Sue walking next to the Five Rise Locks in Bingley.
This is very close to wear we live, so we end up coming here quite frequently.
Bingley Five-rise lock staircase is the most spectacular feature of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
It is situated about half a mile north of Bingley Station, about 17 miles north west of Leeds and about 12 miles south east of Skipton.
The locks open directly from one to another, with the top gate of one forming the bottom gate of the next. This unique 5-rise staircase has a total rise of 60 feet.
The Leeds and Liverpool canal has many lock staircases of two or three locks each.
Only a few hundred yards downstream is another staircase - this time a 3-rise flight, with a fall of 30 feet.
The locks are supervised by a lock keeper and are closed at night. The Bingley 5-rise and 3-rise locks opened in 1774. (From Pennine Waterways - http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ll/bingleyfiverise.htm)
There are some pictures from a walk we did in March 2009 can be found here.
We also recorded another visit in August 2009 The start of 2014 was rather wet, going to the Five Rise was a safe bet for a little walk.
Later on in February Sue thought I was not getting out enough so tempted me with a Coffee and Cakes, but the snag was I needed to do a short walk first, so we went to the Five Rise cafe with a little walk first.
Some notes about Bingley Town can be found here.
Ended a walk here on May 2015 , (not my only one) part of a day on the top path, started at at the far side of Shipley.