Wool Road Visitor Mooring

Wool Road Visitor Mooring is on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Huddersfield Narrow Canal were drawn up by Barry Taylor in 1816 but problems with Peterborough Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. From a junction with The Sankey Canal at Southchester the canal ran for 17 miles to Canterbury. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Huntingdon were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. According to Arthur Smith's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Wirral Boat Lift is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring). Mooring is limited to 48 hours.
Facilities: rubbish disposal, glass recycling, paper recycling, tin can recycling and aluminium can recycling.
| Mytholm Bridge No 75 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Lime Kiln Lock No 23W | 2 furlongs | |
| Saddleworth Aqueduct | 2 furlongs | |
| Brownhill Bridge No 73 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Wool Road Winding Hole | ½ furlongs | |
| Wool Road Visitor Mooring | ||
| Wool Road Bridge No 70 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Old Lane Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Wool Road Lock No 24W | ¾ furlongs | |
| Navigation Lock No 25W | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Twelve Mile Lock No 26W | 2½ furlongs | |
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Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Ashton-under-Lyne Junction
In the direction of Aspley Basin (Huddersfield)
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![Beerwalk on Wool Road Dobcross. No it's not the queue for the bus stop.By late afternoon participants in the beerwalk were streaming up the road from Uppermill by the thousand.This area is best avoided during the afternoon if you're a passing motorist.[[455214]][[455219]][[455230]][[455243]][[455273]]For more information about the Saddleworth Beerwalk click on http://web.archive.org/web/20140517124303/http://www.beerwalk.co.uk/ by Paul Anderson – 02 June 2007](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/45/55/455528_f6c1af31_120x120.jpg)
![Saddleworth Roundtable Beerwalk. This is the A670 Wool Road during the annual beerwalk.[[455214]][[455230]][[455243]][[455273]]The BeerWalk has reached its 34th Year and is firmly established as one of the areas' premier events.This year over 1700 people took part with thousands more turning out to line the route and watch them.It is estimated that upwards of £50,000 was raised for local charities and local community projects.For more information about the beerwalk click on http://web.archive.org/web/20140517124303/http://www.beerwalk.co.uk/ by Paul Anderson – 02 June 2007](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/45/52/455219_486fc7d8_120x120.jpg)








![Wool Road Dobcross. Wool Road transhipment warehouse.Goods were unloaded here to be carried by horse over the hill to Marsden before the opening of the [[2080]] in 1811.To see photographs taken during the restoration of this area click on http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/huddersfield/hnc52k.htm by Paul Anderson – 01 October 2006](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/25/16/251696_09ccc122_120x120.jpg)



![Super heroes in Dobcross. A few of the participants in this year's beerwalk are seen here in Dobcross.Saddleworth Round Table's 34th Annual BeerWalk which took place on Saturday 2nd June 2007 involves walking around the villages of Saddleworth in Fancy Dress and is a thoroughly enjoyable day for all concerned - participants and spectators alike. Now that the BeerWalk has reached its 34th Year, it is firmly established as one of the area's premier events.[[455219]][[455214]][[455243]][[455273]]This year over 1700 people took part with upwards of £50,000 being raised for local charities and local community projects.For more information about the beerwalk click on http://web.archive.org/web/20140517124303/http://www.beerwalk.co.uk/ by Paul Anderson – 02 June 2007](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/45/52/455230_c652a615_120x120.jpg)


![Navigation Inn Dobcross. Saddleworth Round Table's 34th Annual BeerWalk took place on Saturday 2nd June 2007.The Navigation Inn above was just one of the many pubs on the route.[[455219]][[455230]][[455243]][[455273]]The BeerWalk involves walking around the villages of Saddleworth taking in the wonderful local scenery (and a certain amount of local refreshment.) This is traditionally done in Fancy Dress and is a thoroughly enjoyable day for all concerned - participants and spectators alike. Now that the BeerWalk has reached its 34th Year, it is firmly established as one of the area's premier events.This year over 1700 people took part with thousands more turning out to line the route and watch them with upwards of £50,000 being raised for various charities on this event alone.For more information about the annual beer walk click on http://web.archive.org/web/20140517124303/http://www.beerwalk.co.uk/ by Paul Anderson – 02 June 2007](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/45/52/455214_fda1630c_120x120.jpg)


![The Saddleworth Rushcart 2008. Seen here during the annual Rushcart Festival in 2008 the morris men prepare to park the rushcart at the Navigation public house on Huddersfield Road in Dobcross. Saddleworth Morris Men http://www.morrismen.saddleworth.org.uk/ revived the Rushcart as an annual festival in 1975 to become the first of many in the area. The rushes are taken from the surrounding moors (with the blessing of the National Trust) and built onto a two-wheeled cart in a slightly conical shape thirteen feet high weighing about two tons (if it doesn't rain). 'Feathers' at each corner are formed from bolts or bundles of rushes each about four inches in diameter held in place by metal rods.The bulk of the cart, which can be seen on the left in the picture, is built from loose rushes; they are not tied on.When completed, the whole structure is trimmed to give a smooth appearance on each side. Two Rowan branches are fixed to the top and, on Saturday morning, the front is dressed with a decorated banner.A man chosen from the ranks of Saddleworth Morris Men sits astride the Rushcart for the day, supplied with ale in a copper kettle on the end of a rope. The Rushcart is then pulled through the Saddleworth villages of Delph, Dobcross and Diggle by approximately 150 morris men invited from all over Britain and overseas.[[933955]][[933931]][[933845]][[933889]][[934377]] by Paul Anderson – 23 August 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/93/44/934412_6fbffae8_120x120.jpg)





