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Barnsley Canal Locks 11 to 15.

This part of the canal runs from the now demolished Soap House Bridge (also known as High Town Bridge) at Shay Lane to the canal summit at Lock 15 - about 5 km from the River Calder at Heath. The canal towing path swopped sides (east to west) at Lock 14.

 

On this stretch the canal is not in water. Much mud is present southwards under Walton Hall Bridge towards Haw Park Bridge and the Stoneheaps Cutting. The canal route passes between the Cherry Tree and The Grove residential estates.

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Click to enlargeThe Upper Lock Keeper's Cottage and the towing path bridge. Situated at Lock 14 (Shaw's Lock), Walton Park is behind the cottage. not the clearest picture, but it gives an idea. Photographed in the early 20th century. Courtesy John Goodchild Loan Collection. Click to enlargeCanal route (now a public footpath) adjacent to Cherry Tree near Lock 13.
© John S. Sargent June 2000.
Click to enlargeLock 14. Originally, there was a bridge here, see picture above, taking the towing path across the canal.
© John S. Sargent June 2000.
Click to enlargeAnother view of Lock 14 (Shaw's Lock). The cottage may also have been known at one time as "Peacock's". This picture was taken in the mid-1920s. The lock-keeper's cottage, bridge and most of the lock have now gone.
Photograph: D.M. Thompson.
Click to enlargeAbout 5 km from the River Calder, Lock 15, the canal summit, near Walton Hall Bridge.
© John S. Sargent June 2000.
Click to enlargeThis gateway in the wall leads from the canal near Lock 15 into Walton Park on the Waterton Trail. A locked gate is now in place and access is via a nearby wooden bridge over the canal.
© John S. Sargent 21st October 2000.
Click to enlargeAbout 5 km from the River Calder, Lock 15, the canal summit, near Walton Hall Bridge.
© John S. Sargent 21st October 2000.

Lock 15 is included in the Wakefield MDC Local Development Framework and is designated as an Archaeological Site AS 101 CLASS II BARNSLEY CANAL LOCK, WALTON.

 

Local Development Framework
Find out more about the LDF at Wakefield MDC.

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