Field Staircase Locks Nos 16 to 18
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Field Staircase Locks Nos 16 to 18 is one of a long flight of locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) and is one of the deepest locks on the waterway.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) was built by Nicholas Clarke and opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Blackburn. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Polecroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Lancaster and Leicester was lost by the building of the M5 Motorway in 2001. According to Cecil Yates's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Erewash Cutting is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

This is a group of three locks with a rise of 25f0.
| Baildon Winding Hole | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Thackley Beck Aqueduct No 55A | 7½ furlongs | |
| Buck Mill Swing Bridge No 211 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Field Locks Bridge No 211A | ½ furlongs | |
| Field locks Winding Hole | ¼ furlongs | |
| Field Staircase Locks Nos 16 to 18 | ||
| Apperley Bridge Aqueduct No 55B | 2 furlongs | |
| Strangford Swing Bridge No 211B | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Esholt Sewage Works Basin | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Idle Swing Bridge No 212 | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 212A | 7½ furlongs | |
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![Empty lock chamber. Unusually, the central lock of the three [[8102254]] has been completely emptied. This was presumably due to a leaking lower gate or a mistake by a boater, as the water level should not usually drop below the ground and gate paddles seen here. by David Martin – 18 July 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/10/22/8102262_6887231f_120x120.jpg)














![Towards Field Locks. A flight of three locks along the canal. The towpath along this section of the Leeds Liverpool Canal forms part of National Cycle Network (NCN) route 66. Compare with [[1837470]] taken 13 years earlier. by DS Pugh – 11 February 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/40/47/7404796_3cba74b0_120x120.jpg)


![View under Leeds & Liverpool Canal Bridge 211A towards Field Locks. There is a canal milepost [[7790580]] in the left foreground by Roger Templeman – 26 May 2024](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/79/06/7790606_738967aa_120x120.jpg)








