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<br/>This swing bridge is on the Aire and Calder Navigation, just south of Stanley Ferry, near Wakefield. Photo taken from the East bank of the canal.
©Martyn Pattison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>This manually operated swingbridge originally served the inhabitants of Calder Row. Now disused, it has been replaced by the footbridge (background)
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The swingbridge was manually operated and the bridgekeeper originally lived in the cottage. Now a sanitary station for canalboat users.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This terrace of old houses (Calder Row) is sited by the Aire & Calder navigation opposite the marina at Stanley Ferry
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Main entrance to the complex from the canalside car park.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.4km north<br/>South from Stanley Ferry and under Ramsdens bridge.
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Walton anglers have the fishing rights to this small lake down Balk Lane. Many aquatic birds can normally be seen here, although they appear to be hiding today.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This footbridge marks the approach to this famous aqueduct, which is seen straight ahead in this photograph.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Originally opened as The Millhouse hotel complex, it is now known as The Ferryboat, trading as a "two for one" pub restaurant with a large function room and children's activity centre.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.5km north<br/>
©Bill Henderson
Dist:0.5km north<br/>I was reminded that I had this picture when I saw [[957674]]. It doesn't look much like a Grade II listed building at this time, soot-blackened and with all the windows and doors bricked up. It's nice to see how it has been smartened up and that it is a feature of the modern marina.
©Pauline Eccles
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Another view of Aqueduct Cottage,(centre right), a grade II listed building.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Aqueduct cottage, a grade II listed building, taken from across the canal basin.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.5km north<br/>The Aire and Calder Navigation crosses the river Calder on twin aqueducts.
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.5km north<br/>This looks as though it may have once carried a railway track. It is beside [[[191201]]]
©RichTea

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