Winding Hole between Nip Square and Winterbutlee Locks is on the Rochdale Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Rochdale Canal were drawn up by George Wright in 1888 but problems with Brench Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Leeds. Expectations for coal traffic to Oldpool were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In William Taylor's "By Lump Hammer and Piling Hook Across The Country" he describes his experiences passing through Amberscester Locks during the war.

You can wind here.
| Deanroyd Bridge No 37 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Lightbank Lock Winding Hole | 3 furlongs | |
| Lightbank Lock No 31 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Lightbank Bridge No 36 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Winterbutlee Lock No 30 | ½ furlongs | |
| Winding Hole between Nip Square and Winterbutlee Locks | ||
| Nip Square Lock No 29 | ½ furlongs | |
| Site of Birks Mill | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Travis Mill Lock No 28 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Birks Hall Bridge No 35 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Hollings Bridge No 34 | 2¼ furlongs | |
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![Narrowboat approaching Winterbutlee Lock [No 30]. Heading to the summit of the Rochdale Canal. by Christine Johnstone – 06 May 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/97/81/3978130_0bd33453_120x120.jpg)

![Semis on Rochdale Road, south end of Walsden. Seen from Winterbutlee Lock [No 30] on the Rochdale Canal. by Christine Johnstone – 06 May 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/97/81/3978128_a8cc4915_120x120.jpg)





![Lines to Littleborough. The railway line from Todmorden to Littleborough viewed from Skew Bridge. In the centre to the right of the railway can be glimpsed Winterbutlee lock [[1918298]] on the Rochdale Canal. by Gerald England – 10 June 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/91/83/1918325_c22aa074_120x120.jpg)












![Fields above [east of] Nip Square Lock, Walsden. Rough grazing on a steep hillside. by Christine Johnstone – 06 May 2014](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/97/81/3978110_e3115a70_120x120.jpg)


![Rochdale Canal. Looking North from lock #30 [[1918298]]. by Gerald England – 10 June 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/91/83/1918307_d7833d52_120x120.jpg)



