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- The River Aire is navigable for 6.5 miles.
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The Canal & River Trust looks after the navigable parts of the River Aire, from Leeds to Haddlesey weir, just after Knottingley.
The Aire & Calder Navigation runs from Leeds to Goole. It joins the Wakefield Branch and the navigable part of the River Aire.
The Aire is navigable upstream to Leeds and downstream has a navigable section into the Aire & Calder Navigation, with navigable access to other canals and waterways.
The Aire and Calder Navigation is the canalised section of the Rivers Aire and Calder in West Yorkshire, England. The first improvements to the rivers above Knottingley were completed in 1704 when the Aire was made navigable to Leeds and the Calder to Wakefield, by the construction of 16 locks.
Mar 11, 2024 · But thanks to its complex history, there are four ways that boats might arrive on Yorkshire’s Aire & Calder Navigation – and which one boaters use, might depend not just on where they’re coming from, but also on their feelings about tidal waters, and the dimensions of their boat.
The Aire and Calder Navigation runs for 34 miles from the lively city of Leeds across the wide, flat fertile fields of east Yorkshire to the inland port of Goole. The high banks and flood gates may remind you that this is still a river at heart, made navigable over hundreds of years.
Oct 14, 2019 · York’s historic Lendal Bridge - a man-made Yorkshire landmark Work was completed by 1704, making the Aire navigable between Knottingley and Leeds, and the Calder from Wakefield to its junction...
