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Netherton Swing Bridge No 6

 
Aldrins Lane, Sefton L30 7PW, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Netherton Swing Bridge No 6 is a minor waterways place on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) between Stanley Dock Cut Junction (6 miles and 4½ furlongs to the south) and Lathom Junction (Junction with Leeds and Liverpool - Rufford Branch) (17 miles and 3½ furlongs to the northeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Stanley Dock Cut Junction is Fleetwood's Bridge No 5A; 4¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Lathom Junction is Copy Bridge No 7; 2¾ furlongs away.

There is access (suitable for wheels) to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a swing bridge here.

 
 
Amenities

Amenities nearby at Fleetwood's Bridge No 5A

 Iceland
 Iceland Foods PLC
 Home Bargains

Amenities nearby at Copy Bridge No 7

 Beefeater
 
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Navigational Notes

The bridge is user operated with no specified opening times.

 
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Nearest facilities

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Nearest water point

In the direction of Wigan Junction

Dicconson's Bridge No 176 miles, 3¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Scarisbrick Marina12 miles, 5½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Burscough Bridge Wharf16 miles, 5¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction

In the direction of Eldonian Village

Litherland Visitor Moorings2 miles, 7½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village
Salthouse Dock8 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 6 locks away
Travel to Stanley Dock Cut Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Stanley Dock Branch) to Stanley Dock, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Liverpool Link) to Salthouse Dock
Ellesmere Port Visitor Moorings14 miles, 2 furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to Stanley Dock Cut Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Stanley Dock Branch) to Stanley Dock, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Liverpool Link) to Salthouse Dock, then on the Liverpool South Docks to Mersey - South Docks Junction, then on the River Mersey (Tidal Section) to Mersey - Ship Canal Junction, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line) to Ellesmere Port Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line - Main Line) to Ellesmere Port Visitor Moorings

Nearest rubbish disposal

In the direction of Wigan Junction

Moss Bridge No 3518 miles, 3¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction

In the direction of Eldonian Village

Litherland Visitor Moorings2 miles, 7½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village
Salthouse Dock8 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 6 locks away
Travel to Stanley Dock Cut Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Stanley Dock Branch) to Stanley Dock, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Liverpool Link) to Salthouse Dock

Nearest chemical toilet disposal

In the direction of Wigan Junction

Burscough Bridge Wharf16 miles, 5¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction

In the direction of Eldonian Village

Litherland Visitor Moorings2 miles, 7½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of Wigan Junction

Aintree Winding Hole1 mile, 7¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Melling Winding Hole3 miles, 5 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Lydiate Winding Hole6 miles, 3 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Jackson's Bridge Farm Winding Hole7 miles, 3 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Downholland Winding Hole8 miles, 3 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Halsall Hill Bridge Winding Hole10 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Halsall Warehouse Bridge Winding Hole11 miles, 1¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Scarisbrick Winding Hole12 miles, 5½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Great Score Winding Hole15 miles, 2¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Lathom Junction17 miles, 3½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction

In the direction of Eldonian Village

Ford Winding Hole1 mile, 4½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village
Litherland Winding Hole2 miles, 2 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village
Bootle Winding Hole4 miles, ¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village
Bank Hall Winding Hole5 miles, 6½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village
Stanley Dock Cut Junction6 miles, 4½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village
Eldonian Village7 miles, ½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village
Stanley Dock6 miles, 6½ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Stanley Dock Cut Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Stanley Dock Branch) to Stanley Dock
Salthouse Dock8 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 6 locks away
Travel to Stanley Dock Cut Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Stanley Dock Branch) to Stanley Dock, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Liverpool Link) to Salthouse Dock
Ellesmere Port Junction13 miles, 7 furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Stanley Dock Cut Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Stanley Dock Branch) to Stanley Dock, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Liverpool Link) to Salthouse Dock, then on the Liverpool South Docks to Mersey - South Docks Junction, then on the River Mersey (Tidal Section) to Mersey - Ship Canal Junction, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line) to Ellesmere Port Junction
Ellesmere Port Lower Basin13 miles, 7½ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Stanley Dock Cut Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Stanley Dock Branch) to Stanley Dock, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Liverpool Link) to Salthouse Dock, then on the Liverpool South Docks to Mersey - South Docks Junction, then on the River Mersey (Tidal Section) to Mersey - Ship Canal Junction, then on the Manchester Ship Canal (Main Line) to Ellesmere Port Junction, then on the Shropshire Union Canal (Wirral Line - Main Line) to Ellesmere Port Lower Basin

Nearest self-operated pump-out

In the direction of Eldonian Village

Litherland Visitor Moorings2 miles, 7½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Eldonian Village

Nearest boatyard pump-out

In the direction of Wigan Junction

Scarisbrick Marina12 miles, 5½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Wigan Junction
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
Blog posts
(The) Leaving of Liverpool from Scribblings from the Mintball posted Sunday the 25th of September, 2016
Down into the Docks from Scribblings from the Mintball posted Friday the 23rd of September, 2016
 
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Wikipedia

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[Paeroa] Paeroa Rural covers 273 square kilometres and includes the localities of Netherton, Tirohia and Karangahake. It had a population of 1,845 at the 2018 New [Wishaw] Coltness, Craigneuk, Gowkthrapple, Dimsdale, Greenhead, Wishawhill, Netherton, Pather and Waterloo. There are two adjoining villages, often included [Glasgow] the city at the 2015 general election, including a record-breaking 39.3% swing from Labour to SNP in the seat of Glasgow North East. In the 2017 snap election [City of Wakefield] with larger outlying towns and villages such as Hollingthorpe, Walton, Netherton, Castleford, Knottingley, and Pontefract exempted from it. However, smaller [Gorbals] changed from Carrick in southwest Scotland to Glasgow. The novel Swing Hammer Swing! (1992) by Jeff Torrington, decades in the writing, is set in the [Maghull] increased rate of expansion in Maghull. In 1939, the IRA blew up the swing bridge at Green Lane on the canal but the strategic significance of this has [2018 in the United States] coach (b. 1940) Anna Mae Hays, military officer and nurse (b. 1920) Tom Netherton, singer (b. 1947) Dick Young, baseball player (b. 1927) Doug Young, voice [York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway] Manors (opened 1848), Heaton (N&NS station), Killingworth, Cramlington, Netherton, Morpeth, Longhirst, Widdrington, Acklington, Warkworth, Lesbury, Longhoughton [Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)] Great, Wallingford, ancient enclosure walls of a castle and a medieval bridge. Faringdon bears a scar of the English Civil War as its church lost its [Ossett] part-time job in addition to his work as a miner at Denby Grange Colliery in Netherton, but he later appeared in cinema and television. His house on the Green
 
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