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Postal address: Shire Cruisers, The Wharf, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 2AG*, England We're usually open 9.30 to 5.00 Monday to Friday, 11.00 to 3.00 Saturday and 12.00 to 2.00 Sunday (in the season only). Our yard at Sowerby Bridge
is easy to get to:
Sowerby Bridge
is a small town on the A58 halfway between Manchester and Leeds.
Our base is just off the main street. Turn off the A58 opposite
the Village Restaurant, just at the bottom of
the long, steep hill from Halifax at the eastern end of the town
centre. Look for brown signs ‘Sowerby Bridge Wharf’ and a
sculpture of a lock
keeper.
Having turned off the main road, go down a slope and straight on
with the canal basin and The Moorings pub on your left. Follow
the road round to your left and go through the arch. Our office
is in the next stone building: No. 4 Warehouse. |
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| National Express coaches go from London Victoria to Halifax (click 'can't find your destination?' and type Halifax!). Buses from Halifax (10 mins) stop in Wharf Street. | |||||
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Fly in |
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Sowerby
Bridge station on the Leeds-Manchester line is under 10 minutes
walk away. Trains run about every hour. To walk from the
station, go down the ramp from either platform, down the steps, cross the road,
turn left and almost immediately right onto the path (signed
Town Centre) across the river to
the main road. Turn right, then follow the towpath. From London Kings Cross, take National Express train to Leeds, about 2 ¼ hours. Change at Leeds to Northern for Sowerby Bridge (trains are mostly headed for Manchester Victoria), about 40 minutes. Kings Cross is a short walk from St Pancras (Eurostar). One way trip train information is in the Information Pack. Stations are Rose Grove for Burnley (via Manchester Victoria or Preston) and Guide Bridge for Ashton (via Manchester Piccadilly). We will meet anyone coming on a long journey if we know which train. For all train times, fares and booking see www.thetrainline.com. |
The nearest international airport
is
Leeds-Bradford, with mostly European services, about 45
minute taxi, or bus shuttle into Leeds then 40 minute train to
Sowerby Bridge. There are many more services to Manchester, direct train from airport to Huddersfield then 20 minute taxi, or fiddly journey by rail, to Sowerby Bridge. Or taxi from the airport: ask us for contacts. If you fly to London, then from Heathrow, take Piccadilly Line tube direct to Kings Cross; from Gatwick take fast shuttle train to Victoria then Victoria Line tube to Kings Cross; or from Stansted take Central Trains to Peterborough: then National Express to Leeds. For travel from overseas, try www.travel-places.com |
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Where to stay
the night before Click for our recommendations |
Foulridge base We are only at Foulridge when actually turning boats round on Saturdays. |
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Shire Cruisers, The Wharf, Sowerby Bridge, West
Yorkshire HX6 2AG, England
tel: 01422 832712 - Overseas tel:
+ 44 1422 832712 fax: 01422 839565
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