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Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction

 
Water's Edge, Preston PR2 3XZ, United Kingdom
 
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Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction is a major waterways place at the junction of the River Ribble (Ribble Link) with the Lancaster Canal (Main Line).
 
Ribble Link Lock No 9 (Sea lock with rotating gates) is on the River Ribble (Ribble Link), 2 miles and 3¼ furlongs and 8 locks to the west. Preston Terminus (Southern end of canal) is on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line), 1 mile and 4 furlongs to the east. Lodge Hill Junction (Junction with Lancaster Canal - Glasson Dock Branch) is on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line), 22 miles and 4¾ furlongs to the north.
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ribble Link Lock No 9 is Ribble Link Junction Footbridge No 1; a few yards away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Preston Terminus is Cottam Mill House Bridge No 16; ¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Lodge Hill Junction is Tom Benson Way Bridge Winding Hole; 1½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).

You can wind here.

 
 
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Nearest water point

In the direction of Preston Terminus

Woodplumpton Road Bridge No 127¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Preston Terminus

In the direction of Ribble - Savick Brook Junction

Spark Bridge Sanitary Station13 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 10 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to Spark Bridge Sanitary Station
St Mary's Marina14 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 10 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to St Mary's Marina
Burscough Bridge Wharf18 miles, 3 furlongs and 17 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to Lathom Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) to Burscough Bridge Wharf

In the direction of Tewitfield

Blackleach Lane Marina5 miles, 2¾ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Swill Brook Basin5 miles, 6 furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Bilsborrow Winding Hole10 miles, 2½ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Moss Lane Bridge No 6315 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Ratcliffe Bridge No 7519 miles, 4 furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield

Nearest rubbish disposal

Nearest chemical toilet disposal

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of Preston Terminus

Bexhill Road Winding Hole3¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Preston Terminus
Ashton Basin1 mile, 3¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Preston Terminus

In the direction of Ribble - Savick Brook Junction

Ribble Link Staircase Winding Hole1 furlong and 3 locks away
On the River Ribble (Ribble Link) in the direction of Ribble - Savick Brook Junction
Ribble Link Lock No 5 Winding Hole5¼ furlongs and 4 locks away
On the River Ribble (Ribble Link) in the direction of Ribble - Savick Brook Junction
Winding Hole above Lock No 81 mile, 6½ furlongs and 7 locks away
On the River Ribble (Ribble Link) in the direction of Ribble - Savick Brook Junction

In the direction of Tewitfield

On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Ward's House Winding Hole No 12 miles, 2 furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Ward's House Winding Hole No 22 miles, 4¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Salwick Hall Winding Hole2 miles, 6¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Swill Brook Basin5 miles, 6 furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Moons Bridge Marina7 miles, 2¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Hollowforth Winding Hole7 miles, 3 furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Park Head Winding Hole8 miles, 1¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
White Horse Winding Hole9 miles, 1½ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Bilsborrow Winding Hole10 miles, 2½ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Catterall Bridge Winding Hole13 miles, ¾ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Greenhalgh Castle Bridge Winding Hole14 miles, 1¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Dimples Bridge Winding Hole14 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
The Moorings Basin15 miles, 1¼ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield
Kepple Lane Bridge Winding Hole15 miles, 1¾ furlongs away
On the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) in the direction of Tewitfield

Nearest self-operated pump-out

Nearest boatyard pump-out

Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Ribble Link] Millennium Ribble Link is a linear water park and new navigation which links the once-isolated Lancaster Canal in Lancashire, England to the River Ribble. It [Lancaster Canal] the crossing of the River Ribble was never completed, and much of the southern end leased to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, of which it is now generally [Leeds and Liverpool Canal] via the Ribble Link and the River Ribble to the previously isolated Lancaster Canal. The Leigh Branch from Wigan leads to the Bridgewater Canal and thus [Canals of the United Kingdom] There are a number of canals which are far larger than this, including New Junction Canal and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, which can accommodate [Douglas Navigation] increasingly used since 2002, when the Ribble Link opened, connecting the Lancaster Canal to the River Ribble. Cannel coal, which burns with a bright [West Coast Main Line] the North Union Railway (Wigan–Preston), the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, were later absorbed by the [Barnoldswick] between the Ribble and Aire valleys, Barnoldswick is the highest town on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, lying on the summit level of the canal between Barrowford [Ripon Canal] of the connected British canal system, a claim that was affected by the opening of the Ribble Link in 2002. The Lancaster Canal is now considered to be [Lock (water navigation)] either on new waterways or canals under restoration. Projects under consideration include the restoration of the Lancaster Canal to Kendal and the proposed [List of canals of the United Kingdom] for boats and linking to other nearby canals and navigable rivers. Rother Link: Planned canal which would connect the Chesterfield Canal at Killamarsh
 
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