Aspley Basin, near the junction between the Broad and Narrow canals
Specifications
Maximum boat length
57 ft 6 in (17.53 m)
Maximum boat beam
14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
Locks
9
Status
operational
Navigation authority
Canal & River Trust
History
Date of act
1774
Date completed
1776
Geography
Start point
Cooper Bridge Junction
End point
Huddersfield
Connects to
Calder and Hebble Navigation, Huddersfield Narrow Canal
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Huddersfield Broad Canal
Legend
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Cooper Bridge Junction
Cooper Bridge flood gates
A62
Junction
River Colne
1
Cooper Bridge locks and weir
Calder and Hebble Navigation
River Colne
Huddersfield line
2
Colne Bridge Lock
B6118 Bridge Road
Weir
Dismantled railway
3
Ladgrave Lock
4
Longlands Lock
Dismantled railway
River Colne
A62
5
Turnpike Lock
6
Reading Lock
7
Fieldhouse Green Lock
8
Falls Lock
9
Red Doles Lock
A62
Turnbridge Loco Lift Bridge
Huddersfield
Aspley Basin
A629 Wakefield Road
River Colne
Junction
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The Huddersfield Broad Canal or Sir John Ramsden's Canal, is a wide-locked navigable canal in West Yorkshire in northern England. The waterway is 3.75 miles (6 km) long and has 9 wide locks. It follows the valley of the River Colne and connects the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Cooper Bridge junction with the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Aspley Basin in Huddersfield.
Construction was authorised in 1774, and the canal opened two years later. It became part of a trans-Pennine route in 1811 when the Huddersfield Narrow Canal joined it at Aspley Basin. Traffic was hampered by the long narrowboats used on the narrow canal that could not use Ramsden's Canal's shorter locks. Goods were transhipped at Aspley Basin, and although shorter narrowboats were built, its success as a trans-Pennine route was overshadowed by the Rochdale Canal which had wide locks throughout and joined the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge. The canal passed into railway ownership in 1845, but prospered into the 20th century. Railway ownership ceased in 1945, when it was bought by the Calder and Hebble Navigation, at which point the narrow canal across the Pennines was abandoned. The broad canal carried commercial traffic, particularly coal for power stations, until 1953.
After the formation of British Waterways in 1962, the canal was designated a cruiseway in 1968, which meant that it was mainly for leisure traffic. Use of the canal has increased significantly since the Huddersfield Narrow Canal re-opened in 2001, as it is no longer a dead end. Many of its structures have been given listed building status, in recognition of their historic importance.
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