A Walk around the Canal Basin, Sowerby Bridge

I found myself with half an hour to pass. I decided to take the camera out for a short shoot and walk session around the canal wharf at Sowerby Bridge. The wharf is also the junction where the Rochdale Canal meets the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

 

A little bit of history on the wharf: initially, the Calder & Hebble Navigation reached Sowerby Bridge during the 1770's, and warehouses 1 and 2 were built; these now house the Moorings bar and Temujin restaurant, as well as a number of other small businesses, and are Grade II listed. When the Rochdale Canal Act was passed in 1793, the Calder & Hebble Canal Company was told to build whatever wharves and warehouses the Rochdale Canal required at their expense. This led to the development of warehouses 3 and 4, with number 3 becoming known as the salt warehouse due to the storage of salt there. This is the only warehouse that offers canal-side access to both the Rochdale Canal and the Calder & Hebble Navigation. Again, both buildings are Grade II listed and have been developed as small business centres alongside the existing boat yard.

 

The walk I took started at lock number 2 before Tuel Lane Tunnel, and I followed the Rochdale Canal path past lock 1, warehouses 3 and 4, the Kirkham Turn, where the canals meet, to Chain Bridge, which crosses the Calder and Hebble Navigation alongside the Navigation Inn.

I then walked the opposite towpath back towards the main basin and warehouse number 1.

 

The pictures were taken on July 19, 2017, using my Nikon D3300 DLR camera. There are a total of 16 to view here and on Clickasnap.

Lock number 2, Tuel Lane Tunnel and the Rochdale Canal

Rochdale Canal, Christ Church and the Roxy from Lock 2

Lock 2

The Rochdale Canal between Locks 1 and 2. Wainhouse Tower can be seen in the distance

Lock 1

This picture and the one below are of the Salt Warehouse, home to a number of varied businesses

Kirkham Turn, the point where the Rochdale Canal joins the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

Chain Bridge, the first crossing over the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The Navigation Inn is to the left and Wainhouse Tower can be seen in the distance

The Calder and Hebble Navigation towards Kirkham Turn from under Chain Bridge.

Chain Bridge and the Navigation Inn

The Calder and Hebble side of the canal basin and Warehouse number 4

The Salt Warhouse on the Calder and Hebble side of the canal basin

The boat moorings and warehouses 1 and 2

Warehouse number 1, home to a number of businesses.

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A small selection of the pictures have been edited into this YouTube album above. The full set can only be seen on Clickasnap.