 locks
Oxford Street Bridge	5 furlongs	4 locks
Oxford Road Lock No 88	5¼ furlongs	4 locks
Atwood Street Footbridge	5½ furlongs	5 locks
Princess Street Bridge No 97	6¼ furlongs	5 locks
David Street Lock No 87 Also known as Princess Street Lock	6¼ furlongs	5 locks
Canal Street Footbridge	6½ furlongs	6 locks
Sackville Street Bridge	6¾ furlongs	6 locks
Chorlton Street Bridge	7¼ furlongs	6 locks
Chorlton Street Lock No 86	7½ furlongs	6 locks
Minshull Street Bridge	7¾ furlongs	7 locks
UMIST Bridge Road access to UMIST	1 mile	7 locks
Aytoun Street Bridge	1 mile	7 locks
Piccadilly Lock No 85	1 mile and ½ furlongs	7 locks
Piccadilly Bridge, Manchester	1 mile and ½ furlongs	8 locks
Dale Street Bridge	1 mile and 1 furlong	8 locks
Dale Street Lock No 84	1 mile and 1¼ furlongs	8 locks
Ducie Street Junction Junction of Rochdale and Ashton Canals	1 mile and 1½ furlongs	9 locks
Ducie Street Curvilinear Footbridge	1 mile and 1¾ furlongs	9 locks
Merchant's Wharf Lift bridge guards the entrance	1 mile and 2 furlongs	9 locks
Tariff Street Bridge	1 mile and 2½ furlongs	9 locks
Ancoats Lower Lock No 83	1 mile and 2½ furlongs	9 locks
Leech Street Footbridge	1 mile and 2¾ furlongs	10 locks
Great Ancoats Street Bridge	1 mile and 3 furlongs	10 locks
Ancotes Upper Lock No 82	1 mile and 3¼ furlongs	10 locks
Kitty Footbridge	1 mile and 3½ furlongs	11 locks
New Islington Marina	1 mile and 4¼ furlongs	11 locks
New Union Street Bridge	1 mile and 4½ furlongs	11 locks
Rodney Street Footbridge	1 mile and 6¼ furlongs	11 locks
Butler Street Bridge	1 mile and 7 furlongs	11 locks
Royle Bridge	1 mile and 7¾ furlongs	11 locks
Butter Lane Lock No 81	1 mile and 7¾ furlongs	11 locks
Butter Lane Lock Winding Hole	2 miles	12 locks
Coalpit Lower Lock No 80	2 miles and ½ furlongs	12 locks
Coalpit Middle Lock No 79	2 miles and 1¼ furlongs	13 locks
Varley Street Bridge	2 miles and 2 furlongs	14 locks
Coalpit Higher Lock No 78	2 miles and 2 furlongs	14 locks
Hulme Hall Lane Bridge	2 miles and 4¼ furlongs	15 locks
Anthony Lock No 77	2 miles and 4¼ furlongs	15 locks
Slaters Railway Bridge	2 miles and 6¼ furlongs	16 locks
Slaters Lowest Lock No 76	2 miles and 6½ furlongs	16 locks
Grimshaw Lane Bridge	2 miles and 7 furlongs	17 locks
Slaters Highest Lock No 75	2 miles and 7½ furlongs	17 locks
Tenacres Lower Lock No 74	3 miles and ¾ furlongs	18 locks
Tenacres Bridge	3 miles and 1¼ furlongs	19 locks
Tenacres Higher Lock No 73	3 miles and 1½ furlongs	19 locks
Scotchman's Lock No 72	3 miles and 2½ furlongs	20 locks
Scotchman's Lock Winding Hole	3 miles and 2½ furlongs	21 locks
Shaws Lock No 71	3 miles and 3 furlongs	21 locks
Pinfold Lock No 70	3 miles and 4¼ furlongs	22 locks
Pinfold Footbridge	3 miles and 5¼ furlongs	23 locks
Pinfold Footbridge Winding Hole	3 miles and 5¼ furlongs	23 locks
Old Church Street Bridge	3 miles and 6 furlongs	23 locks
Newton Heath Lock No 69	3 miles and 6¼ furlongs	23 locks
Droylsden Road Bridge	3 miles and 7 furlongs	24 locks
Newton Heath Footbridge	4 miles	24 locks
Tannersfield Lowest Lock No 68	4 miles and 1¾ furlongs	24 locks
Poplar Street Bridge	4 miles and 2¼ furlongs	25 locks
Tannersfield Middle Lock No 67	4 miles and 2½ furlongs	25 locks
Tannersfield Footbridge	4 miles and 3½ furlongs	26 locks
Tannersfield Highest Lock No 66	4 miles and 3¾ furlongs	26 locks
Back Lane Bridge	4 miles and 5½ furlongs	28 locks
Sisson Street Bridge Access to Tesco car park from Oldham Road	4 miles and 7¼ furlongs	28 locks
Oldham Road Bridge	5 miles	28 locks
Failsworth Top Lock No 65	5 miles and 1 furlong	28 locks
Failsworth Railway Bridge	5 miles and 1½ furlongs	29 locks
Wrigley Head Bridge	5 miles and 3 furlongs	29 locks
Henshaw Bridge	5 miles and 6½ furlongs	29 locks
Hollinwood Avenue Bridge	5 miles and 6¾ furlongs	29 locks
M60 Tunnel (South end)	5 miles and 7¾ furlongs	29 locks
M60 Tunnel (North end)	6 miles and ¼ furlongs	29 locks
Towpath Bridge	6 miles and ½ furlongs	29 locks
Broadway Bridge	6 miles and 1¾ furlongs	29 locks
Broadway Bridge Winding Hole	6 miles and 2 furlongs	29 locks
Oldham Pipe Bridge	6 miles and 3¼ furlongs	29 locks
Oldham Broadway Bridge	6 miles and 6 furlongs	29 locks
Oldham Broadway Bridge Winding Hole Long enough to be used for mooring	6 miles and 6½ furlongs	29 locks
Grimshaw Lane Vertical Lift Bridge	7 miles and 1¾ furlongs	29 locks
Drummer Hill Branch Basin This short stub is all that is left of a canal branch that at one time went off at this point.	7 miles and 2¾ furlongs	29 locks
Kay Lane Lock No 64	7 miles and 3 furlongs	29 locks
Firwood Footbridge	7 miles and 4 furlongs	30 locks
Laurel Avenue Bridge	7 miles and 5¾ furlongs	30 locks
Chadderton Pipe Bridge	7 miles and 7¼ furlongs	30 locks
Chadderton Bridge	8 miles and ¼ furlongs	30 locks
River Irk Aqueduct	8 miles and 2¼ furlongs	30 locks
Walkmill Bridge	8 miles and 2¾ furlongs	30 locks
Walk Mill Lock No 63	8 miles and 2¾ furlongs	30 locks
Coney Green Lock No 62	8 miles and 4 furlongs	31 locks
Coney Green Accommodation Bridge	8 miles and 4½ furlongs	32 locks
Sowcroft Railway Bridge	8 miles and 4¾ furlongs	32 locks
Scowcroft Lock No 61	8 miles and 5 furlongs	32 locks
Boarshaw Bridge	8 miles and 7¼ furlongs	33 locks
Boarshaw Lock No 60	8 miles and 7½ furlongs	33 locks
Sixth Laneside Lock No 59	9 miles and 2¾ furlongs	34 locks
Laneside Railway Bridge	9 miles and 3¾ furlongs	35 locks
Laneside Footbridge	9 miles and 3¾ furlongs	35 locks
Fifth Laneside Lock No 58	9 miles and 4 furlongs	35 locks
Fourth Laneside Lock No 57	9 miles and 5 furlongs	36 locks
Third Laneside Lock No 56	9 miles and 5½ furlongs	37 locks
Rochdale Road Bridge	9 miles and 5¾ furlongs	38 locks
Second Laneside Lock No 55	9 miles and 6 furlongs	38 locks
First Laneside Lock Footbridge	9 miles and 6½ furlongs	39 locks
First Laneside Lock No 54	9 miles and 6¾ furlongs	39 locks
Old Line of Rochdale Canal Closed due to building of the M62 - No access	10 miles and 4¼ furlongs	40 locks
Trub Bridge	10 miles and 4½ furlongs	40 locks
Blue Pits New Lock No 53	10 miles and 4¾ furlongs	40 locks
M62 Motorway Bridge	10 miles and 5½ furlongs	41 locks
Towpath Floating Pontoon Parking Bay	10 miles and 6 furlongs	41 locks
Montrose Street Bridge	10 miles and 6¼ furlongs	41 locks
Blue Pits Lowest Lock No 53 Now only a narrows	10 miles and 7 furlongs	41 locks
Changeline Bridge	10 miles and 7¾ furlongs	41 locks
Blue Pits Middle Lock No 52	11 miles	41 locks
Manchester Road Bridge	11 miles and 1 furlong	42 locks
Blue Pits Highest Lock No 51	11 miles and 1¼ furlongs	42 locks
March Bridge	11 miles and 4 furlongs	43 locks
Barrels Bridge	11 miles and 6½ furlongs	43 locks
Edinburgh Way Tunnel (West end)	11 miles and 7¼ furlongs	43 locks
Edinburgh Way Tunnel (East end)	11 miles and 7¾ furlongs	43 locks
Edinburgh Way Tunnel Winding Hole	12 miles	43 locks
Hartley Bridge	12 miles and ¾ furlongs	43 locks
Dicken Green Bridge	12 miles and 2½ furlongs	43 locks
Dicken Green Winding Hole	12 miles and 4¼ furlongs	43 locks
Wellith Lane Bridge	12 miles and 5¾ furlongs	43 locks
Rochdale Junction Junction with a side arm originally heading towards town centre and railway station	12 miles and 7 furlongs	43 locks
Rochdale Changeover Bridge	12 miles and 7 furlongs	43 locks
Rochdale - Oldham Road Bridge	12 miles and 7 furlongs	43 locks
Moss Lower Lock No 50	12 miles and 7¼ furlongs	43 locks
Moss Upper Lock Winding Hole	12 miles and 7¾ furlongs	44 locks
Moss Upper Lock No 49	13 miles and ¼ furlongs	44 locks
Walker Bridge	13 miles and 2¼ furlongs	45 locks
Kingsway Bridge	13 miles and 3¼ furlongs	45 locks
Deepdale Swing Bridge	13 miles and 4¾ furlongs	45 locks
Deepdale Railway Bridge	13 miles and 6 furlongs	45 locks
Wallhead Bridge	14 miles and ¼ furlongs	45 locks
Coppy Bridge	14 miles and 1 furlong	45 locks
Mill Bridge	14 miles and 3½ furlongs	45 locks
Clegg Hall Bridge	14 miles and 6¾ furlongs	45 locks
Little Clegg Swing Bridge	15 miles and 1½ furlongs	45 locks
Smithy Bridge	15 miles and 3¼ furlongs	45 locks
Lodge Bridge	15 miles and 5 furlongs	45 locks
Littleborough Footbridge	15 miles and 6¾ furlongs	45 locks
Littleborough Second Pipe Bridge	15 miles and 7 furlongs	45 locks
Littleborough First Pipe Bridge	16 miles and ¼ furlongs	45 locks
Ben Healey Bridge	16 miles and 2¾ furlongs	45 locks
Littleborough	16 miles and 3½ furlongs	45 locks
Littleborough Lower Lock No 48 Properly called Ealees Lock	16 miles and 4½ furlongs	45 locks
Ealees Bridge No R8	16 miles and 4¾ furlongs	46 locks
Durn Bridge R7	16 miles and 5½ furlongs	46 locks
Littleborough Higher Lock No 47 Properly called Durn Lock. Durn Bridge and footbridge	16 miles and 5¾ furlongs	46 locks
Windy Bank Bridge	16 miles and 7¾ furlongs	47 locks
Bent House Lock No 46	16 miles and 7¾ furlongs	47 locks
Wharf above Bent House Lock	17 miles	48 locks
Bent House Winding Hole	17 miles and ½ furlongs	48 locks
Bent House Bridge	17 miles and 1 furlong	48 locks
Bent House Bridge Winding Hole	17 miles and 1½ furlongs	48 locks
Pike House Bridge	17 miles and 2½ furlongs	48 locks
Pike House Lock No 45	17 miles and 2¾ furlongs	48 locks
Greenvale Aqueduct	17 miles and 3¾ furlongs	49 locks
Sladen Bridge R3	17 miles and 4 furlongs	49 locks
Sladen Lock No 44	17 miles and 4¼ furlongs	49 locks
Thickone Lock No 43	17 miles and 5 furlongs	50 locks
Second below Punchbowl Lock No 42	17 miles and 5¾ furlongs	51 locks
First Lock below Punchbowl No 41	17 miles and 6½ furlongs	52 locks
Punchbowl Bridge No R2	17 miles and 6¾ furlongs	53 locks
Punchbowl Lock No 40	17 miles and 6¾ furlongs	53 locks
Second Lock below West Summit No 39	17 miles and 7½ furlongs	54 locks
First Lock below West Summmit No 38	18 miles and 1 furlong	55 locks
Chelburn Bridge	18 miles and 2 furlongs	56 locks
West Summit Lock No 37	18 miles and 2¼ furlongs	56 locks
Summit Pound Winding Hole	18 miles and 7½ furlongs	57 locks
Longlees Lock No 36 Eastern Summit Lock	19 miles	57 locks
Warland Gate Bridge No 41	19 miles and 1 furlong	58 locks
Warlands Aqueduct	19 miles and 1 furlong	58 locks
Warland Upper Lock No 35	19 miles and 1 furlong	58 locks
Warland Pipe Bridge	19 miles and 1½ furlongs	59 locks
Warland Lower Lock No 34	19 miles and 2¼ furlongs	59 locks
Warland Bridge No 40	19 miles and 2¼ furlongs	60 locks
Stonehouse Bridge No 39	19 miles and 4½ furlongs	60 locks
Bottomley Lock No 33	19 miles and 5½ furlongs	60 locks
Lane Bottom Bridge No 38	19 miles and 5½ furlongs	61 locks
Bottomley Road Winding Hole	19 miles and 6 furlongs	61 locks
Sands Lock No 32	19 miles and 6¼ furlongs	61 locks
Deanroyd Bridge No 37	19 miles and 6½ furlongs	62 locks
Lightbank Lock Winding Hole	19 miles and 7¾ furlongs	62 locks
Lightbank Lock No 31 ...	20 miles and ¼ furlongs	62 locks
Lightbank Bridge No 36	20 miles and ¼ furlongs	63 locks
Winterbutlee Lock No 30	20 miles and 2¼ furlongs	63 locks
Winding Hole between Nip Square and Winterbutlee Locks	20 miles and 2¾ furlongs	64 locks
Nip Square Lock No 29	20 miles and 3¼ furlongs	64 locks
Travis Mill Lock No 28	20 miles and 4¼ furlongs	65 locks
Birks Hall Bridge No 35	20 miles and 4¼ furlongs	66 locks
Hollings Bridge No 34	20 miles and 5 furlongs	66 locks
Hollings Lock No 27	20 miles and 6 furlongs	66 locks
Alma Bridge No 33	20 miles and 6¼ furlongs	67 locks
Pinnel Lock No 26	20 miles and 7½ furlongs	67 locks
Smithyholme Lock No 25	21 miles and ½ furlongs	68 locks
Copperas House Bridge No 32	21 miles and 1½ furlongs	69 locks
Copperas House Aqueduct	21 miles and 1¾ furlongs	69 locks
Gauxholme Railway Bridge	21 miles and 2 furlongs	69 locks
Gauxholme Aqueduct	21 miles and 2¾ furlongs	69 locks
Gauxholme Highest Lock No 24	21 miles and 3 furlongs	69 locks
Gauxholme Arch Bridge No 31	21 miles and 3¼ furlongs	70 locks
Gauxholme Middle Lock No 23	21 miles and 3¾ furlongs	70 locks
Gauxholme Lowest Lock No 22	21 miles and 4¼ furlongs	71 locks
Gauxholme Railway Viaduct	21 miles and 4½ furlongs	72 locks
Shade Lock No 21	21 miles and 5 furlongs	72 locks
Wadsworth Mill Lock No 20	21 miles and 6 furlongs	73 locks
Dobroyd Road Bridge	21 miles and 7¼ furlongs	74 locks
Todmorden Aqueduct	22 miles and ¾ furlongs	74 locks
Todmorden Lock No 19 Also called Library Lock	22 miles and 1 furlong	74 locks
Todmorden Changeline Bridge No 30	22 miles and 1 furlong	75 locks
Fielden Wharf & Services Waterpoint, Elsan, Toilet, Rubbish Disposal and Overnight Mooring	22 miles and 1¼ furlongs	75 locks
Shop Lock No 18	22 miles and 2 furlongs	75 locks
Baltimore Bridge No 29	22 miles and 3½ furlongs	76 locks
Baltimore Winding Hole This looks as if it contains moored boats so may not be a Winding Hole??	22 miles and 4¼ furlongs	76 locks
Kilnhurst Bridge No 28 With separate footbridge alongside	22 miles and 5¼ furlongs	76 locks
Old Royd Lock No 17	22 miles and 7½ furlongs	76 locks
Old Royd Pipe Bridge	23 miles and ¼ furlongs	77 locks
Woodhouse Bridge No 27	23 miles and 1¼ furlongs	77 locks
Lobb Mill Bridge No 26	23 miles and 2¾ furlongs	77 locks
Lobb Mill Lock No 16	23 miles and 3 furlongs	77 locks
Lobb Mill Lock Winding Hole	23 miles and 3¾ furlongs	78 locks
Shawplains Lock No 15	23 miles and 5½ furlongs	78 locks
Shaw Wood Bridge No 25	23 miles and 5¾ furlongs	79 locks
Stoodley Bridge No 24	24 miles and ¼ furlongs	79 locks
Holmcoat Lock No 14	24 miles and 1¾ furlongs	79 locks
Holmcoat Bridge No 23	24 miles and 2 furlongs	80 locks
Winding Hole below Holmcoat Lock	24 miles and 2¾ furlongs	80 locks
Burnt Acres Bridge No 22	24 miles and 5½ furlongs	80 locks
Callis Lock No 13	25 miles	80 locks
Callis Bridge No 21	25 miles and ½ furlongs	81 locks
Rawden Mill Lock No 12	25 miles and 1½ furlongs	81 locks
Rawden Mill Lock Winding Hole Care needed as its on a sharp bend	25 miles and 2¼ furlongs	82 locks
Whiteley Arches Railway Bridge	25 miles and 5¾ furlongs	82 locks
Stubbing Brink Bridge No 19	25 miles and 7½ furlongs	82 locks
Stubbing Upper Lock No 11	26 miles and ¼ furlongs	82 locks
Stubbing Lower Lock No 10	26 miles and ¾ furlongs	83 locks
Hebble End Bridge No 18	26 miles and 2 furlongs	84 locks
Blackpit Aqueduct also called Hebden Bridge Aqueduct	26 miles and 3 furlongs	84 locks
Blackpit Lock No 9	26 miles and 3¼ furlongs	84 locks
Blackpit Bridge No 17	26 miles and 3¼ furlongs	85 locks
Hebden Bridge Wharf Footbridge	26 miles and 3¾ furlongs	85 locks
Hebden Bridge Wharf	26 miles and 4 furlongs	85 locks
Princess Bridge No 16	26 miles and 5¼ furlongs	85 locks
Mayroyd Mill Lock No 8	26 miles and 6¼ furlongs	85 locks
Mayroyd Bridge No 15	26 miles and 6¼ furlongs	86 locks
Falling Royd Footbridge	26 miles and 7 furlongs	86 locks
Falling Royd Bridge No 14	27 miles and 1 furlong	86 locks
Clog Mill Pipe Bridge	27 miles and 1¾ furlongs	86 locks
Walkley's Clog Mill	27 miles and 2 furlongs	86 locks
Broadbottom Lock No 7	27 miles and 3¾ furlongs	86 locks
Broadbottom Bridge No 13	27 miles and 4¼ furlongs	87 locks
Red Acre Bridge No 12	27 miles and 6¼ furlongs	87 locks
White Lee Bridge No 11	27 miles and 7¾ furlongs	87 locks
Halifax Road Bridge No 10	28 miles and ½ furlongs	87 locks
Brearley Upper Bridge No 9 This bridge was formerly a swing bridge.	28 miles and 3¼ furlongs	87 locks
Brearley Bridge No 8	28 miles and 6 furlongs	87 locks
Brearley Upper Lock No 6	28 miles and 6¾ furlongs	87 locks
Brearley Lower Lock No 5 Also known as Edward Kilner's Lock	29 miles and ¼ furlongs	88 locks
Winding Hole below Lock No 5	29 miles and 1¼ furlongs	89 locks
Ellen Royd Bridge No 7	29 miles and 2¼ furlongs	89 locks
Station Road Bridge Aqueduct also called Luddenden Foot Aqueduct	29 miles and 5¼ furlongs	89 locks
Station Road Bridge No 6	29 miles and 5½ furlongs	89 locks
Cooper House Bridge No 5	30 miles and ½ furlongs	89 locks
Longbottom Bridge No 4	30 miles and 3 furlongs	89 locks
High Royd Bridge No 3	30 miles and 6 furlongs	89 locks
Sowerby Long Bridge No 2	31 miles and ½ furlongs	89 locks
Sowerby Footbridge	31 miles and 3¼ furlongs	89 locks
Tower Hill Bridge	31 miles and 4 furlongs	89 locks
Tower Hill Winding Hole	31 miles and 4¼ furlongs	89 locks
Tuel Lane Lock No 3 The deepest lock on the canal system, this combines the rises of locks 3 and 4 (which are lost under the road)	31 miles and 4¾ furlongs	89 locks
Tuel Lane Tunnel (West end)	31 miles and 5 furlongs	90 locks
Tuel Lane Tunnel (East end)	31 miles and 5½ furlongs	90 locks
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 2	31 miles and 6 furlongs	90 locks
Sowerby Bridge Winding Hole	31 miles and 6¼ furlongs	91 locks
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1 Also called Alber Wood Lock	31 miles and 6¾ furlongs	91 locks
Sowerby Bridge Junction Junction of the Calder and Hebble Navigation and the Rochdale Canal	32 miles and ¼ furlongs	92 locks