The Chesterfield Canal is partly navigable, with an active restoration group working to complete it throughout. Like the Barnsley, Dearn & Dove it served the many coal mines in the area.

The Bradford Canal is an arm of the Leeds & Liverpool built to serve the local mills.

The Market Weighton Canal is an isolated agricultural canal off the Humber estuary that also supported the brick making industry.

Canals covered

• Bradford Canal

• Barnsley, Dearn & Dove Canals

• Chesterfield Canal

• Market Weighton Canal

Want to download the map to help you explore?

Here are two Google Maps that you can download for your personal use. (You will need to zoom in a lot to see the detail).

The map titled RSL shows canal as single lines, that titled RPL shows them as polygons that can be clicked to show more detail. Clicking the square brackets at the top right corner of the map will open it in your ‘Google My Maps’. See the ‘Explanatory Notes’ page for more detail.

Links to useful sites

CHESTERFIELD CANAL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_Canal

https://chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk/

https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/discover-the-waterways/chesterfield-canal

https://chesterfield-canal-partnership.co.uk/