Editing Leeds and Liverpool Canal (section)

==Route==
[[File:Tarleton Lock.JPG|thumb|left|[[Tarleton]] Lock, where the Rufford Branch links into the [[River Douglas, Lancashire|River Douglas]].]]
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is {{convert|127|mi|km|0}} long and crosses the country from Liverpool to Leeds, via East Lancashire and the Pennines. It was generally built with [[canal lock|locks]] {{convert|60|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|14|ft|3|in|abbr=on}} wide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leeds & Liverpool Canal |url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/leeds-and-liverpool-canal |publisher=[[Canal & River Trust]] |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Wigan Pier and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.jpg|thumb|right|The Leeds and Liverpool Canal at [[Wigan Pier]]]]
[[File:Leeds and Liverpool Canal.jpg|thumb|right|Leeds and Liverpool Canal near [[Granary Wharf]] in Leeds]]
[[File:Saltaire from Leeds and Liverpool Canal.jpg|thumb|right|Leeds to Liverpool Canal, [[Saltaire]].  Mill buildings built by Sir [[Titus Salt]].]]
[[File:Bingley Five Rise Locks 1.JPG|thumb|right|Bingley Five Rise Locks]]
[[File:DoubleArchedBridgeAtEastMarton.JPG|thumb|right|The Double Arched bridge (number 161) at [[East Marton]]]]
[[File:Canal boats.jpg|thumb|right|Canal boats at [[Appley Bridge]]]]
[[File:Bells lane bridge 016.JPG|thumb|right|Bell's Swing Bridge#16 in [[Lydiate]] ]]

From Liverpool to Appley Locks, the canal runs for {{convert|27|mi|km|0}} without locks, across the [[West Lancashire Coastal Plain]].

The two main side-branches both connect to other waterways. The Rufford Branch links into the River Douglas and, via the [[Ribble Link]] and the [[River Ribble]] to the previously isolated [[Lancaster Canal]]. The Leigh Branch from Wigan leads to the [[Bridgewater Canal]] and thus to [[Manchester]] and the [[English Midlands|Midlands]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bridgewater Canal Leigh Branch – More Troubled Waters |url=https://www.waterways.org.uk/news/view?id=303 |access-date=29 July 2019 |work=Inland Waterways Association |date=11 January 2017}}</ref>

The canal at [[Aintree]] passes close to the [[Aintree Racecourse|racecourse]] and gives the name to the course's [[Canal Turn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandnational.org.uk/fences.php|title=Grand National Fences & Course|publisher = [[Grand National]] |access-date= 30 December 2018}}</ref>