Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section)
The Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section) is a broad canal and is part of the Aire and Calder Navigation. It runs for 11 miles and 6½ furlongs through 4 locks from Bank Dole Junction (where it joins the Aire and Calder Navigation (Aire and Calder Main Line)) to Selby Junction (River Ouse) (where it joins the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Naburn to Goole)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 78 feet and 6 inches long and 16 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has a junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation (River Aire) at Haddlesey Junction.
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Bank Dole Junction Junction of the Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section) and the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line) |
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Marsh Lane Footbridge | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Bank Dole Lock No 1 | 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Bank Dole Lock Junction | 3 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Stocking Lane Pipe Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Beal Bridge Beal Bridge Wharf |
2 miles and 6 furlongs | 1 lock |
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Beal Lock No 2 Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
2 miles and 6½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Beal Lock No 2 New landing pontoon down stream of lock installed winter 1995/6 |
3 miles | 1 lock |
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Birkin Wharf | 3 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Haddlesey Junction Pipe Bridge | 6 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Haddlesey Junction Junction of River Aire and Selby Canal |
6 miles and 4 furlongs | 2 locks |
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Haddlesey Flood Lock No 3 | 6 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Tankards Bridge | 6 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Tankards Bridge Narrows | 6 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Paper House Bridge | 7 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Gateforth Landing Narrows | 7 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Gateforth Landing | 7 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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East Coast Railway Bridge | 8 miles and ½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Burton Bridge | 8 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Burn Bridge | 9 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Henwick Hall Lane Narrows | 9 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Henwick Hall Lane Bridge | 9 miles and 7½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Brayton Bridge With pipe bridge alongside |
10 miles and ¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Brayton Railway Bridge | 10 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Bawtry Road Bridge | 10 miles and 7½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Selby Narrows | 11 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Selby Swing Bridge | 11 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Selby Basin Visitors moorings |
11 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Selby Junction Lock | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Selby Junction (River Ouse) Junction of Selby Canal and River Ouse (Yorkshire) |
11 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks |

