Built 250 years ago, the Grade I-listed locks are considered a wonder of British canal engineering
When they opened nearly 250 years ago the town’s church bells rang out, the local militia fired their field guns in salute and about 30,000 awestruck spectators turned up to cheer.
Today the Grade I-listed Bingley Five Rise Locks in West Yorkshire are still considered one of the true wonders of Britain’s waterways and can, thanks to a major restoration project, carry on lifting boats up and down the Leeds to Liverpool canal for years to come.
