Boating the Calder & Hebble Navigation

Find boating information for the Calder & Hebble Navigation

Length	21.5 miles
Locks	28

Top tip

As well as a windlass, you will need a handspike - a thick wooden pole - to operate the locks on the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

Find everything you'll need to know about boating on our canals

Find everything you'll need to know about boating on our canals

Before you travel, check our route for any works

Before you travel, check our route for any works

Detailed maps and boating information for all our waterways

Detailed maps and boating information for all our waterways

Once served a very industrial area, but is now a rural and peaceful route, where the local people are known for their friendliness

Once served a very industrial area, but is now a rural and peaceful route, where the local people are known for their friendliness

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Last Edited: 11 December 2025