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Rochdale Canal The Rochdale Canal is a navigable broad canal in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, through which it passes. The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles (51 km) across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire. As built, the canal had 92 locks. Whilst the traditional lock numbering has been retained on all restored locks, and on the relocated locks, the canal now has 91. Locks 3 and 4 have been replaced with a single deep lock, Tuel Lane Lock, which is numbered 3/4. The walk was about 8.5 km or 5 miles. A nice morning walk, obviously flat as it follow the canal. You easily walk back or take the train. We took the train. Canal Walk Guide Boxing Day 2015 Flood We were fortunate enough to be home long before the flooding. Have a look and compare the news photos to our visit. Drone footage of Hebden Bridge & Mytholmroyd Google Hebden Bridge Floods for more details & photos
	Just beyond is the Hebden Bridge Viaduct where the river goes under the canal

Busy path for walkers and cyclists	Local cruise company (Flooded Boxing Day 2015)

The canal is lined with old mills	and lots of canal boats

Still in Hebden Bridge	Another old mill

Holiday makers	More free mooring

Permanent residents	The mill and the bridge are one complex

All bridges are numbered. This one is no. 7	A peaceful stretch of canal

The story of the canal	Another quite section with a mill right on the waterside

Tuel Lance Lock at Sowerby Bridge	Deepest lock in the UK at almost 20 ft.

Shire Cruisers for boats to let	A short stop in Mytholmoyd. This street was under water in the Dec. floods

Lots of these in the UK. You never know when you will need one	Winterparking for narrow boats

Factory on left is converted to housing (Flooded Boxing Day 2015)	These boats don't look like they ever leave home

Back to Hebden Bridge	This is Hebden water which flows under the canal

Back were we started	A little further for a rest spot

Here it is "Stubbing Warf" Closed since the Dec. floods	Along the canal

At lock number 10	A very peaceful walk.

Along the canal	Another old mill

Canal Walk from Hebden Bridge to Sowerby Bridge

Rochdale Canal

Boxing Day 2015 Flood