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River Ribble (Ribble Link)

 
 
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The River Ribble (Ribble Link) is a broad canal and is part of the River Ribble. It runs for 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs through 9 locks from Ribble - Savick Brook Junction (where it joins the River Ribble (Main River)) to Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction (where it joins the Lancaster Canal (Main Line)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 62 feet long and 14 feet and 3 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Passage through the Ribble Link must be pre-booked with the Canal & River Trust.

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust

Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:

Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Ribble - Savick Brook Junction
Junction of River Ribble and Savick Brook (Ribble Link)
Ribble Link Lock No 9
Sea lock with rotating gates
4 furlongs 0 locks
Savick Lock Pontoon 4½ furlongs 1 lock
Savick Bridge 5 furlongs 1 lock
Crow's Nest Sculpture
Oak sculpture on a steel pole
5¼ furlongs 1 lock
Junction with Deepdale Brook
The brook is not navigable
5¾ furlongs 1 lock
Pumping Station Pipe Bridge 6¾ furlongs 1 lock
Lock No 8 Mooring Pontoon 1 mile 1 lock
Ribble Link Lock No 8 1 mile and ½ furlongs 1 lock
Winding Hole above Lock No 8 1 mile and ½ furlongs 2 locks
Mooring Pontoons below Bridge No 9 1 mile and 1 furlong 2 locks
Goodiers Bridge No 9
Farm bridge
1 mile and 1½ furlongs 2 locks
Edith Rigby Way Bridge 1 mile and 2¼ furlongs 2 locks
Ribble Link Lock No 7 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs 2 locks
Golf Club Footbridge No 8
Built in 1996 by wrg
1 mile and 4¾ furlongs 3 locks
Golf Club Access Road Bridge No 7 1 mile and 7 furlongs 3 locks
Ribble Link Lock No 6 1 mile and 7½ furlongs 3 locks
Leyland Bridge No 6
Lea Road Bridge
2 miles and 1 furlong 4 locks
Ribble Link Lock No 5 2 miles and 1½ furlongs 4 locks
Ribble Link Lock No 5 Winding Hole 2 miles and 2 furlongs 5 locks
Savick Way Bridge No 5 2 miles and 3½ furlongs 5 locks
Ribble Link Lock No 4 2 miles and 5¼ furlongs 5 locks
Ribble Link Railway Bridge No 4
Preston to Blackpool Line
2 miles and 6 furlongs 6 locks
Tom Benson Way Bridge No 3 2 miles and 6 furlongs 6 locks
Tom Benson Way Footbridge No 2 2 miles and 6¼ furlongs 6 locks
Ribble Link Staircase Winding Hole 2 miles and 6¼ furlongs 6 locks
Ribble Link Staircase Locks Nos 1 to 3
Three lock staircase
2 miles and 6¾ furlongs 6 locks
Ribble Link Staircase Public Art
by staircase top lock
2 miles and 6¾ furlongs 9 locks
Ribble Link Junction Basin 2 miles and 7 furlongs 9 locks
Ribble Link Junction Footbridge No 1 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs 9 locks
Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal Junction 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs 9 locks
 
 
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 Building Edith Rigby Way  — associated with Edith Rigby Way Bridge
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Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about River Ribble

The 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 was opened in July 2002.

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