Shire Cruisers Canal boat feature Sowerby Bridge. 5th April 2019
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Places to see in ( Sowerby Bridge - UK )
Places to see in ( Sowerby Bridge - UK )
Sowerby Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The Calderdale Council ward population at the 2011 census was 11,703. Always pronounced Sorby Bridge, the town was originally a fording point over the once much-wider River Calder where it joins the River Ryburn. The town takes its name from the historic bridge which spans the river in the town centre. Before the Industrial Revolution the area was divided between the parishes of Sowerby, Norland, Skircoat and Warley. The boundaries between them being the rivers Calder and Ryburn and Warley Clough, which is now largely culverted. Textiles and engineering industry grew up around the bridge. By the mid-19th century the population had grown and the settlement became an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1894.
From 1892 to 1930 Pollit & Wigzell manufactured stationary steam engines for the cotton and woollen mills of Yorkshire, Lancashire and India. Wood Brothers, an engineering and millwright company, also produced engines from its Valley Iron Works. The Markfield Beam Engine is an example for its work. Council buildings on Hollins Mill Lane, the old swimming pool, council offices and fire station will be transferred to the community group, Sowerby Bridge Fire and Water, and will be renovated for community use.
Sowerby Bridge is situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Halifax town centre. It is at the confluence of the River Calder and River Ryburn, and the name Sowerby Bridge references its situation as a crossing point over the River Calder to the older settlement at Sowerby. The town is served by Sowerby Bridge railway station, which sees a regular service to Manchester, Bradford and Leeds on the Caldervale Line. Unfortunately this station has no public toilets although there are many interesting information panels about the local area.
The town is at the junction of the Calder and Hebble Navigation and the Rochdale Canal; Tuel Lane Lock on the Rochdale Canal is the deepest lock in the United Kingdom. The canal basin and warehouses where the canals meet, Sowerby Bridge Wharf, are listed buildings and house the Moorings Bar and Restaurant, 12-04 Restaurant and Temujin Mongolian Restaurant. The basin is the headquarters of the 12th Halifax Sea Scouts (M.o.D. No. 54 Royal Navy recognised) where Prince Charles opened the William Andrew Memorial Headquarters. Shire Cruisers run holiday hire canal barges, build narrow boats and provide mooring facilities. Sowerby Bridge features in George Gissing's 1891 novel The Emancipated as the hometown of the protagonist Ross Mallard.
( Sowerby Bridge - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Sowerby Bridge . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Sowerby Bridge - UK
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Tour of the Huntingdon
A look through our Narrowboat from Shire Cruisers, Sowerby Bridge. September 2016. Rochdale Canal, West Yorkshire, England.
Sowerby Bridge Wharf
A compilation of scenes from the film A Humble Station? and scenes which didn't make it into the film. With grateful thanks to Shire Cruisers who allowed us to film around their boatyard and on one of their narrowboats.
Music: Cleopatra's Teeth by Alan Wrigley
Rochdale Canal at Sowerby Bridge,Tuel Lock and Boatyard
A revised version of my original video of September 2008 with hopefully improved picture quality.Tuel Lock is the deepest in Britain (about 20ft) and fills with something like 140,000 gallons of water.These are not official figures.If the video quality is now improved I will remove the original.Thanks to the 1000 plus people who
viewed the original. Why not give a comment ,better still come and visit The Rochdale
Episode 2: The Calder and Hebble and Rochdale canals, from Sowerby Bridge to Hebden Bridge
My first narrowboat adventure, travelling on the Calder and Hebble Navigation and The Rochdale Canal from Hebden Bridge to Salterhebble locks Halifax. What an uplifting experience just cruising and filming the beautiful canal and wildlife.
Episode 3: I travel from Hebden Bridge to Huddersfield, and have some whacky experiences on the way!
Cruising the Rochdale Canal and The Calder and Hebble Navigation, and The Huddersfield Broad canal during the second week onboard my narrowboat. I encounter a guillotine lock and a very aggressive swan, and and unlikely drug-dealer!
Canal Boat Holiday 2010.mov
A Out and back trip from Sowerby Bridge to Selby that my Wife and I (and our black Lab Monty) did in the summer of 2010. Our first canal boat holiday and we have been on many ever since! Great Fun!
Sowerby Bridge 12/03/08
Neil & H take a drive through Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
To see if anything has changed,since leaving the U.K. back in 1989.
Rushbearing at Sowerby Bridge
Saturday 1st September 2018
Went with my two, my friend Becky and Toby and my friends mum Sharon to Rushbearing for the first time.
As well as watching all the dancers and the procession we enjoyed a meal out and some time at the park
(HD) GBRfs Rainbow Livery 66720 Storms through Grantham Working 4E33 - 12/12/13
Another crazy livery - but welcome to the Rail scene is rainbow coloured 66720 passing Grantham working 4E33 Felixstowe - Doncaster.
Enjoy!
Narrowboat Life - 2019 - No.79 - A Very Tight Squeeze
Our plans changed before we even started cruising. The narrowest lock in the UK is getting tighter and tighter. Restrictions are now in place limiting access to the most popular canal in Britain. Will it be closing very soon??? ????????????
We are passionate about narrowboating and want to make enjoyable videos for people to watch, that is reward enough for us.
Links below are all related to our boat build:
Boat painting and other quality service at
Oil Heating products at
And
Alde for gas heating etc at
Low voltage lighting at
Engines and generating sets at
Refrigeration at
Quality boat hire from Overwater Marina at
Music choices from:
bensound.com
purple-planet.com
Additional music by Kevin MacLeod
Steam driven narrow boat
Filmed on the Grand Union Canal at Hatton in Warickshire on Sunday August 24th as it made it's way down thru the locks.