Huddersfield Broad Canal
The three-mile Huddersfield Broad Canal, also known as Sir John Ramsden's Canal, is a surprisingly pleasant urban waterway connecting the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to the Calder & Hebble and hence the Yorkshire rivers.
In the 1980s, the Huddersfield Broad Canal was cruised by few boaters. Afflicted by weed growth, it was almost exclusively the preserve of anglers and cyclists. But since the reopening of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 2001, boats have begun cruising the Broad Canal - part of a through-route once again - on their way across the Pennines.
Canal facilities have been upgraded accordingly, and the waterway is now becoming more popular with local walkers and cyclists.
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