Brewery Swing Bridge No 177

Brewery Swing Bridge No 177 carries the road from Oldstone to Presley over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) just past the junction with The River Wharfe.
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.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor).
Facilities: water point.
There is a swing bridge here. The bridge requires a BW key to operate it.
| Gawber Hill Winding Hole | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Niffany Swing Bridge No 175 | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Skipton Bypass Bridge No 175A | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Gawflat Pipe Bridge | 2 furlongs | |
| Gawflat Swing Bridge No 176 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Brewery Swing Bridge No 177 | ||
| Eller Beck Aqueduct No 42 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Skipton Junction | 1 furlong | |
| Belmont Bridge No 178 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Waller Hill Aqueduct No 43 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Skipton Visitor Moorings | 2 furlongs | |
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![Brewery Swing Bridge. The Brewery Swing Bridge over the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Compare with the view in 1990 [[695757]]. by Gerald England – 13 June 2008](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/84/32/843287_d7c97ef8_120x120.jpg)
![Brook Street canal bridge, Skipton. A swing bridge. See also [[1395345]]. by Stephen Craven – 20 April 2019](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/13/95/6139522_6af942e3_120x120.jpg)


![Brook Street Bridge, Skipton, open to canal traffic. The swing bridge [[1395345]] was open to let a couple of narrowboats through. by Stephen Craven – 11 September 2016](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/11/64/5116497_fc282594_120x120.jpg)

![Brook Street swing bridge. For a view of this bridge over the Leeds & Liverpool Canal from the road see [[843287]]. by Stephen Craven – 21 June 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/39/53/1395345_dd329e3d_120x120.jpg)


![Skipton features [11]. This swing bridge carries Brewery Lane over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.Skipton is a market town in North Yorkshire, some 27 miles northwest of Leeds. On the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it is now an important tourist destination. The town expanded after the construction of Skipton Castle in the 11th century. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs through the town and the River Aire flows just to the southwest. The name Skipton means 'sheep-town'. by Michael Dibb – 25 June 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/01/16/7011676_4efe20d0_120x120.jpg)


![Converted mill, Brewery Lane. Photo taken from canal towpath. The building has an OS benchmark [[3471870]] on the near corner on the towpath face by Roger Templeman – 29 April 2013](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/47/18/3471886_9d485cb0_120x120.jpg)

![View west along Leeds & Liverpool Canal towards Brewery Lane swing bridge. The canal is on an aqueduct over Eller Beck at this point. There is a canal milepost [[7779245]] in the left foreground by Roger Templeman – 10 April 2024](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/77/93/7779363_9f6591ac_120x120.jpg)
![Barriers being lowered at Brook Street bridge. The level-crossing style barriers and lights are manually operated by boaters. See also [[6139522]]. by Stephen Craven – 28 August 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/58/59/7585988_08dcf66b_120x120.jpg)






![Eller Beck, Skipton, Yorkshire. A tributary of the River Aire. See also [[704432]] by Dr Neil Clifton – 21 April 2006](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/87/30/873035_8c244ff3_120x120.jpg)
![Brook Street - demolition site. The lower end of Brook Street below the bridge [[1395345]] was closed off because of demolition of adjacent mill buildings. by Stephen Craven – 21 June 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/39/53/1395353_51205188_120x120.jpg)




![Canal overflow . This overflow takes surplus water from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Skipton down to the Eller Beck below (a tributary of the River Aire). For context see [[3736008]]. by Stephen Craven – 30 June 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/73/60/3736011_38ee29b5_120x120.jpg)
