Bingley Five Rise Locks

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Bingley Five Rise Locks is a historic and steep staircase lock system on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in West Yorkshire, England, renowned as one of the most impressive feats of early British canal engineering.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal lock flight
staircase lock
tourist attraction
architectEngineer John Longbotham
connectedTo Bingley town centre via footpaths
constructionStartDate 1768
country United Kingdom
currentUse leisure boating
designedFor commercial barge traffic
distanceTo about 0.4 miles from Bingley Three Rise Locks
hasAccess towpath for pedestrians
hasAdjacentStructure Bingley Three Rise Locks
hasFeature five interconnected lock chambers
single set of gates between adjacent chambers
hasMaterial stone
hasNearbyFacility car park for visitors
visitor information boards
hasNearbyStructure Bingley Five Rise Locks bottom basin
Bingley Five Rise Locks top basin
hasPhotographicSubject popular subject for canal photography
hasViewpoint lockside viewing area for the public
heritageDesignation Grade I listed structure
historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
inception 18th century
locatedIn Bingley
England
West Yorkshire
locatedOnWaterway Leeds and Liverpool Canal
lockType staircase lock
maintainedBy Canal & River Trust
nearbyCity Bradford
notableFor being one of the steepest lock staircases in Britain
early British canal engineering
numberOfLocks 5
openingDate 1774
operator Canal & River Trust
partOf Leeds and Liverpool Canal
surface form: Leeds and Liverpool Canal main line
region Yorkshire and the Humber
safetyFeature lockside railings and warning signs
status operational
touristPopularity major visitor attraction on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
usedFor heritage tourism
navigation of narrowboats
recreational boating
verticalRise about 60 feet
approximately 18 metres
waterwaySystem British canal network

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Leeds and Liverpool Canal hasLock Bingley Five Rise Locks
Bingley hasLandmark Bingley Five Rise Locks
Bingley Three Rise Locks nearbyFeature Bingley Five Rise Locks