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The Ribble Link Staircase is visited by several Komoot tours - for example, check out these links:
komoot.com/tour/610244459
komoot.com/tour/1118780163

Take care with children at all points near the holding basin and staircase locks.

The locks join the Lancaster Canal to the start of the river navigation along Savick Brook, which flows three locks below at the bottom of the staircase.

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Peter C Preston

October 23, 2021

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Tip2

Walk down the staircase path and across the new Savick Brook bridge to Tom Benson Way. Do not cross the road. There is a track on the left …

Peter C Preston

October 31, 2021

Cycling

Tip3

After completion (1790s) the Lancaster Canal had always been isolated from the other inland waterways until 2002. Boats from the Lancaster Canal can now, via the Link, enter the Ribble, cross to the south bank and join the River Douglas navigation and the Leeds - Liverpool canal.

There's an impressive YouTube video of the crossing in the reverse direction across the Ribble, from the River Douglas to Savick Brook (the Ribble Link). Do a search for:
Travels by Narrowboat - Millennium Ribble Link - S07E03

On a mobile, view the video in landscape.

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