Waterways charity Canal & River Trust has commenced a heritage survey of the nation’s canal network, starting with the 127-mile-long Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a place in Leeds where I like to go. It takes me 10 minutes to get there by walking from my home. I like to go two or three times a week with my son and my dog.

Members of the Canal and River Trust and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society set off from Leeds on Saturday. Brass bands and crowds have greeted the boat along the way on its journey. They plan ...

In total the Leeds and Liverpool Canal boasts 14 sets of staircase locks and 93 locks, enabling the waterway to climb more than 400ft up and down the Pennines.Eventually stretching 127 and a ...

GEORGE WILKINSON ambles along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

THE birth of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was one of the most important moments in East Lancashire's history. It meant tonnes and tonnes of goods were able to be collected at Liverpool's docks ...

An arts project designed to attract visitors to the East Lancashire stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool canal has been awarded £2m by the Arts Council. The 10-year plan is for the canal between ...

Improvements to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath through Burnley are now complete.. The work included widening and resurfacing a 1.2 mile stretch of the towpath, between Westgate and ...

A SPECIAL festival is being organised to celebrate 200 years since the Leeds to Liverpool Canal was opened to our city. Liverpool’s award-winning Eldonian Village on the canal will host The ...

Members of the Canal and River Trust and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society set off from Leeds on Saturday. Brass bands and crowds have greeted the boat along the way on its journey. They plan ...

GEORGE WILKINSON ambles along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.