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Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1

 
Also known as: Alber Wood Lock
The Moorings, Canal Basin, Calderdale HX6 2AG, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Sowerby Bridge Lock No 1 is a minor waterways place on the Rochdale Canal between Tuel Lane Tunnel (western entrance) (1¾ furlongs and 1 lock to the west) and Sowerby Bridge Junction (Junction of the Calder and Hebble Navigation and the Rochdale Canal) (1½ furlongs to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Tuel Lane Tunnel (western entrance) is Sowerby Bridge Winding Hole; ½ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction is Sowerby Bridge Lock Moorings; ¾ furlongs away.

There may be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

 
 
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Navigational Notes

A Canal & River Trust lock keeper is present on the following days between 9th March and 9th November 2015:

Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday of each week between the dates above (No booking required). On these days the operating times for Tuel lock are first boat entry at 8.30am with last passage at 5.00pm.

Tuel Lane Deep Lock, Sowerby Bridge. Lock 3 (Tuel Lane) is operated by a Canal & River Trust lock keeper. Follow the local signage and the lock keeper’s instructions.

Do not enter the tunnel (below lock 3) whilst boats are in lock 3.

Locks 1 and 3 will be padlocked outside of the normal entry hours specified above.

A booking system is in operation for passage on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, during this period. Bookings should be made by calling our Red Bull office on 03030 404040 during office hours, giving 24 hours’ notice of your booking.

On these days passage is between 8.30am with last boat passage at 3.00pm.

 
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In the direction of Castlefield Junction

Hebden Bridge Services5 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Baltimore Marina9 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Fielden Wharf & Services9 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 17 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Travis Mill Lock No 2811 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 26 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Littleborough Sanitary Station14 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 45 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction

In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction

Sowerby Bridge Basin2½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sowerby Bridge Basin
Salterhebble Junction2 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction
Salterhebble Sanitary Station2 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Sanitary Station
Brighouse Basin6 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Brighouse Basin
Shepley Bridge Sanitary Station11 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 17 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Shepley Bridge Sanitary Station
Aspley Basin (Huddersfield)12 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield)
Broad Cut Low Lock No 318 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 25 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Broad Cut Low Lock No 3
Waterside Lock No 21E17 miles, ¾ furlongs and 44 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield), then on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Waterside Lock No 21E
Slaithwaite Winding Hole17 miles, 1½ furlongs and 45 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield), then on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Slaithwaite Winding Hole

Nearest rubbish disposal

In the direction of Castlefield Junction

Hebden Bridge Services5 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Fielden Wharf & Services9 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 17 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Littleborough Sanitary Station14 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 45 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction

In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction

Sowerby Bridge Basin2½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sowerby Bridge Basin
Salterhebble Sanitary Station2 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Sanitary Station
Brighouse Lower Basin Visitor Moorings6 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Brighouse Lower Basin Visitor Moorings
Shepley Bridge Sanitary Station11 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 17 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Shepley Bridge Sanitary Station
Aspley Basin (Huddersfield)12 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield)
Horbury Basin Residential Moorings & Sanitary Station16 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Horbury Basin Residential Moorings & Sanitary Station
Pickle Lock No 22E17 miles, 2 furlongs and 45 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield), then on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Pickle Lock No 22E

Nearest chemical toilet disposal

In the direction of Castlefield Junction

Hebden Bridge Services5 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Baltimore Marina9 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Littleborough Sanitary Station14 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 45 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction

In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction

Sowerby Bridge Basin2½ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sowerby Bridge Basin
Salterhebble Sanitary Station2 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Sanitary Station
Brighouse Basin6 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Brighouse Basin
Shepley Bridge Sanitary Station11 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 17 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Shepley Bridge Sanitary Station
Aspley Basin (Huddersfield)12 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield)
Savile Town Wharf and Basin (Dewsbury)15 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 21 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Dewsbury Arm Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Dewsbury Old Cut) to Savile Town Wharf and Basin (Dewsbury)
Horbury Basin Residential Moorings & Sanitary Station16 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 24 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Horbury Basin Residential Moorings & Sanitary Station
Waterside Lock No 21E17 miles, ¾ furlongs and 44 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield), then on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Waterside Lock No 21E
Pickle Lock No 22E17 miles, 2 furlongs and 45 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield), then on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Pickle Lock No 22E

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In the direction of Castlefield Junction

Sowerby Bridge Winding Hole½ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Tower Hill Winding Hole2¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Winding Hole below Lock No 52 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Walkley's Clog Mill4 miles, 4½ furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Hebden Bridge Wharf5 miles, 2½ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Rawden Mill Lock Winding Hole6 miles, 4½ furlongs and 10 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Winding Hole below Holmcoat Lock7 miles, 4 furlongs and 12 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Stoodley Bridge Winding Hole7 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 13 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Lobb Mill Lock Winding Hole8 miles, 3 furlongs and 14 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Baltimore Winding Hole9 miles, 2 furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction

In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction

Sowerby Bridge Junction1½ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Sterne Mill Winding Hole7¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sterne Mill Winding Hole
Salterhebble Basin2 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Halifax Branch) to Salterhebble Basin
Salterhebble Sanitary Station2 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Sanitary Station
Salterhebble Bottom Basin Visitor Moorings2 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Bottom Basin Visitor Moorings
Salterhebble Wharf2 miles, 3½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Wharf
Ganny Winding Hole5 miles, 7½ furlongs and 10 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Ganny Winding Hole
Brighouse Basin6 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Brighouse Basin
Cooper Bridge Junction8 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 15 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction
Battye Weir Entrance9 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 16 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Battye Weir Entrance

Nearest self-operated pump-out

In the direction of Castlefield Junction

Hebden Bridge Services5 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction

In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction

Slaithwaite Winding Hole17 miles, 1½ furlongs and 45 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Cooper Bridge Junction, then on the Huddersfield Broad Canal to Aspley Basin (Huddersfield), then on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to Slaithwaite Winding Hole

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[Sowerby Bridge] Sowerby Bridge (/ˌsɔːrbi/) is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The Calderdale Council ward population [Tuel Lane Lock] Tuel Lane Lock is a canal lock, situated on the Rochdale Canal in Sowerby Bridge, England. It was built in 1996 as part of the canal's restoration, and [Rochdale Canal] Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire. As built, the canal had 92 locks. Whilst the traditional lock numbering has been retained [Listed buildings in Sowerby Bridge] Sowerby Bridge is a market town and a ward to the southwest of Halifax in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It contains [The Secret Garden] bleak moor on which it sits. Over time, she befriends her maid Martha Sowerby, who tells Mary about Lilias, who would spend hours in a private walled [Calder and Hebble Navigation] of the Rochdale Canal in 1804, which provided a through route from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester. There were plans to abandon the river sections completely [South Pennine Ring] locks and their numbers is because Tuel Lane Lock, just before Sowerby Bridge, was built as a single lock to replace the original locks 3 and 4, in order [Huddersfield Broad Canal] wide locks throughout and joined the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge. The canal passed into railway ownership in 1845, but prospered into [Thirsk] never completed, although remains can be seen of the wharf and a lock near Lock Bridge. The Thirsk Poor Law Union was formed in 1837 and covered a large [Huddersfield Narrow Canal] districts, Failsworth, Rochdale, Littleborough, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Elland and Brighouse. The Huddersfield Canal area is also a Site
 
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