Calder and Hebble Navigation

Calder and Hebble Navigation
Looking towards the terminal basin of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, from a point near the junction with the Rochdale Canal
Specifications
Maximum boat length	57 ft 6 in (17.53 m)
Maximum boat beam	14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
Status	Open
Navigation authority	Canal and River Trust

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Legend
River Calder and Rochdale Canal Sowerby Bridge basins Gas Works Road Weir Walker Lane Canal Road Hollas Lane Weir Calder Valley line Copley Lane Halifax Basin Halifax Branch locks (14)  A629  Exley Quay Calder Valley line  A6026  Halifax Branch 27 Salterhebble upper lock Salterhebble upper basin 26 Salterhebble middle lock Salterhebble lower basin Hebble Brook 25 Salterhebble guillotine lock  B6112  Stainland Road 24 Long Lees lock 23 Woodside Mills lock  B6114  Elland Bridge  A629  Calder Valley line 22 Elland lock 21 Park Nook lock 20 Cromwell lock Tag lock (disused) 19 Brookfoot lock Disused lock 18 Ganny lock  A643  Rastrick Bridge weir  A641  Brighouse Bridge weir Wharf Street Brighouse marina 17 Brighouse upper lock 16 Brighouse lower lock Blakeborough's Bridge To Cooper Br Anchor Pit flood lock weir  M62  15 Kirklees Top lock weir Brearly Bridge 14 Kirklees Low lock Caldervale Line Cooper Bridge flood gates  A62  Cooper Bridge Road weir -- Huddersfield Broad Canal 13 Cooper Bridge lock To Greenwood Caldervale Line Battye Cut Battyeford flood lock weir Cut Bridge (Wood Lane) Battyeford marina 12 Battyeford lock Ledgard flood lock Newgate bridge Hurst Lane bridge 11 Shepley Bridge lock Greenwood flood gates weir and access road 10 Greenwood lock Calder Road bridge Thornhill flood lock weir Savile Town Basin Dewsbury Arm 8,9 Thornhill Double locks (2) 7 Mill Bank lock Disused lock 5,6 Figure of Three locks (2) Disused lock  A642  Disused Railway 4 Broad Cut Top lock weir Railway 3 Broad Cut Low lock  M1  Thornes flood lock weir  A636  Derby Dale Road bridge 2 Thornes lock (Originally 2 chambers 1 disused) Railway bridge Wakefield flood lock weir  A61  Doncaster & Barnsley Roads  A638  Doncaster Road 1 Fall Ings lock (original lock replaced) Railway bridge  A6194  Wakefield Eastern Relief Road Railway bridge -- Aire and Calder Navigation

The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a broad inland waterway, with locks and bridge holes that are suitable for 14-foot-wide (4.3 m) boats, in West Yorkshire, England. Construction to improve the River Calder and the River Hebble began in 1759, and the initial scheme, which included 5.7 miles (9.2 km) of new cuts, was completed in 1770 and has remained navigable since it was opened. Significant improvements were made, including the Salterhebble branch to Halifax, opened in 1828, and ever-longer cuts to bypass river sections. Trade was assisted by the opening 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 in the 1830s, but these were modified as the needs of mill owners and other riparian landowners were recognised.

With the coming of the railways, the canal was leased to the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1843, but this was subsequently deemed to be illegal, and the Aire and Calder Navigation with which the Calder and Hebble Navigation connected at its eastern end, leased the canal from September 1847 until 1885. Some of the locks were enlarged, but many were not, and having been designed for Yorkshire Keels, they remain among the shortest on the English connected waterways network, at 57 feet (17 m). The navigation became a cul-de-sac in the 20th century, but with the burgeoning interest in leisure use of the canals, the trans-Pennine Rochdale Canal was reopened in 1996 and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal followed in 2001, resulting in the navigation becoming part of three Pennine cruising rings.