Sowerby Footbridge
Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Calderdale HX6 2RF, United Kingdom
Sowerby Footbridge carries the M2 motorway over the Rochdale Canal near to Leeds.
Early plans of what would become the Rochdale Canal were drawn up by George Wright in 1888 but problems with Brench Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Leeds. Expectations for coal traffic to Oldpool were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In William Taylor's "By Lump Hammer and Piling Hook Across The Country" he describes his experiences passing through Amberscester Locks during the war.
Sowerby Footbridge
is a minor waterways place
on the Rochdale Canal between
Walkley's Clog Mill (4 miles and 1¼ furlongs
and 3 locks
to the west) and
Tuel Lane Tunnel (western entrance) (1¾ furlongs
and 1 lock
to the east).
The nearest place in the direction of Walkley's Clog Mill is Sowerby Long Bridge No 2;
2¾ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Tuel Lane Tunnel (western entrance) is Tower Hill Bridge No 1A;
1 furlong
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.
| Cooper House Bridge No 5 | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Cooper House Mills | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Longbottom Bridge No 4 | 1 mile | |
| High Royd Bridge No 3 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Sowerby Long Bridge No 2 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Sowerby Footbridge | ||
| Tower Hill Bridge No 1A | 1 furlong | |
| Tower Hill Winding Hole | 1 furlong | |
| Tuel Lane Lock No 3 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Tuel Lane Tunnel (western entrance) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Tuel Lane Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 2¼ furlongs | |
Amenities here
Tesco
BPAmenities nearby at Tower Hill Bridge No 1A
Cashpoint Lloyds BankAmenities nearby at Sowerby Long Bridge No 2
BP
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Castlefield Junction
Hebden Bridge Services — 4 miles, 7½ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Baltimore Marina — 8 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Fielden Wharf & Services — 9 miles, 2 furlongs and 14 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Travis Mill Lock No 28 — 10 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 23 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Littleborough Sanitary Station — 14 miles, 4½ furlongs and 42 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Sowerby Bridge Basin — 6 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sowerby Bridge Basin
Salterhebble Junction — 2 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Salterhebble Junction
Salterhebble Sanitary Station — 2 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 4 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 Basin — 7 miles, ¼ furlongs and 13 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 Station — 12 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 19 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, 6½ furlongs and 26 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 3 — 19 miles, ¼ furlongs and 27 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 21E — 17 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 46 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 Hole — 17 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 47 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 HoleNearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Castlefield Junction
Hebden Bridge Services — 4 miles, 7½ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Fielden Wharf & Services — 9 miles, 2 furlongs and 14 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Littleborough Sanitary Station — 14 miles, 4½ furlongs and 42 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Sowerby Bridge Basin — 6 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sowerby Bridge Basin
Salterhebble Sanitary Station — 2 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 4 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 Moorings — 7 miles, ½ furlongs and 14 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 Station — 12 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 19 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, 6½ furlongs and 26 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 Station — 16 miles, 7½ furlongs and 26 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 22E — 17 miles, 5½ furlongs and 47 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 22ENearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Castlefield Junction
Hebden Bridge Services — 4 miles, 7½ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Baltimore Marina — 8 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Littleborough Sanitary Station — 14 miles, 4½ furlongs and 42 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Sowerby Bridge Basin — 6 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sowerby Bridge Basin
Salterhebble Sanitary Station — 2 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 4 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 Basin — 7 miles, ¼ furlongs and 13 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 Station — 12 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 19 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, 6½ furlongs and 26 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, 6½ furlongs and 23 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 Station — 16 miles, 7½ furlongs and 26 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 21E — 17 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 46 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 22E — 17 miles, 5½ furlongs and 47 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 22ENearest place to turn
In the direction of Castlefield Junction
Winding Hole below Lock No 5 — 2 miles, 2 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Walkley's Clog Mill — 4 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Hebden Bridge Wharf — 4 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Rawden Mill Lock Winding Hole — 6 miles, 1 furlong and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Winding Hole below Holmcoat Lock — 7 miles, ½ furlongs and 9 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Stoodley Bridge Winding Hole — 7 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 10 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Lobb Mill Lock Winding Hole — 7 miles, 7½ furlongs and 11 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Baltimore Winding Hole — 8 miles, 6½ furlongs and 13 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
Todmorden Bridge Winding Hole — 9 miles, 2 furlongs and 14 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Tower Hill Winding Hole — 1 furlong away
On this waterway in the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Sowerby Bridge Winding Hole — 3 furlongs and 2 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Sowerby Bridge Junction — 5 furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Sterne Mill Winding Hole — 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sterne Mill Winding Hole
Salterhebble Basin — 3 miles, 1¾ 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 (Halifax Branch) to Salterhebble Basin
Salterhebble Sanitary Station — 2 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 4 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 Moorings — 2 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 5 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 Wharf — 2 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 5 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 Hole — 6 miles, 2¾ 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 Ganny Winding Hole
Brighouse Basin — 7 miles, ¼ furlongs and 13 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 Junction — 9 miles, 2½ 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 Cooper Bridge JunctionNearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Castlefield Junction
Hebden Bridge Services — 4 miles, 7½ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Slaithwaite Winding Hole — 17 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 47 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 HoleNearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Castlefield Junction
Pickwell and Arnold Boatyard — 7 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 10 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Castlefield Junction
In the direction of Sowerby Bridge Junction
Sowerby Bridge Basin — 6 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Sowerby Bridge Junction, then on the Calder and Hebble Navigation (Main Line) to Sowerby Bridge Basin
Shepley Bridge Marina — 12 miles, 3½ furlongs and 19 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 Marina
Aspley Basin (Huddersfield) — 12 miles, 6½ furlongs and 26 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)Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
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