Ribble Link Staircase Locks and Holding Basin
Ribble Link Staircase Locks and Holding Basin
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Ribble Link Staircase Locks and Holding Basin
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Tips
October 6, 2021
Cycling
Tip1
If you see only Tip1, open this highlight using the link:
komoot.com/highlight/3843027
Some suggestions below in Tip2.
The Ribble Link Staircase is visited by several Komoot tours - for example, check out these links:
komoot.com/tour/610244459
komoot.com/tour/1118780163
Take care with children at all points near the holding basin and staircase locks.
The locks join the Lancaster Canal to the start of the river navigation along Savick Brook, which flows three locks below at the bottom of the staircase.
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October 23, 2021
Cycling
Tip2
Walk down the staircase path and across the new Savick Brook bridge to Tom Benson Way. Do not cross the road. There is a track on the left …
October 31, 2021
Cycling
After completion (1790s) the Lancaster Canal had always been isolated from the other inland waterways until 2002. Boats from the Lancaster Canal can now, via the Link, enter the Ribble, cross to the south bank and join the River Douglas navigation and the Leeds - Liverpool canal.
There's an impressive YouTube video of the crossing in the reverse direction across the Ribble, from the River Douglas to Savick Brook (the Ribble Link). Do a search for:
Travels by Narrowboat - Millennium Ribble Link - S07E03
On a mobile, view the video in landscape.
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Location: Ingol And Tanterton, Preston, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom