The Canal and River trust have invited us to the Bingley Five rise locks in Yorkshire. We are celebrating the 250 year anniversary that these locks that were built built in 1774 at the height of the canal building age. These are a civil engineering masterpiece. The Bingley five rise locks are one of the wonders of Britains Canal network. A marvel of Canal architecture. The lock gates are some of the biggest lock gates in the country. This is also one of Britains deepest canal locks. The Locks take the Leeds Liverpool canal up a 59 feet incline over 320 feet. Designed by John Longbotham of Halifax. A Pupil of John Smeaton a civil engineer and master Canal designer born in 1724. Smeaton is famous for Smeatons coefficient. We go through the canal locks and take a canal boat and sail up the locks. We interview canal experts from the Canal & River trust and go canal cruising. What more could you want.