Huddersfield Broad Canal

The Huddersfield Broad’s dubious claim to fame, as with the neighbouring Calder & Hebble, is the shortness of its locks: at 57ft 6in, they block passage to the adjoining Huddersfield Narrow Canal for the longest narrowboats. Unlike the HNC, this link route was never actually closed, but it’s enjoying a new lease of life now it actually goes somewhere. The scenery is inoffensive and undramatic, though the area around Colnebridge is worth exploring with a pleasant riverside and a towering railway viaduct that now functions as a cycleway.

Cruising Guide

Cruising Guide to the Huddersfield Canals is in Waterways World November 2021

The Huddersfield Broad is part of The South Pennine Ring, the Cruising Guide for which is in Waterways World January 2021