Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

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canal branch navigable waterway

The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a short canal branch in Lancashire, England, linking the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Douglas and providing a navigable route toward the Ribble Estuary.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal canonical	15

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal branch ⓘ navigable waterway ⓘ
connectsCanal	Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
connectsRiver	River Douglas ⓘ
connectsTo	Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ surface form: Leeds and Liverpool Canal main line Ribble Estuary (via River Douglas and Ribble Link) ⓘ River Douglas ⓘ
constructionStart	18th century ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
currentUse	pleasure craft navigation ⓘ
feature	manual locks ⓘ rural surroundings ⓘ towpath ⓘ
hasBridgeType	farm access bridges ⓘ road bridges ⓘ
hasLock	Rufford Lock ⓘ Sollom Lock ⓘ Tarleton Lock ⓘ
hasLockCount	8 ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Burscough ⓘ surface form: Burscough, Lancashire Rufford ⓘ surface form: Rufford, Lancashire Tarleton, Lancashire ⓘ
historicalUse	commercial freight transport ⓘ
isBranchOf	Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
isPartOfNetwork	British inland waterways ⓘ
linksToWaterwayNetwork	Ribble Link ⓘ
locatedIn	Lancashire ⓘ
locatedInCounty	Lancashire ⓘ
navigationAuthority	Canal & River Trust ⓘ
partOf	Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
primaryUse	leisure boating ⓘ recreational cruising ⓘ
providesRouteToward	Lancaster Canal ⓘ surface form: Lancaster Canal (via Ribble Link) Ribble estuary ⓘ surface form: Ribble Estuary
region	North West England ⓘ
status	navigable ⓘ
terminus	Tarleton Lock on the River Douglas ⓘ junction with Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Burscough ⓘ
usedFor	angling ⓘ cycling along towpath ⓘ walking along towpath ⓘ
waterwayThrough	Burscough ⓘ Rufford ⓘ Tarleton ⓘ surface form: Tarleton area
waterwayType	broad canal ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Douglas (via Manchester Ship Canal system context) → connectedTo → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: River Douglas

Douglas Navigation → supersededBy → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Tarleton → hasWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire → hasWaterFeature → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Rufford → servedBy → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Burscough → hasWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Tarleton Lock on the River Douglas → connectsWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: Tarleton Lock

Tarleton Lock on the River Douglas → waterwayOrigin → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: Tarleton Lock

Tarleton Lock → locatedOnWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Tarleton Lock → locatedAtJunctionOf → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Tarleton Lock → connectsWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Tarleton Lock → partOf → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Tarleton Lock → managesWaterLevelBetween → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Tarleton, Lancashire → hasNearbyWaterway → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ

Sollom Lock → locatedIn → Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ