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Shooting the Weir

UpdatesBy David Jefferies16th November 2017Leave a comment

I’m currently working on planning the route for the canoe trail via the river only without using the canal network, this will mean working out where we can and can’t shoot the weirs. This video is of our first attempts to master the Battyeford weir in a K2 marathon kayak, just upstream of Pennine Canoe…

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Lock 27, Thornes, Calder & Hebble

UpdatesBy David Jefferies16th November 2017Leave a comment

Notice Details From Date: 6th November 2017 at 08:00 To Date: 15th December 2017 at 16:00 inclusive Type: Navigation Closure Reason: Repair Description: Lock Chamber brickwork repairs and Lock Landing re-build. Location: Calder & Hebble Navigation Starts At: Lock 27, Thornes Ends At: Lock 27, Thornes Up Stream Winding Hole: Immediately upstream of Lock 27…

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Lock 22 Closure

UpdatesBy David Jefferies16th November 2017Leave a comment

Notice Details From Date: 6th November 2017 at 08:00 To Date: 15th December 2017 at 16:00 inclusive Type: Navigation Closure Reason: Repair Description: Lock gate repairs Lock chamber repairs Gate Paddle repairs Bank protection repairs

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Jun172017

Jetty at Deswbury

Route UpdatesBy David Jefferies17th June 2017Leave a comment

The team from the Calder & Hebble Canoe Trail have now completed the new canoe jetty at Saville Town basin in Dewsbury. This allows paddlers to visit the wonerfull marina in Dewsbury with its pub and cafe, or start out from here if they ony wish to do part of th trail.

Jun142017

July Madness

Planned EventsBy David Jefferies14th June 2017Leave a comment

We are planning on doing the first full length paddle of the Calder & Hebble Canoe Trail on Saturday 1st July,  if anyone wants to join us. The plan is to leave Sowerby Bridge at 10am and hopefully complete the full 21 miles to Wakefield by mid afternoon, please feel free to contact David on info@calderhebblecanoetrail-co-uk.stackstaging.com…

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Apr292017

Inaugural paddle

UpdatesBy David Jefferies29th April 2017Leave a comment

Sean Guy, the Mayor of Mirfield, joined us before leaving the Pennine CRC jetty at Battyefor on our Inaugural paddle of the Calder & Hebble Canoe Trail today. Thanks to Mirfield Town Council for all their support and to Sean for meeting us for breakfast at the Pear Tree before taking to the water.

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  • Shooting the Weir
  • Lock 27, Thornes, Calder & Hebble
  • Lock 22 Closure
  • Jetty at Deswbury
  • July Madness
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  • British Canoeing
Flood Risk

The Calder river is a typical Pennine river, for much of the course it flows at a relatively low level with a large number of shallow parts on the non navigation parts of the river. This is why the navigation company built a number of weirs in the 1760’s to raise the level to allow working barrages to ply their trade up and down its length from Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge.

If you are sticking to the navigation you will have no problems with shallows, however due to its nature when we get heavy rain on the Pennine hills above Hebden Bridge and beyond we can be faced with a different story. There are a number of flood locks on the length of the canoe trail when heading down river onto one of the many canal cuts, these are normally left open at all times unless the river is rising rapidly in which case the Environment Agency will close them. The information on their closure can be found on the Environment Agency’s website and we would recommend you check this before planning your journey on the river sections. We would also strongly advise against doing this trail if the flood locks are closed.

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