 Broad Reach* Lock is at the Wakefield end of the Aire & Calder Navigation Calder Cut (on older maps called 'New Cut'), this runs through the Southern Washlands Nature Corridor to the east of Wakefield and on past Stanley Ferry Marina towards Castleford. The Calder or New Cut ends at Wood Nook* Lock by Fairies Hill, from which point the River Calder is again navigable to its confluence with the River Aire. (* also known as Broadreach and Woodnook)
The River Calder and the Aire and Calder Navigation flow downstream south to north at this point. The river meanders considerably in this area.
This map is presented in landscape orientation with North on the left. Upstream (south and then west) the Aire and Calder meets the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Fall Ings Lock. Fall Ings Cut then runs through to Wakefield Pond and the new Wakefield Waterfront (the beginnings of a decent waterfront for the city) and the Hepworth Art Gallery.
The map is from a leaflet Discover the Southern Washlands Nature Corridor published by the Yorkshire Widlife Trust. You can also find out more from Wakefield's Countryside & Conservation Service on the official City of Wakefield web site.
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Not all features are shown; there are, for example, other road and rail bridges crossing the river and navigation.
Read more about Wakefield's canals in Wakefield Canal Trail by John Goodchild, Wakefield Historical Publications (ISBN 0 901869 22 8)
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