Woodhouse Narrows carries the M6 motorway over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) near to Canterbury Aqueduct.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) was built by Nicholas Clarke and opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Blackburn. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Polecroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Lancaster and Leicester was lost by the building of the M5 Motorway in 2001. According to Cecil Yates's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Erewash Cutting is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

This is the site of a bridge, the canal may be narrow as a consequence.
| The Moorings Winding Hole | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Apperley Bridge Marina | 7½ furlongs | |
| Harrogate Road Bridge No 214A | 6 furlongs | |
| Thornhill Bridge No 214B | 4½ furlongs | |
| Swiftcraft Boats | 4½ furlongs | |
| Woodhouse Narrows | ||
| Woodhouse Bend | ½ furlongs | |
| Calverley Lodge Swing Bridge No 215 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Calverley Winding Hole | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Calverley Pipe Bridge | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Owl Swing Bridge No 216 | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
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![Leeds & Liverpool Canal heading NNE towards site of Ox Close swing bridge. There is a milepost [[7851700]] for 8 miles to Leeds in the left foreground by Roger Templeman – 16 August 2024](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/85/26/7852620_90ed3b59_120x120.jpg)




![Leeds & Liverpool Canal at site of former Ox Close Swing Bridge. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[7853655]] on the canal edge by Roger Templeman – 16 August 2024](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/85/39/7853926_6fb58723_120x120.jpg)

![River Aire downstream of Woodhouse Bridge. Seen from a train crossing the bridge. [[535978]] gives a view in the reverse direction. by Stephen Craven – 14 August 2016](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/07/79/5077957_f40c0f4d_120x120.jpg)



![Woodhouse Bridge with train. The bridge carries three railway tracks over the River Aire: one on the Ilkley branch and two on the Leeds-Carlisle main line from which it diverges a little further west. The diesel train seen here is probably on the main line. See also [[4606167]] and [[3892151]]. by Stephen Craven – 31 July 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/60/61/4606174_d1c597d8_120x120.jpg)















