Bingley Three Rise Locks is a staircase of three locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Bingley. It opened in 1774 and was a major feat of engineering at the time along with the larger Five Rise opened at the same time just a few hundred meters further up. The lock comprises a 'staircase' flight - the lower gate of one lock forms the upper gate of the next lock. Canal locks in England. ... The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in the north of England running from Liverpool, Merseyside to Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... Bingley is a town in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, five miles north west of Bradford. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Five Rise Locks from below Bingley Five Rise Locks is a series of five locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Bingley. ...
Bingley is a town in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, five miles north west of Bradford.
In 1974 the West Riding of Yorkshire was replaced by the new metropolitan county of West Yorkshire and the Bingley Urban District Council was dissolved.
There are several flights of locks in the Bingley section of the canal, the famous Five RiseLocks, the smaller ThreeRise and a further two lock flight at Dowley Gap.
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