Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of 127 miles, crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Canal
- Description: man-made waterway connecting the above-mentioned cities in the north of England
- Also known as: “Leeds Liverpool Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hunslet Library and Royal Armouries Museum.
Royal Armouries Museum
Museum
Photo: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a national museum that holds the National Collection of Arms and Armour. It is part of the Royal Armouries family of museums, with other sites at the Royal Armouries' traditional home in the Tower of London, and the National Collection of Artillery at Fort Nelson, Hampshire.
Leeds Discovery Centre
Museum
Photo: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leeds Discovery Centre is the purpose-built display storage facility built for Leeds Museums & Galleries in 2007. It was funded by Leeds City Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knowsthorpe and Hunslet.
Knowsthorpe
Locality
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knowsthorpe, Knostrop or Knostropp is an area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire. The spelling "Knostrop" is predominantly used for the large water treatment works in the area.
Hunslet
Suburb
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Hunslet is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 1 mile southeast of the city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds South parliamentary constituency.
Cross Green
Suburb
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Cross Green is a mainly industrial area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is around 1 mile on a hill to the south east of Leeds city centre, with the A63 road running through the middle and dividing it into a residential estate with playing fields and housing to the north, and a large industrial estate to the south.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Leeds and Liverpool Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Leeds and Liverpool Canal” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Канал Лідс — Ліверпуль”
- Belarusian: “Лідс — Ліверпуль”
- Cebuano: “Leeds and Liverpool Canal”
- Chinese: “利茲和利物浦運河”
- Danish: “Leeds and Liverpool kanalen”
- Danish: “Leeds and Liverpool-kanalen”
- Dutch: “Leeds and Liverpool Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليدز وقناة ليفربول”
- French: “canal Leeds-Liverpool”
- French: “Canal Leeds-Liverpool”
- Indonesian: “Kanal Leeds dan Liverpool”
- Japanese: “リーズ・リヴァプール運河”
- Latvian: “Līdsas un Liverpūles kanāls”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leeds and Liverpool Canal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leeds og Liverpool-kanalen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leeds og Liverpoolkanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leeds og Liverpoolkanalen”
- Norwegian: “Leeds og Liverpoolkanalen”
- Polish: “Kanał Leeds-Liverpool”
- Polish: “Leeds and Liverpool Canal”
- Russian: “Канал Лидс — Ливерпуль”
- Russian: “Лидс — Ливерпуль”
- Russian: “Лидс-Ливерпуль”
- Swedish: “Leeds and Liverpool Canal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Atkinson Hill and Thwaite Gate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aire and Calder Navigation and Leeds Pharmaceutical Store.
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