Sandholme Aqueduct Winding Hole
Sandholme Aqueduct Winding Hole is on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) near to Stafford.
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.

You can wind here.
| Former Burnley BW Depot (disused) | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Finsley Gate Bridge No 130E | 7½ furlongs | |
| Calder Aqueduct No 31 | 6 furlongs | |
| Yorkshire Street Aqueduct No 32 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Godley Bridge No 130H | 1½ furlongs | |
| Sandholme Aqueduct Winding Hole | ||
| Sandholme Aqueduct No 33 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Bank Hall Works Arm | 1 furlong | |
| Winding Hole North of Burnley Embankment | 1½ furlongs | |
| Colne Road Bridge No 131 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Danes House Bridge No 131A | 4¼ furlongs | |
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![Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Sandy Holme Aqueduct over River Brun. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark [[8176513]] at the base of the aqueduct parapet at its junction with the stone wall. by Roger Templeman – 19 April 2025](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/17/65/8176529_57658d2d_120x120.jpg)
![Leeds & Liverpool Canal heading north at 74 miles from Liverpool. There is a canal milepost [[7963367]] against the wall on the left hand side of the towpath in the left foreground by Roger Templeman – 23 January 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/96/33/7963390_432cf4dc_120x120.jpg)

![Leeds and Liverpool Canal 53¼ miles from Leeds. The milepost [[7963367]] marking the distance to Leeds can see seen against the wall at the left middle ground. Ordnance Survey documents indicate that a benchmark levelled at 127.894m above Newlyn Datum was verified in 1961 on the wall 13.7m on the nearside of the milepost by Roger Templeman – 19 April 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/17/63/8176388_f3dda7e5_120x120.jpg)
![Leeds and Liverpool Canal milepost 74 miles from Liverpool. The plate on the left hand face giving the distance to Liverpool is missing - see 2015 photo [[4590362]] when the plate was missing but the distance was painted on. The post, 53¼ miles from Leeds, is against the wall on the west hand side of the canal towpath and has Milestone Society National ID: LLC-074 by Roger Templeman – 23 January 2025](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/96/33/7963367_332dcbad_120x120.jpg)







![Aqueduct over the River Brun, Burnley, Lancashire. This is the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct which crosses the River Brun in Thompson Park, Burnley. For a photograph taken further up the River Brun refer to picture [[4506116]]. by Len Williams – 22 May 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/50/61/4506101_e9885b0d_120x120.jpg)












![Dog walker on Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath where it passes Thompson Park. There is a canal milepost [[7963367]] against the towpath wall in the right foreground by Luke Shaw – 01 May 2025](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/18/13/8181337_d854cbd4_120x120.jpg)

![Leeds & Liverpool Canal heading south opposite Burnley Premier Inn. There is a canal milepost [[7963367]] against the wall on the right hand side of the towpath in the right foreground by Roger Templeman – 23 January 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/96/33/7963396_98b6a7e8_120x120.jpg)

![River Brun Thompson Park, Burnley. This is the view looking downstream on the River Brun in Thompson Park Burnley. For the upstream view refer to picture [[4506121]]. by Len Williams – 22 May 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/50/61/4506116_20664985_120x120.jpg)