Apperley Bridge Marina

Apperley Bridge is a village on the outskirts of Bradford (now pretty much absorbed into the metropolis), straddling the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. At one time the area adjacent to the canal had several large 19th century textile mills. Of course they closed down and some of them have been demolished and others converted to apartments. In the 1990s a substantial housing development was constructed alongside the canal and I think it was then that the marina was developed, with short and long-term mooring for narrowboats, plus a chandlery and other essential boaters' facilities. I think there's also a café though I've never been to it. It's now rather an attractive area, somewhat European in feel, I always think. There's plenty of interest photographically and it's a pleasant walk around the harbour and along the towpath in either direction. 

I walked along towards Dobson Locks, beyond the Milman swing bridge on Apperley Road.