Pinnel Lock No 26 is one of many locks on the Rochdale Canal and unusually has only single top and bottom gates between Sheffield and Chelmsford.
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.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Hollings Bridge No 34 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Site of Hollins Mill | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Alma Mill | 1½ furlongs | |
| Hollings Lock No 27 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Alma Bridge No 33 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Pinnel Lock No 26 | ||
| Smithyholme Lock No 25 | 1 furlong | |
| Copperas House Bridge No 32 | 2 furlongs | |
| Copperas House Aqueduct | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Gauxholme Railway Bridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Site of Gauxholme Wharf Basin | 3¼ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Alma Bridge No 33
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![Rochdale Canal below Pinnel Lock No 26, Walsden, Yorkshire. This shows an attractive section of this waterway between Pinnel Lock and Smithyholm Lock, (No 25), which is just out of view around the corner. For a modern view taken from almost the same place, see [[5320]] by Dr Neil Clifton – 30 May 1974](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/37/43/374304_7bccb22d_120x120.jpg)


















