Pocklington Canal

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Pocklington Canal is a restored 19th-century navigation and wildlife-rich waterway in Yorkshire, England, valued for both boating and nature conservation.

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Pocklington Canal canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
architect George Leather ⓘ
connectsTo River Derwent ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1815 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
declinePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
hasDesignation Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ
Special Area of Conservation ⓘ
hasHeritageFeature historic locks ⓘ
original 19th-century engineering works ⓘ
stone bridges ⓘ
hasLock Coates Lock ⓘ
Cottingwith Lock ⓘ
Gardham Lock ⓘ
Giles Lock ⓘ
Sandhill Lock ⓘ
Silburn Lock ⓘ
Thornton Lock ⓘ
Top Lock ⓘ
Walbut Lock ⓘ
hasTowpath yes ⓘ
length about 15.3 kilometres ⓘ
about 9.5 miles ⓘ
locatedIn East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
locatedNear Pocklington ⓘ
managedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
notableFor aquatic plants ⓘ
dragonflies ⓘ
rich wetland habitats ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
numberOfLocks 9 ⓘ
openingDate 1818 ⓘ
popularActivity birdwatching ⓘ
walking ⓘ
primaryFunctionAtOpening agricultural freight transport ⓘ
region Vale of York ⓘ
restorationBegan 1960s ⓘ
restorationSupportedBy local societies ⓘ
volunteers ⓘ
status partly navigable ⓘ
partly restored ⓘ
supportedBy Pocklington Canal Amenity Society ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
nature conservation ⓘ
waterwayType navigable waterway ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Ouse → connectedWaterway → Pocklington Canal ⓘ
Pocklington → hasLandmark → Pocklington Canal ⓘ