Locks & Dukes

This cruise passes down the mighty flight of locks at Wigan, which are now hard work through re-instated countryside.

Passing through interesting countryside we visit Worsley, the birthplace of the modern canal system. A pretty village with the entrance to the Duke of Bridgewater’s mines and tehh Delph, mine entrance.

Along the way we will ;

¨ pass up or down the 26 locks at Wigan

¨ pass through the area of mining that has now been landscaped and become bird reserves.

¨ Cruise alongside flashes, bodies of water left by the previous mining

¨ See wildlife. Swans, Ducks & Geese, we may also be lucky enough to see Kingfishers, Deer & even Llamas!