Good links to town, lovely views, landscaped, connects well to River Aire and near cafes and shops More

The walkways along the Leeds/Liverpool canal are teeming with wildlife and beautiful foliage. Try to go for a walk along the canal into town, or up past Kirkstall Abbey for a quiet drink in one of the canal-side pubs. Sadly under-used, in my opinion. More

A pleasant Sunday morning stroll - clean - safe - interesting More

Well worth having a good hard look at what this canal meant to industry across the north of England. More

Some lovely tranquil walks on the tow path, greatly improved over the last few years More

Cycled to Saltaire and Bingley, which was nice but surface was poor. More

Love to horse ride on the bridle paths around the canals. More

I have travelled the whole length of the Canal several times between 1997 and 2002 and it is mainly great but there are a few areas to avoid when mooring up overnight, a village near Nelson, parts of Wigan both due to hassle from teenagers and you had or have to be escorted into Liverpool on a major stretch through... More

We used to go round the old tyre fitters when we were kids and see if we could scrounge an old tractor/wagon inner tube, then it was off for a full day, with a jam butty and a bottle of council pop, Down to "Jims Lido" which was the Three sets of locks at Barlick. Jim being the lockkeeper at... More