Page updated 30 November 2004
Based on mapping ©2001 Richard Fairhurst, Canal Boat & Inland Waterways
General Remarks
Dobcross
The canal continues along a narrow section to Wool Road Basin, Dobcross. Here are former mill buildings converted to apartments and the Wool Road Transhipment Shed. While Standedge Tunnel was being constructed boats unloaded at this point, the cargoes being loaded onto trains of pack-horses which carried the goods across the Standedge moors to be loaded onto waiting boats at Marsden.
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©2002 Peter Freeman The Services and Transhipment Warehouse at Wool Road |
Diggle
The canal climbs up a series of locks towards Diggle, with the railway embankment to the right and open views across the steep-sided valley to the left. The locks on the Diggle flight are of interest as they have a single gate at both the head and tail end. The paddle gear and balance beams are on the off-side and a path also runs up this side of the locks.
Standedge
Non-boaters may now make a through passage of Standedge Tunnel. Tickets cost £6.00 per person. Boats do not run every day so anyone interested should contact (Tel: 01484 844298) Standedge Visitor Centre to check on times and available room. Westbound passages from Marsden tend to start around 8:30-9:00am and eastbound from Diggle around 12:30-1:00pm.
Prospective foot passengers may also want to use the hourly 184 bus service (Not Sundays) between Huddersfield Road, Diggle and Manchester Road, Marsden (See Timetable for 184 and other services).
Pubs and Restaurants
Dobcross:
Navigation Inn (Contact details required)
Details of beers served and style of pub required.
Diggle:
The Diggle Hotel (Contact details required)
400 yards from the tunnel mouth (Walk parallel past tunnel entrance to road and turn right. Take the next right across bridge and the pub is on the left). Country pub and restaurant (Circa 1786). "A true free house!"
Other Comments
- Wool Road Bridge
- There is no pump-out facility at the Sewage Disposal Point at Wool Road (Transhipment Warehouse).
- Lock 24W
- is kept padlocked as passage up the Diggle Flight is restricted to those who have booked a passage through Standedge Tunnel. (See the Navigation Notes for further information.)