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The Foulridge Tunnel () is a canal tunnel on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Foulridge, Lancashire. Also known as the Mile Tunnel, Foulridge is 1,630 yards (0.93 mi; 1.49 km) long and was built by Samuel Fletcher, following Robert Whitworth's 1789 survey. The tunnel is the longest in the country to allow passage of canoes and kayaks.

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[Foulridge] before it enters the Foulridge Tunnel. Noyna Hill, a well known local landmark, sits 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the village. Foulridge adjoins the Pendle parishes [Leeds and Liverpool Canal] to vary the line of the remaining part of the canal, including a tunnel at Foulridge, lowering the proposed summit level by 40 feet (12 m), using a more [Listed buildings in Foulridge] Liverpool Canal runs through the parish where it enters the Foulridge Tunnel. The entrance to the tunnel is listed, as are three bridges crossing the canal, and [History of Skipton] problems involved in navigation westwards from Skipton. A tunnel had to be built at Foulridge. The tramway from the Haw Bank Quarry (in what is now Skipton [Barrowford] a mile on from the locks heading towards Leeds is Foulridge Tunnel known locally as the "Mile Tunnel". The packhorse bridge near Higherford Mill is the [Colne] barges enter the summit level and then the 1,630-yard (0.93 mi)-long Foulridge Tunnel. Close to the western portal, water from three reservoirs built between [List of tunnels in the United Kingdom] This is a list of road, railway, waterway, and other tunnels in the United Kingdom. A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length [Outer Pennine Ring] Barrowford Reservoir holds surplus water from the summit level. Soon, Foulridge Tunnel burrows through the hillside for 1,640 yards (1,500 m). It was the [North Pennine Ring] reservoirs, and the summit level, which includes the 1,640-yard (1,500 m) Foulridge Tunnel, is only 6 miles (9.7 km) long, before the descent to Leeds begins
 
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Foulridge Tunnel - Wikipedia
The Foulridge Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Foulridge, Lancashire. Also known as the Mile Tunnel, Foulridge is 1,630 yards ...
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