Jubilee Venture & Scouting Venture
Scout Narrowboats
Wakefield District Scouts
Routes
Day Routes
From our mooring in Wakefield groups can either head upstream on the Calder & Hebble Navigation and then onto the Rochdale Canal, Huddersfield Broad Canal or Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Or head downstream onto the Aire & Calder Navigation and then onto the Leeds & Liverpool Canal or Selby Canal.
There are several different routes which we recommend from short evening trips to longer weekend/week trips. Please scroll down to find out more.
Afternoon/Evening Routes
Weekend Routes & 3 Day Routes
Stanley Ferry
Total: 6 Miles & 2 Locks
3 hours cruising including return trip.
Broadcut (Navigation Inn)
Total: 4 Miles & 4 Locks
3 hours crusing including return trip.
Dewsbury
Total: 13 Miles & 12 Locks
7 hours cruising including return trip.
Castleford
Total: 15 Miles & 8 Locks
7 1/2 hours cruising including return trip.
Brighouse
Total: 29 Miles & 32 Locks
1 Weekends Cruise
Leeds
Total: 35 Miles & 18 Locks
1 Weekends Cruise
Huddersfield
Total: 31 Miles & 42 Locks
1 Weekends Cruise
Sowerby Bridge
Total: 41 Miles & 52 Locks
3 Days Cruise
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Week Routes
Rochdale Canal Summit (Walsden)
Total: 66 Miles & 112 Locks
1 Weeks Cruise
Dewsbury
Total: 13 Miles & 12 Locks
7 hours cruising including return trip.
Standedge Tunnel (Marsden)
Total: 48 Miles & 126 Locks
1 Weeks Cruise
Bingley & Skipton
Total: 94 Miles & 80 Locks
1 Weeks Cruise
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West Haddlesey & Selby
Total: 52 Miles & 20 Locks
1 Weekends Cruise/ 3 Days Cruise
Whitley & Goole
Total: 62 Miles & 20 Locks
1 Weekends Cruise/ 3 Days Cruise
Rodley
Total: 49 Miles & 46 Locks
3 Days Cruise/ 4 Days Cruise
Stainforth
Total: 65 Miles & 24 Locks
3 Days Cruise
Doncaster & Sheffield
Total: 116 Miles & 70 Locks
1 Weeks Cruise
Please note due to a breach on the Aire & Calder Navigation between Sykehouse Junction and Rawcliffe Bridge, navigation to Goole is currently not possible. Our routes to Stainforth and Doncaster/Sheffield are still possible but passage between Pollington Lock and Skyhouse Lock is only available at 10am daily and must be booked in advance, full details on CRT website.