The lancaster canal is a canal in north west england, originally planned to run from westhoughton in lancashire to kendal in south cumbria waterways association organised several protest meetings, and the one held in lancaster led to the formation of the lancaster canal boat club.. 348 followers, 637 following, 56 posts - see instagram photos and videos from lancaster canal boats (@lancastercanalboats). The canal fell into disrepair, but the growth of the leisure and canal boat hire sector resulted in the lancaster canal being restored over its northern length to tewitfield, where the 8 locks were located. these were later filled in to facilitate the construction of the m6 motorway..
The lancaster canal offers boating holiday makers the chance to experience the scenic views of the lancashire rolling countryside, forests of bowland, morecambe bay and lancaster city centre.. the lancaster canal stretches from tewitfield to preston, covering 41 miles of lock free contour built canal.. In the middle of the eighteenth century, lancaster was a prosperous port but as the ships grew in size, it became difficult to navigate the estuary of the river lune. a group of businessmen proposed building a canal starting at kendal and running through lancaster ending in preston.. We are a small and friendly, family-run narrowboat hire company based on the idyllic lock free lancaster canal in the heart of lancashire. 'luxury' is not normally the word used to describe a narrowboat but then our boats - all named after trees - are not normal, not off-the-peg..
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