Ray Bridge Winding Hole is an notable flight of locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds).
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.

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| Gargrave Services | 4 furlongs | |
| Higherland Lock No 32 | 4 furlongs | |
| Higherland Bridge No 170 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Eshton Road Lock No 31 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Eshton Road Bridge No 171 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Ray Bridge Winding Hole | ||
| Ray Bridge No 172 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Holme Bridge Aqueduct No 39 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Holme Bridge Lock No 30 | 3 furlongs | |
| Holme Bridge No 172A | 3 furlongs | |
| Highgate Winding Hole No 1 | 4 furlongs | |
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![Approaching Ray Bridge from the east on Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[7735320]] on the bridge arch on the left hand side of the path by Roger Templeman – 26 March 2024](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/74/99/7749947_a3fe9188_120x120.jpg)







![Leeds & Liverpool Canal approaching Ray Bridge (Bridge 172). There is a canal mileage post [[7735260]] at the right foreground, and a barnacle goose swimming on the canal by Roger Templeman – 26 March 2024](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/73/52/7735276_1d23f404_120x120.jpg)




![Moored Narrowboats. Looking East from Eshton Road bridge, that crosses the Leeds & Liverpool canal in Gargrave. Mickle Hill and Sharp Haw can be seen in the distance. For a comparison with the same view 21 years earlier see [[1139543]]. by Donnylad – 21 July 2007](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/51/28/512802_172d5298_120x120.jpg)















