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Ribble Link Lock No 8

 
Blackpool Road, Lea Town PR4 0XB, United Kingdom
Address is taken from a point 386 yards away.
 
Information about the place
Ribble Link Lock No 8 is a place on the waterways on the River Ribble (Ribble Link) between Ribble Link Lock No 9 (Sea lock with rotating gates) (4½ furlongs to the southwest) and Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction (1 mile and 6¾ furlongs and 7 locks to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ribble Link Lock No 9 is Lock No 8 Mooring Pontoon; ½ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction is Winding Hole above Lock No 8; ¼ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock with a rise of 5 feet and 1 inch.

 
 
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Nearest water point

In the direction of Ribble - Savick Brook Junction

Spark Bridge Sanitary Station11 miles, 6½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to Spark Bridge Sanitary Station
St Mary's Marina12 miles, 6½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to St Mary's Marina
Burscough Bridge Wharf16 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 10 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to Lathom Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan) to Burscough Bridge Wharf

In the direction of Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction

Woodplumpton Road Bridge No 122 miles, 6 furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Woodplumpton Road Bridge No 12
Blackleach Lane Marina7 miles, 1½ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Blackleach Lane Marina
Swill Brook Basin7 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Swill Brook Basin
Bilsborrow Winding Hole12 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Bilsborrow Winding Hole
Moss Lane Bridge No 6317 miles, 2 furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Moss Lane Bridge No 63

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of Ribble - Savick Brook Junction

Tarleton Boat Yard8 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to Tarleton Boat Yard
Bank Bridge Winding Hole9 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to Bank Bridge Winding Hole
Fettlers Wharf Marina12 miles, 6½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to Fettlers Wharf Marina
St Mary's Marina12 miles, 6½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to St Mary's Marina
Marsh Meadow Winding Hole13 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Ribble - Savick Brook Junction, then on the River Ribble (Main River) to Astland Lamp, then on the River Douglas to Tarleton Junction, then on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) to Marsh Meadow Winding Hole

In the direction of Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction

Winding Hole above Lock No 8¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction
Ribble Link Lock No 5 Winding Hole1 mile, 1½ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction
Ribble Link Staircase Winding Hole1 mile, 5¾ furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction
Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction1 mile, 6¾ furlongs and 8 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction
Tom Benson Way Bridge Winding Hole2 miles, ¼ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Tom Benson Way Bridge Winding Hole
Bexhill Road Winding Hole2 miles, 2 furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Bexhill Road Winding Hole
Ashton Basin3 miles, 2 furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Ashton Basin
Ward's House Winding Hole No 14 miles, ¾ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Ward's House Winding Hole No 1
Ward's House Winding Hole No 24 miles, 3 furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Ward's House Winding Hole No 2
Salwick Hall Winding Hole4 miles, 5 furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Salwick Hall Winding Hole
Swill Brook Basin7 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Swill Brook Basin
Moons Bridge Marina9 miles, 1 furlong and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Moons Bridge Marina
Hollowforth Winding Hole9 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Hollowforth Winding Hole
Park Head Winding Hole10 miles and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to Park Head Winding Hole
White Horse Winding Hole11 miles, ¼ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction, then on the Lancaster Canal (Main Line) to White Horse Winding Hole

Nearest self-operated pump-out

Nearest boatyard pump-out

Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Ribble Link] Millennium Ribble Link is a linear water park and new navigation which links the once-isolated Lancaster Canal in Lancashire, England to the River Ribble. It [Lock (water navigation)] flood gates) near Rotterdam. There is a different type at the sea lock on the Ribble Link: this is a rising sector gate, which has a horizontal axis: the [Preston Dock] Docklands) was a former maritime dock located on the northern bank of the River Ribble approximately 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west of Preston's town centre in Lancashire [River Douglas, Lancashire] junction with the canal at Tarleton Lock, the final 4 miles (6.4 km) of the river to its junction with the River Ribble, here also known as the River Asland [Liverpool Canal Link] projects such as the renovation of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, the Ribble Link and Rochdale Canal. The Waterways Regeneration Task Force, part of British [Lancaster Canal] (historically in Westmorland). The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never completed, and much of the southern end leased to the Leeds and [Douglas Navigation] craft venturing only as far as Tarleton Lock, and it was not until 2002, with the opening of the Ribble Link that this section of the navigation began [Leeds and Liverpool Canal] The Rufford Branch links into the River Douglas and, via the Ribble Link and the River Ribble to the previously isolated Lancaster Canal. The Leigh Branch [Canals of the United Kingdom] have been constructed (the Ribble Link and the Liverpool Canal Link), another is under construction (the Fens Waterways Link). Large projects such as the [Don (river)] and flows 1,870 kilometres to the Sea of Azov. The river's upper half ribbles (meanders subtly) south however its lower half consists of a great eastern
 
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