White Bear Marina at AdlingtonAt the top of Wigan flight,we meet the level pound dug as the Lancaster Canal but later leased and becoming used by The Leeds and Liverpool Co.For details Haigh to Chorley see album:Lancaster Canal Southern Section:
At Johnsons Hillock the canal turns off leaving the former Lancaster line towards Blackburn North-eastwards up the seven locks to Wheelton,quite an exhausting task.The Top Lock pub is a very welcome respite at the top and a good mooring point with BW sanitation and watering facilities.There is then a level pound passing Withnell Fold, and Riley Green.The Contour canal winds through rural countryside to Cherry tree,where the Industrial buildings of Blackburn and several locks begin after an aqueduct over the river Darwen.
The canal was very important to the Blackburn mills and factories in years gone by,many have been adapted to modern uses preserving the canalside character between modern retail centres superceding decrepit parts demolished.More on Blackburn later...
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