Saltaire to Bingley Five-Rise Locks
Beyond Park Road, a short and rather boring stretch of canal between two high walls leads to the Three-Rise Locks, a staircase that lifts the canal about 29 feet. You can see from my photo that the approach has a sharper turn than it would have had when built in 1774, because the canal below the locks was moved over to the right (north east) from its original position to make room for the new road. On the left of the photo you can see a pedestrian bridge over the new road.
Below, looking back from near the top of the lowest lock, you get a reasonable view of both the canal and the road, with Park Road bridge in the distance.
Alongside the locks, a wall has been painted with a mural depicting various local places of interest along the canal. (It was an attempt to deter the frequent graffiti sprayed on the blank wall - and it appears to have worked.)
Just above the locks, a swing bridge provides an access point to the canal towpath for pedestrians and cyclists. There's another mill conversion here, with flats and townhouses.
Looking back towards Bingley town centre, the tower you can see in the middle (below), with a red structure at the top, was until 1972 Bingley's fire station, now a bar.
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